Christmas with the family

Here is a collection of pictures from Christmas Time up at my sister-in-law's house.
We spent Christmas Eve at ViviAnne's Grandma's house. We had lamb for dinner and the kids played in the indoor pool at their place. I almost got the van stuck in the snow, but was able to power through. Go mini-van! There was a ton of snow and we were able to take out the ATV and snowmobile and ride around with the kids on Christmas Day. Our brother-in-law, Kevin, got a prime rib for dinner, which was very good.

First Post of 08

Well, it has been a while and I have done a lot in December, just didn't get to writing it all down. No worries though. I will be doing a extensive recap of my last month, including a couple of new recipes: a chili and my mother in laws green jello salad. Plus I will delve into the great extended weekend and new years that we had up at the cabin with all of our friends. It was fantastic! Tons of snow and fun was had by all.

Snow Time is here!

Well the snows have finally started falling in our neck of the woods. We had a pretty good storm a couple of days ago, but most of it is now melted away. Luckily the mountains still have plenty and it looks like the ski season will get under way shortly. This is good news, as my parents got a season pass for Liam this year to ski. We already bought a set of skis and we just need to get him some boots for the winter now. He should be all set to go after that. I am thinking that we will head up the mountain some time in the next two to three weeks and ski a day or three.

My sister-in-law is moving in with us while he husband, Russ, finishes up their new house. We are finishing out our bathroom in the basement for her as well. She is 7 plus months pregnant so it will be nice that she doesn't need to climb up the stairs to go to the bathroom 10 times a night.

I am tired, the kids were up a lot last night. Liam was kinda sick with a sore throat and Darius ended up throwing up three times. We have a lot of laundry to do today. So sad. I think he was feeling better this morning. To make matters worse, ViviAnne was also sick with a head cold last night. I think they will all make a recovery today though.

Go Cougs! They beat the Zags last night.