How did you spend the snow day?

Imagine being startled out of bed by the phone just minutes before your alarm goes off to be told there was no school.  That is exactly what happened this morning and it was a phone call I've been waiting to get for months!  My list of snow day tasks was put on hold today.  Instead I chose to spend some time doing some winter snow creating.  For over a month Leah and Elizabeth have both been asking when we were going to make a snowman.  My response has been the same, "when the snow is good for packing."  So today when I stepped outside to let our dog out I checked the snow and it was perfect!  For almost 2 hours we created our very first snow dog.  It was a lot of work, but SO much fun.

What did you get for Christmas?

Since the Christmas holiday I've heard people ask Leah and Elizabeth what they got for Christmas.  It may seem like a simple question, but I started thinking about it and wondered what did they get for Christmas?  Our family did get a lot of nice presents.  For example, both girls got Zoobles, Squinkies, Webkinz, and Zhu Zhu Pets.  Tim got some hunting gear and a new drill and I got luggage, crafting supplies, and an ipod shuffle.  Along with the great gifts we got time together as a family.  We spent the majority of 2 weekends traveling to Illinois and back for multiple Christmas parties and we also attended several different parties in Michigan.  Being able to celebrate with our families this Christmas season was what we all got!