We got hit hard!!!!

We got hit hard …by another snow storm…it was actually awhile ago. HA!  I know I'm just now getting around to post some pictures from it..but if you remember I kind of had a bad week…so bare with me

Six-Seven Inches to be exact depending on where you measured at…..The whole state basically shut down for a week..The kids had no school for a WEEK…It was insane!! Being from the Midwest it is a little funny when you hear the Governor call a statewide emergency for 6-7 inches of snow..HAHA!!!!!!!!!
I figured all you South Dakotans would get a kick out of these pictures of Destiny shoveling with a floor scraper!  HA!


Avery once again had a blast in it!!!  She had a hard time walking in it this time though bc it was so deep!!!


I couldn’t keep Destiny and Brielle inside long enough…They kept wanting to go out sledding…It started out just snow then it turned into sleet and so everything started to get really messy then. So when you have ice on top of snow it makes for some really fun sledding SC way of course with boogie boards..hehe!!!! 

Did you catch Avery crawling up the hill…Ha!!  She was so determined to go sledding and since she couldn’t walk in it she started crawling up the hill!!
Trying to ice skate on the snow!!  It actually worked pretty good!!

After many days of the snow sticking around and trying to come up with ideas for the kids to do something before they literally drove me right up the wall..We decided to color the snow!!!!






Here a few videos of the kids sledding and don’t mind me in the videos..especially the last ones!!

Destiny and Dolly sledding and wiped out

Destiny and Brielle sledding w/ wipe out at the end!!!

Avery had so much fun sledding on her bottom on top of the ice…She wanted to go outside so bad one day with Destiny and Brielle and I told her she couldn’t go outside bc I didn’t want to bundle her all up right now..so what does she do..she goes over puts her hat, and scarf and boots  on and heads outside..well I guess you can since you got dressed by yourself {grin}

Avery sledding on the ice snow on her bottom!!!

Avery sledding again on her bottom

Winter Wonderland

Here are some snow pictures from our winter wonderland  on Christmas..The day after Christmas the we kids played in the snow all day…Snow much fun…haha!!!
This was taken from my upstairs window..
 
My holly tree..i thought it looked pretty with some snow on it:) 


Our backyard
 
Our road looking one way then the other!!  Though it was kind of pretty all white!!!


Sledding South Carolina way…using boogie boards!!!!:o) Way to much fun!!!  Avery loved it too!!!
 
 

Our snowmen…arent they cute:)

Snow angels of course!!
 
Sun Setting through our neighbors trees really pretty but I don't think I really captured it!!!

Enjoying some snow cream:))  {we still have some snow in our freezer that we saved so we could have some snow cream later..Brielle thinks in the spring but I don't think I'm going to hang on to the snow for that long!!}

Family Christmas

We spent Christmas Day with Jared’s family..I had Christmas this year at our house..and everyone came over..We didn't do any fancy meal this year..This year we decided to do appetizers..That was a good idea..and so we had a BIG variety of a lot of different appetizers and then a whole bunch of goodies of course!!!  This Christmas down here was the BEST!!!!  WHY???  bc We had a WHITE CHRISTMAS!!  I'm not sure who was more excited a bunch of adults (who all are from snowy states)or the kids…HAHA!!  It snowed all day on Christmas and all through the night..It has been more then 60 years they said since SC has had a white Christmas…It really was picture perfect!! 
Some of the kids building a snowman….and Avery just eating the snow..haha!!!!  She couldn't stop…she loved it!!
 
Some of the kids sledding down our back hill..on boogie boards of course….that is South Carolina sledding!!! LOL!!!

We had the outside fire going all day too so you could just sit outside and drink hot cocoa and watch it snow and be all snuggly by the fire:)



We played a couple of games…One for the kids and one for the adults..For the kids we wrapped a box up with a few goodies and then put layers upon layers of wrapping paper on..(from our experience the little ones didn't like this game at all..we had more crying then what it was worth…but the older ones were ok with it..Then we had Boo play some songs on the piano and stop every now and then and then when the music stopped the kid had to stop wrapping and give it to the next kid…and so on and so on until it was all the way unwrapped!!!


For the adults game well now that was just hilarious!!!! We had a big box, then inside that big box was two other boxes and only one of the boxes had a prize in it.so when you open the first box you don't know which box to go for next...and lets just say that they wrapped it pretty good..with package tape, and wrapping paper many many times on each box!!!!!  So what you do is all sit in a circle and put the box in the middle…Then there is a pair of dice that is going around in the circle and when you get the dice you shake and if you get doubles you get to go and try to open the box..until the next person gets doubles…Sounds pretty easy huh????  Well nope before you can try to open the box you have to put on a hat, scarf and gloves…The gloves is what makes it tricky..and you want the prize in the box so you are hurrying trying to get the box open bc you don’t know how long you have until the next person gets a chance!!! Here's some pictures from it!!



The winner was Chase..a gift certificate to Olive Garden!!! 
  
Some of the kids opening up gifts..excuse the little blur spot apparently there was a smudge on my lens.. I caught it after a couple of pictures so these ones have to do:)

Do you like the outfits that I made my babies..little appliqué candy cane shirts with some ruffly black bottoms:)

Some of the kids got these marshmallow shooters from the grandparents!!!  I have to say Thank you for marshmallows everywhere:o)   All the kids had a blast with them though and even the adults did too..We were having marshmallow wars..haha!! The girls were pink camo..so cute!!! 

Yep she is getting ready to shoot one at me:)

The girls all got these dollies that Jared’s mom made with outfits that she made too....aren't they cute..each one was different with different colored hair..these ones are only my girls but not one of them were alike..so cute and the girls all liked them!!! If anyone is interested she actually has an etsy site now…she is slowly starting to add stuff to it…but I did see that the dolls were on there!!!  Here’s the link…http://www.etsy.com/shop/Cottonbees?ref=seller_info

I couldn't resist..SORRY!!!!  HAHA!!!  Love it!!