Snow Day!

We got SNOW! 

Well  not at our house, but about 10 minutes away in Lake Mathews!  It was so Awesome! John's sister Anna heard that there was snow close by so she took some of the kids for a drive to find it. Then we decided to let all the kids experience it! None of my kids had ever been in the snow before. I know that is CRAZY! Charles is 9 and had not even touched real snow. But they finally got to and we didn't even have to go too far. When they got all cold and wet (Because us Southern Californians don't have any snow gear) we just drove the 10 minutes back to our house and warmed up. It was great!!!!

Jillian's Nogin

Jillian was in the pantry and pulled a huge can of pineapple juice down on her head. She nailed it pretty good. Luckily no blood or cuts. I noticed a few days later that she had this huge goose egg showing up on her head. And it was kind of squishy. I made an appointment with the doctor and she said as long as it didn't get worse she should be fine. But it could a a skull fracture. I waited a few days and could not tell if it was worse or better. So I took her in for the x-ray any. She did good despite being strapped to the x-ray machine. We found out a few days later that all was well. No skull fracture! Hooray!!!!

These pictures make it look small. But believe me it was a pretty big bump. 

Christmas decorating & COOKIES

The kids always enjoying decorating the Christmas tree. I LOVE to see them enjoy the little things of each holiday. And they really do enjoying doing things together.

Grandma Anderson has a Christmas cookie tradition. Every year we get together and make lots and lots of cookies and treats to share with friends and neighbors. It gets harder and harder every year to get together to do this. But the kids always LOVE it!

Claudia Sings!

Claudia's preschool class did a Christmas concert it was ADORABLE! I wish I could print the videos. She LOVES to sing!

Madison's Birthday