Winter Wonderland!! :)

I just thought I would share some of the beautiful winter pictures. We began getting freezing rain Monday afternoon and it got slick in a hurry. The freezing rain eventually turned into sleet, and last night we finally got 3 to 4 inches of snow. It seems like in Missouri we have just been getting a lot of ice the past few years instead of snow. We were all so excited to see the snow coming down so heavy last night. It was just beautiful!! Of course people who have to get out and work in this mess probably think otherwise. Kaitlin and I have been enjoying our days off. We have been reading, watching movies, making hot chocolate, and doing a few cleaning projects around the house. So far we have missed two days of school and tomorrow isnt looking too promising our temperatures are only supposed to get into the lowers 20's today which will not do much melting. Max definetly loves the snow. He has enjoyed running around playing ball. I hope everyone else is having a great day.

Christmas Time!!

Here are some of my favorite pictures of Kaitlin over the Christmas break. She had a wonderful Christmas. She has been so busy playing with all of her new toys. One of the things she received for Christmas was a cupcake maker. Her grandparents in Washington also got her a Paula Deen cook book and a whole cup cake kit. She looks so cute in her apron and mitt. Needless to say we have been making a lot of cupcakes. The ones that we have made from scratch are a lot better than the mixes that they have sent with the cupcake maker. Those of you that made items from the Easy Bake oven when you were little know what I mean. We hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas as well.

Let it .....ICE?!!

Well Kaitlin and I are warm at home enjoying our first snow(ice) day off from school. Last night we got about.20" of ice and sleet acculmulations. I got the call at 5:30 this morning that there would not be any school on Monday. This is our last week of school before Christmas break anyway. I am not sure how many days we will miss this week. They are calling for more winter precip. on Tuesday and Wednesday. The temperature dropped in a hurry yesterday. We went to church last night at 6:00 and the temp was 58 degress. We got out of church at 7:15 and it was 28 degrees. It is currently 12 degrees. At least we still have power and can stay warm. We would love to have a good snow, but the past few years it seems we have just been getting ice storms instead. I am posting some pics from Kaitlins play at church last night. She was a Christmas tree. She also had a solo. She did GREAT!!!! She is currently practicing her keyboard for her performance day in music class on Friday. She is going to play the song Jolly Old Saint Nicolas. She is such a fast learner. We hope everyone is warm and safe today. 10 days until Christmas!!!

Jesus is the reason for the season!!

#1 Sooners headed to Miami

Here are our great Sooner pictures from this weekend!!!

Mulberry Hill

This past weekend we traveled to Pleasant Hill, MO to stay at a wonderful bed and breakfast. Oh and I fogot to mention we were going to see our Oklahoma Sooners play in the Big 12 Championship game againist the MO Tigers at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. We had an amazing trip. We traveled with two of our great friends Randy and Sonya. This was our first time to stay at a bed and breakfast. It was wonderful!!!! Mulberry Hill was a beautiful house built in 1904. John and I stayed on the 3rd floor. I posted 3 pictures of our room called the Garden of Eden. The breakfast the next morning was amazing too!!! We had so much fun. Saturday night we headed to KC to Arrowhead. We had so many layers of clothing on that it was hard to move. It was 23 degrees that night!! But we yelled and jump up and down on our feet all night cheering on our Sooners. John yelled so much he can barely talk today. :) Our OU Sooners won 62 to 21. Now they are headed to Florida for the National Championship Game.
Boomer Sooner!!!!

Kaitlin had a great weekend with my mom. She came up to our house and stayed with her because she was in the Christmas parade on Saturday. They played the Wii, watched movies, knitted, and just had a ball. I think Max missed us more than Kait.

Halloween 2008!!!

We had a wonderful time this Halloween!!! We ended up going to Aurora that night and trick or treating, passing out candy, and visiting family. Kaitlin was a geisha, Max was a pumpkin, John was a hunter, and I was a hippie from the 70's. Kaitlin got tons of candy!! Max even got some treats. People just loved that he dressed up. Overall we had a great time. We hope that your family did too!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! HAAAAAA

We hope that everyone has a wonderful and safe Halloween night. John and I are just like kids because we also love Halloween. I dress up every year and pass out candy. This year Kaitlin is going to be a Geisha girl. She looks so cute. I will upload pictures of her after Halloween. Max of course is going to be a pumpkin. John is still unsure what has happened to his once manly hunting dog. Tonight we carved our Jack-o-lantern. Kaitlin designed the pumpkin face, but she wasnt really excited about scooping out the seeds and goo on the inside. After our carving we watched the classic "Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin." I am hoping Halloween will be a warm night. These past few days I think we have skipped Fall and just headed straight into winter. In the mornings it has been 24 degrees. TOO COLD!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! We will post again soon.