Christmas Eve

Every year on Christmas Eve my family does the nativity. I usually get to be Mary and this time I had a real Joseph! Our cat was baby Jesus for a while but then decided she didn't want to participate anymore so I just had a pillow to show to the wise men. Rory decided to start a new fashion in Bethlehem and wear an outrageously colored beach towel for his turban. We had a great Christmas and hope everyone else did too!

Sledding!

Dad getting ready for a ride down the hill on his taboggan. He's had this since he was a kid and my grandpa fixed it up and brought it from Texas. It's great to ride on! Nice and padded.

Adam, Sam, and Rory riding on dad's old toboggan

Ammon made a jump half way down the sledding hill and Rory was trying hit it but he missed and fell in the hole next to the jump.

Me about to run into a bunch of weeds.

Ammon going off the jump he made.

Kat being so happy to be out sledding.

It's Starting to Look a Lot Like Christmas

It's snowing so much outside right now we can hardly see across the street. It's amazing. Luckily we have a lot of food and a propane heater so if we get snowed in and the power goes out we'll be ok. At least for a little bit. We finally caved in today and bought one more space heater. The sheet of ice on the inside of the bathroom window was the last straw. Haha.

Christmas Tree Hunting

After traveling all day to get home from Thanksgiving at Vale, OR we hopped into another car and headed for the mountains. While being pummelled with snowballs we searched and searched for our tree. We finally found it and dragged over the chainsaw. Rory cut her down, strapped her to the top of Sheila and we went home. Look how manly he is with his chainsaw and camo coat.

Dad and Rory loading our magnificent tree onto Sheila. We had to cut off a lot to fit it into our apartment.

Here's the finished product! (sort of.... we haven't found a suitable tree topper) But I love it! And even more so with the lights on. It does make our living room a lot smaller. But it's worth it!