I haven't had a sleeping baby in the baby bjorn in a long time. I loved it to say the least:) Wesley loved it too.
Elli loves to play with these boys. She is very good with them.
Luka and Wesley. Tummy time makes for fun times, especially when they keep rolling over. Wesley was getting upset with Luka because he wanted to roll that way and Luka was in his way:) So much fun to have them here.
The snow wouldn't roll into a ball but it sure would pack. So, we did our best and this is who we came out with!
Pretty good snowman this time around. No snow mound.
Elli kept putting her hands on her hips and saying,"I wonder what animal this is?" Or, "What animal left this?" She even saw some tracks that ended at our tree and she said, "Look! It goes to the tree and then up. Must be a squirrel or a raccoon." What a sweet girl I have and what a precious time in the snow today.
Here she is following some tracks under the neighbors' shed. She thinks they are bunny tracks. I agree with her. It looks like they even slept under there.
These are some of the tracks we found behind our house, in the backyard, and through the woods. There was definitely one set of boots, but the rest were animals. We followed them into the woods where the salt lick is. It had a few more bite marks on it. She was so excited. I believe we have some bunnies, deer, cats, birds, squirrels, and who knows what else behind our house. Wish we could see the animals and not just the tracks. Very fun day.
Elli loved playing as well as bowling. Here she is pushing Caleb. Not sure he was having as much fun as she:) At least they were not arguing!
Check out that form! She scored a 55. Great score.
Check out that form! Brent did well.
Sometimes the ball barely made it down the lane. Elli waited patiently.
"Elli give mommy a smile before we go sledding!"
Elli and Emilee getting ready for their sledding turns.
Love her giggles.
Such a sweet face on my girl.
"Wee!"
Elli wanted to decorate the tree. She asked me for help on the high branches.
What a perfect angel:)
At the end of it all, we had hot chocolate. Such wonderful way to spend an afternoon. She drank her hot chocolate so fast! Of course she didn't have any pants or socks on because they were soaked, so she did her best to warm up! Hehehe
Wesley found his thumb and we couldn't stop taking pictures. He cried when he pulled it out and couldn't figure out how to put it back in:) So sweet!
The pastor prayed over these boys that they would grow to be warriors of the faith and prayed for Leah and Matt to have patience and wisdom. Very sweet. He made a small mistake in saying they were born on January 16th. Then he stopped and said wait, that's today and that would be crazy! The boys were very good and looked so sweet.
Sweet picture.
The whole gang minus the picture taker, me:)
Elli thought it was hilarious to put the balloons on AnnaBelle. What a good sport she was:)
Gary got some help blowing out the candles.
Mmmmm. Elli said we needed a lot of candles for Gary's birthday cake, so she put the whole package on!
Heather and Gary grilled out for us. Yummy!
Happy birthday Gary. We didn't have a special celebration on Nov 15, for his birthday and this was our celebration, two months later. So sad! But, at least we got to celebrate together.
Elli, Luka, Wesley.
They weren't sure what to think of this picture taking:)
Elli loves to play music. She has been taking piano lessons with Brent each night since the 1st of January for about 10-15 minutes a night. She can play two handed "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and other little songs. She is loving it. She also likes playing guitar with Brent. He tuned both of their guitars and they enjoyed an evening of "playing."
Love this shot of her running from my snowballs:)
She is aiming at me, but not getting me.
Funny girl.
What is a snow day without eating the snow?
Elli loves to make snow angels. She made this one as soon as she got off her sled after the first run down the hill.
Cheesy smile!
And here it is. The first sled down the hill on our first snow storm of 2011. She loved it!
Elli could not resist dressing her little friend in a tutu:)
Caleb and Madilynn came over to participate in school one morning. Here they are working on the shapes:)
They each pretended to be a different hibernating animal as well. Caleb was a bear, Madilynn a hedge hog and Elli a bunny. It was probably more on the fun side and less on the learning side:)
I was excited to have school with Caleb and Madilynn today. It was very fun. They each started by practicing their names. So cute to see each of these little ones working together:)
Elli holding Luka
Mom and dad's pumpkin did not survive the snow. It was buried under the snow until it turned 66 degrees outside and melted it all.
Leah and Matt brought the twins over to meet Lance, Lana and Liam. 
Linda was enjoying the babies too:)
Wesley showing of his strength. I wanted him to roll over, but it didn't happen today. We ended up going to mom and dad's when the Fergusons left. We had our traditional pork, sauerkraut and ice cream:) It truly has been a couple of weeks full of family time. I love the holidays and visiting with family.
Elli did very well ringing in the new year. She played, ate, and then asked Justin to watch her new Strawberry Shortcake movie with her:)
Jenna and Linda.
Jenna and Justin had us over for a New Year's Eve party. We played round robin ping pong and catch phrase. Actually we played catch phrase nearly everyday the whole week. It was a fun night. Justn handed out noise makers for us to blow when the ball dropped. I will say that a sleeping Seth was none too fond of the noise makers! Again, we had a great night.
