it's worth the wait the whole year through

these videos were just too funny to wait! santa was very good to us this year, but i think hayley loved her pony the best. :)

[front view]

[back view]

more pictures to come. hope you all had a very merry christmas :)

once upon a time...

i came home from my first semester of college and was helping kendle make thousands of cookies for a reception for some weirdos. nicole was over helping and she was telling me about this one lady who came into the hospital who looked like she was being beaten. her sentence went something like this... "i called protective services because it looked like she had been beaten." i responded by saying, "oh good." naturally i was referring to the first half of the sentence. well, kendle laughed at me for saying it [yes, i know how it sounded]. i turned around to spit my tongue out at kendle, and come to find out, she was holding a hot cookie sheet right about at my ear level behind me, moving cookies from the sheet to the cooling racks. here is the result...


yes. i was burnt in my ear with a cookie sheet. how many people in the world can say that?! :)

and yes. it looks like it's oozing, but that is just the burn gel, cross my heart!

may he rest in peace

when we walked by kate's car to go to dinner, this is what we found...

farewell, willis. king of the snow people. your body will decay... but your spirit lingers on and your human friends find solace in the loss they have sustained.

willis

i stayed outside while it was snowing of my own free will to play in it. true growth, i know. :)

[this is willis, our new friend.]

snow attire

i think i am getting the hang of dressing for the weather, and i must admit... it's a little fun. :) (these are for you kendle!)

a few of my least favorite things

julie andrews was crazy when she said a few of her favorite things were snowflakes that stay on her nose and eyelashes.

[but it sure is pretty :)]

oh, the weather outside is frightful...

ok, not really. y'all should be very proud of me... i am dealing very well with this latest development. i can truthfully say that is it really beautiful to look at. it was even a little warmer today than it has been the last few days. it was coming down pretty hard while i was getting ready for church. luckily it lightened just a tad for the actual walk there. the hill was a beast in the snow and it was, indeed, icy at the top. but i can officially say i made it to and from church my first time with snow without falling on my bum. yes, i slipped a tad, but i am proud of myself and y'all should be too [especially you, dad. whenever anyone talks to me about it, i say, "it's pretty" cause i'm trying to have a happy attitude about it :)]

[while it was snowing.]

side note: this is the tree right outside our window. tiff and i are making it our personal christmas tree and i have to say, the snow does make it look a bit more christmassy :)

[after church when a lot had melted]