{Snow Day}

It was a pretty grim forecast. Blizzard warnings have been posted for about 48 hours.  Along with the 9-12 inches of snow, they were also predicting winds of 40-50 miles an hour.  Below are some of the actual gusts we seen.

Here is a 24 hour time lapse.  The photo on the left was taken at 4 pm on Wednesday.  The photo on the right was taken at 4 pm on Thursday.

In the end, we ended up with a snow day and here are a few of our highlights...

Christmas in Calmar

A few weeks ago, we headed up to Calmar for Christmas in Calmar.  One of our first stops was to see the Mr. and Mrs.'  As you can see, it didn't go so great.  I've only spent the last few months telling Landon not to talk to strangers.  Now, I attempt to put him on this strange guys lap and make him tell him what he wants for Christmas?  Both boys said in a not so subtle manner, that wasn't going to happen!

Kudos to my Dad and everyone else in Calmar who put in a lot of hard work, Christmas in Calmar was a huge success.  By the time we got to Bop (Asher's name for Grandpa), they were already out of Chicken Noodle soup.

There were so many fun things going on that we really only got to experience half of them.  Nevertheless, the boys had a great time after we got a way from the big guy in the red suit.

I'm back...

Or so I hope...  I've been working way too much and I've been stressed.  Many days, I pray to make it through the day without any breakdowns and I look forward to being home with my boys.  There's been a lot going on, and the last thing I wanted to do when I got home was sit in front of the computer and update this blog. 

I am thankful for Jer, who has taken over picking the boys up from school and daycare every day.  Who has also taken over laundry duties, grocery shopping, cooking and most other household functions. 

I have so many pictures and so many stories, and I hope to get them posted at some point.  So we'll see.  I love this blog so I can keep track of all the fun stories and important milestones, but right now, experiencing those milestones are my first priority!  As for now, keep reading below and you will see that our baby is now 5...

Five!

Let me take a minute to introduce you to my five year old!  I can't even believe it's possible for my little babe to be five, but here he is...

On Landon's birth day, he woke up to a bouquet of balloons and a present.  Landon quickly walked past those and after we excitedly sang "Happy Birthday" to him, he responded with tears and "I can't find my chap stick."  After finding his chap stick (which were in his pants pocket in the laundry), he was all smiles.  Jeremy quickly shared with him that he was his Mother's son that morning. :)

Landon carried on to school where he got to enjoy his birthday with all his new friends.  It was also a special day at school because Landon's class got to come to school in their pajamas and have a Polar Express pajama party!

Later in the evening, we headed out to eat.  Since it was Landon's special day, he got to choose where we all ate.  Landon chose Happy Joe's!

Although the pizza is good, I think Landon had one thing in mind when he chose Happy Joe's, and that was the games.  Landon won 32 tickets and got to cash them in.  He was pretty excited about getting a new race car. 

The celebration continued when we got home with cupcakes from Buttercream Dreams.  Landon enjoyed his favorite, Chocolate Chocolate Chip.

Yesterday, just two days after his Birthday, the celebration continued when our family came over to help celebrate. 

Landon enjoyed showing everyone his blue tongue.

 Lucky for Landon, his big cousin Eryn could help him read his cards.

I think Landon would agree with me that he had a fantastic 5th Birthday.  We are so blessed to be surrounded with such a loving and caring family.  All the activities must have wore Landon out, because he's on his 2nd nap of the day!