From Fall to Winter

It seems that there is always something happening at our house!  I don't know if this is good or bad...

We had a fall clean up day in November.  We were blessed with beautiful weather - above norm temps.  Because of this, our trees didn't lose their leaves until late November, early December.  Here are Will & Alex working on the majority of the leaves.  Poor Will, he had to do the front gutters again just a few weeks later!

The temps turned a bit colder and the sun disappeared much earlier...this calls for family game and family movie nights!

While eating dinner out one night, the kids watched a poker tournament on tv.  They took the hat and sunglasses idea a bit far during our next game night!

Of course, everything is DAB worthy these days...

Alex found this huge collection of safety pins while at Goodwill.  Unfortunately, all the pins were open and stuck together!  We purchased the collection as a Christmas gift for her Cross Country Coach (Perkins).  He gives kids a safety pin to place on their shoelaces every time they PR during the season (get a new personal record). It is a great visual for the kids.  We had "fun" untangling this mess!  Hopefully Perkins gets a kick out of her gift!

Our first snow of the season - it was very wet and stuck to everything!  We were expecting no more than 2 inches but ended up with between 6-8 inches!  A crazy start to our winter.