Call Me Crazy

Although being from Arizona, I LOVE the snow.  When I lived there, I cursed every day I had to turn on the air conditioning in my car over Christmas break.  So when we moved here, I loved to see the trees change color and the peaks of the mountains accumulate snow.  Then it snowed at our own house and it was so beautiful.  The girls loved it.  I appreciated the cold weather, even if I had to shovel two feet of snow on our extra long driveway.  I watched the snow glitter as I threw it in the grass.  The whole winter Dan complained mostly because of his commute to work.  I hated to hear him complain.  Then I listened to others who were from here that hated it too.  It seemed like everyone wished it would stop snowing.  Then fast forward to today.  Today we had another snowfall.  We had to walk to church in near blizzard conditions, all 100 feet or so.  Granted it was tough for the kids but they had fun using their princess umbrellas and seeing the snow collect on their coats.  It only took us a minute or two to get to the church but I found myself asking if we should have taken the car.  Even then, I found myself reveling in the falling snow and smiling to myself.  Maybe my opinion will change in a few years, but it makes me sad to hear so many people complain of the wonderful phenomenon of snow and cold and cloudy skies.  I guess growing up in Arizona I had too many days of searing hot sun and soon the cloudy skies will get to me too.  But right now, I am thoroughly enjoying another blast of winter.  

This is our baby boy sucking his thumb.  And I constantly feel his kicks and punches now.  It's cute now but I'm sure in a few months I will be wishing he wasn't so active!

Am I lazy or is just it me?

I totally need to take down my Christmas decorations, but there is so much to do now that I can post pictures!!!  I have a ton from our trip to AZ, but I want to learn how to post a slide show first since there are so many pictures.  So today my goal is to clean up the house and pack away all the Christmas stuff and post a few slideshows.  I would be surprised if I get it all done!  :)  Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

Here's Fiona's cheesy smile and Meagan's posing.  
This is Rhys frosting cookies and his hair.  He loves this picture!  I'll post more later!

Transition

Ok, I'm back from a very long vacation to sunny Arizona where we spent lots of time with family and friends.  It was nice to visit and see everyone and enjoy the warm weather.  I hear we missed some very cold weather here too.  But it was fun to come home to the snow and now it feels like winter.  (I really love winter, call me crazy!)  So I have lots of pictures to post but I am in the middle of learning how our new Mac works (I grew up on a PC).  I can't seem to find our pictures, although I can view them on our computer, I can't transfer them to post.  Oh well, I'll get it figured out.  

Oh, and by the way, we found out today our baby that is due in June is a boy!  We got a picture of him sucking his thumb, and I promise to post it as soon as I find out how!  And don't even ask about names yet.  That is a tough negotiating process.  

Awwwwkward!

So we are now officially coming out with the news that we are expecting our 4th child!  So if you didn't already know, consider yourself in-the-know.  I am currently in the awkward stage of being between wardrobes where I have only 1 pair of pants and 1 skirt and just a few shirts to cover my fat tummy.  And it does look like fat, not a baby bump at all!!  And Dan is nice enough to tell me so too.  Nice huh?  I'm lucky enough to have a husband who tells me the truth and is always honest about what he thinks.  Which is good right?  Except when I want to hear something totally different.  But I'm sure I will appreciate this factor somewhere along the line.  Anyway, since we are going to Arizona for 2 weeks during the holidays I have the luck of being able to pack light with the few clothes that fit me and wear them every day.   Ah, the joys of pregnancy.