'Tis the season

Aren't y'all just in love with this time of year?? I sure am. I just love the winter time. I love the cold. The Christmas lights. The twinkle of the Christmas tree. 

Ok, so I might post about how much I love Christmas time from now till Christmas, so hopefully you get the point. 

We've been doin Christmas-ey type stuff lately.

We had our little mini Christmas tree from last year and Madelynn wanted to put it up in their room so we had fun decorating it.... as Stetson took 3/4 of the ornaments and broke them. (Yay for disastrous little brothers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

 and daddy put up some Christmas lights outside!! I am a sucker for Christmas lights (shocker, right??) so.... even though we live quite a ways off the highway, and our closest neighber is half a mile away.... I'm thankful that my darling love agreed with putting lights on the house... even if were the only ones to see it... It brightens my day... (or night)

The wonderful Fed-Ex guy came and dropped off a few packages.... and I wasn't home, and Nat was. Like that NEVER happens, and he just so happened to be dropping off part of Nat's Christmas present so happy early Christmas to my husband. We've kinda been living in our back room lately. Its just soooo cozy. We've been making fires in the fire place and we got it all organized and moved 1 of our laptops back there on the computer desk so I've loved going back there and hanging out when I'm using the computer. We've talked about getting a TV back there  so we can get all cozy by the fire and watch movies. So now, thanks to Mr Fed-Ex guy, we no longer have to wait for the watch movies part.

 .....and guess what. It SNOWED and for almost 3 days now, we still have plenty of snow on the ground. Its beautiful, I just love looking out the window at the white ground, but lets face it... Thank God we don't live in the North!!!!!! I just couldn't imagine living like this all winter long. Maybe with no kids it might be fun... but the bundling up like Eskimos to walk out the door is not fun with 3 little pretty much helpless babes.

but of course, we had to venture out and play in it!!

The kids all had fun. I didn't think bubba would like it cuz he can hardly even walk in his big jacket, much less gloves, a hat AND boots but he just had a blast! He kept falling and falling but he would get back up and keep on truckin. The girls so badly wanted to build a snowman (cuz were kinda obsessed with Frosty right now) but it was the wrong kind of snow so they were kinda bummed about that. 

After everyone was frozen to death and had eaten there weight in snow, we went in, started a fire and drank hot cocoa!! We had a fun day....

Not to mention, Nat was off for 4 days... then we had the weekend which he tries to stay home for, and luckily, he didn't get called out... THEN it snowed and he's been home for the 2 days its been cold/icy/and snowing. So hes been here for like EVER... we've thoroughly enjoyed all this quality time with him..... but I know its coming.... I'm trying to prepare myself for this....

 Hes gonna.... 

have..... 

to....

 go... 

back.... 

to.... 

WORK in the coming days

 (most likely tomorrow.... but I'm p-u-s-h-i-n-g my luck.

It is the hardest thing to adjust after hes been off for a few days... much less longer than a week. We have all totally vegged out the past couple days. Jammies all day. Watching Christmas movies all day. Hot cocoa, fires in the fireplace non stop and being completely L-A-Z-Y!! 

Sometimes you just gotta do that!!