Boone

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do--
not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I feel we should learn never to become discouraged."

-- Pres. Heber J. Grant

Friday, December 18, 2009

Christmas Fun

We have been busy, busy with lots of fun this holiday season so far! This week Niels has been out of town all week in Washington State for work, and Aricin had his Christmas preschool program, complete with a huge lunch (which I made our family's clam chowder recipe for) and a special visit from Santa!

Aricin proceeded to tell me that Santa isn't real. I told him that if he didn't believe then he wouldn't be able to bring him any presents. Needless to say, he believes in Santa again!

Below are some pictures from the boys decorating the tree, and also a video clip from Aricin's Christmas Preschool program. In the picture with Santa you can see that Aricin has reindeer antlers on. In the picture that is kind of dark, he also had a "red" nose like Rudolph along with his antlers for part of the program.

I can hardly believe it is already so close to Christmas. And as of today, we may end up with snow! School was let out early today because we are supposed to get snow. So far though, all we've gotten was a bit of icy pellets and some rain. But between now and tomorrow night we could get a lot more! 4-8" is what is expected, with 12-15" in the mountains!

WOW! If we get 4-8 inches, school may be closed down for a week! When we got 1" of slush in years past it was 2 days off and a late start. So we'll see if they boys even have school next week. They are supposed to go Monday and Tuesday.

I hope they go, cause Santa has a few more things on his list!







Thursday, December 17, 2009

Getting our Christmas Tree - 2009

We have a wonderful choose and cut your own tree farm that is only about 1/2 hour away. This was our 3rd year going to this farm. They are always so friendly, and the trees are very inexpensive, too! We only paid $30 for a tree that is very close to 9 feet tall and very bushy! The boys love picking out the tree. Of course no tree hunting expedition is complete without arguing over which tree to get!

Here are some pictures from cutting the tree this year. I have also included a video of them baling the tree for us to take home as well as Niels getting the final cut! Last year I didn't get that on video so I am happy to report that it is there to share this time!