Can You Believe It?

Jenna is old enough for Primary!

One Happy Little Elf!

Kelsey's First Christmas

Isn't she lovely?!

Merry Christmas!

Here we are...nothing says "Military Christmas" like Christmas over the video call! How thankful we are for modern technology! Dustin was able to join us for all of the gift opening festivities this morning. It was nice to have him there to watch the kids open their gifts but it sure would have been nice to have him home. Last night, as he "helped" me wrap gifts over the Live Messanger we talked about how it used to be that we'd only have letters to help us stay connected and now we have this video chat. It's pretty amazing. How truly blessed we are!

The Children Were Nestled, All Snug in Their Beds...

They may hate me later, but I love taking pics of my sleeping little ones on Christmas Eve. I've decided, however, that 8 years old is gonna be my limit. That means just one more year for my Henry! And, yes, it's weird but Kelsey sleeps in her carseat. She'll sleep longer there than anywhere else. Go figure!

New Jammies!

Here's the gang all cleaned up and in their new Christmas PJs!

The Only Kind of "Icy" I Like is Spelled Icee!

Everything here is Great Falls is covered in ice! I don't think I've ever seen it this yucky before. We ventured out yesterday because Henry had a dentist appointment. It was crazy. On the roads in Base Housing I had very little control over my van. I would turn the wheel and straight we would go. Once we got out of Base Housing and onto more travelled roads we were good to go. Then, we tried to come home. Yeah, we got stuck! I couldn't get my van to make it up my slightly slanted driveway and into the garage. We could make it part-way up but then, even with the brake pushed to the floor, we would slide back. Finally I gave up and just left the van where it was and got the kids out. I was not happy. Lacie came over and saved the day with a bag of lovely scented kitty litter and we made a path for the tires and finally got it put away. It's still icy outside and there is no hope in the forecast either. In fact, there's a 100% chance of snow today. That'll be a nice addition to the thick sheet of ice outside. The 10 day forecast has nothing over 25F so I think it's going to be here for a while. Is it gonna be Spring soon? The first day of Winter was just yesterday, you say? Heaven help us!