Jam session with daddy!

SNOW

South Carolina SNOW! 

 

We got out the yard stick to see just how much snow was out there!

I don't know if you can see or not...but there are tire tracks on our driveway...yeah..even though Matt's boss called and told him that he didn't have to come into work..Matt wanted to check on a couple of things. So he braved the snow in his 4-wheel drive truck!

After he got home, I dressed the boys to go outside.  Ian was not excited about it at all. I figured that once we got outside he would be fine.  WRONG!  He just screamed and cried the whole 5 minutes he was out there.  Matt took them both sled riding down our driveway! Ian just went once and then I took him back inside.  Levi stayed out a little longer. Once inside, they were happy just to watch their dad play in the snow from the dining room windows!

 Can you see the snow ball at the top of the picture below?

 Ian & Levi laughed so hard as each of the snow balls hit the windows! I thought Ian was going to fall over from laughing so hard!

This was Matt's attempt at a snowman..the snow wasn't wet enough to make a big one like he had planned. 

Birthdays

Saturday evening, everyone got together one last time for dinner before we had to leave. After we ate, 

we celebrated Levi & my dad's birthdays!

New Years Eve

It was hard to believe that we had been in PA for a week already.

 And even though Matt and I had been sick off and on all week....it was great getting to see family again.

 We decided to celebrate New Years Eve early with the kids.  Ali bought a ton of champagne/gun confetti poppers and horns! All of the kids had a blast watching the streamers and confetti fly out of the pop guns! Ian was a little hesitant to join in on all of the fun (because of the noise), until my brother Daniel sat down with him!

That was all it took! Before we knew it the floor was COVERED in confetti, streamers and glitter and the kids were running around making noise with the horns!

Once all of the confetti was cleaned up, we got the kids ready for bed. Ian & Tyler took a minute to read a book together!

Then we tried to get all of the kids to bed. Key word "TRIED"...so that us adults could play a game before the REAL count down to the new year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Ok so we  had 2 out of 5 kids up with us to bring in the New Year!!  I love you Tyler & Paige!!

More time with friends

This afternoon, we went to visit with Sondy and John.  

They usually join us for Christmas Eve dinner, but they were sick that night. 

Visit with Grandpa Miller

This morning went to visit Grandpa Miller.  He took the time to put on a slide show for us.  It was fun listening to him recount the events of his life. (He had a sign and post card business)

 Above is a picture of a Coca-Cola sign that he painted on the side of a building and below is a picture of Matt's dad. 

BALL PIT

Tonight, we got to spend some time with great friends! 

Friends that LOVE TO SPOIL OUR BOYS!

Yes, they got them a BALL PIT!  With 500 colored balls!