Hot Chocolate With Marshmellows...Mmmm...

If you saw a little girl at your door that looked this cold, wouldn't you give her a nice cup of hot chocolate loaded with marshmellows? I thought so.


The kids wanted to go outside and play in the snow sooo bad that they didn't care how cold it was. Before long, one after another they filed back inside starting with Katie. Justin was next with really rosy cheeks. His chubby little cheeks were so red and cold that they started to swell up. I was quite worried, but he is fine now. At the time we were fussying over him so much about it that he said, "Great, I'm going to die now."

Do I really need to say anything about this picture?

If the kids had their way, this is the kind of picture you would find in your Christmas card.

Christmas Kids....

The kids look just like stair steps don't they? They are all very excited about Christmas coming soon and have been counting the days. Today, Rebecca and I went to our church to make cookie baskets to give to various people around town. It was a good time of fellowship and of course a few cookies were eaten. The weather has been great, lots of sunshine and 39 degrees today.
It is amazing how quickly that feels warm!

Frosty...

One of the windows had this pretty frost on it this morning. I am glad that we are nice and warm inside.


One morning we opened the front door and saw these cute little bird tracks on our front porch. Can you see them? I wonder if our cat Daisy saw the bird when it was there?

Justin and Katie..!

Say Cheese! Aren't they cute. Right now they are outside enjoying the fresh, powdery snow. Perfect for trying out the new sled we bought at Menards.

Dakota Dusk...

The frontier life is a good life...

Getting Ready for Christmas....Already...

The day after Thanksgiving we are all set to put away all of the fall decorations and get out the Christmas decorations. Before long we had the whole house decked out with figurines, wall hangings, Christmas tree and presents. This is going to be such a neat place to have Christmas.


The kids saw the snow blowing around outside yesterday and wanted to go out and see what it was like. Katie was the only one dressed appropriately. The boys didn't think that putting on their snow pants was necessary. She was also the only one that wasn't cold. We thought they would be out there for awhile but, they came back right away. I guess Mom does know best after all!

Grandpa and Katie....

Clyde came for a visit two weeks ago. On the last day of his visit he had a conversation with Katie.


It went a little something like this. "Katie, are you smarter than me?" Katie replied, "Yes."
"Katie are you smarter than your Daddy?" Katie replied, "Yes."
"Katie, what does it mean to be smart?" Katie replied, "I know how to do stuff good."

I thought that was so cute. I am glad that she had this talk with her Grandpa...

A View of South Dakota....

I love these views out of our windows. The brown grass, distant farm houses and Spirit Mound are all part of this great big land out here.


We haven't had too much snow yet. Right now the only snow is a coating on the drive way. We have such nice weather the last week or so. Alas, that is all about to end. We are in for frosty cold weather and hopefully some heavy snow....