Winter Returns

Sorry for the light posting of late...you've got to have time to update a blog, and neither of us have a lot of that!

We had a little snowstorm Friday night into Saturday. When we woke up Saturday morning, everything was quiet and beautiful. Pete threw on some shoes and a sweatshirt and ran outside to capture the following shots.

Pete then spent the balance of the day working on the entryway. We discovered paneling underneath the wallpaper out there, so instead of taking off the wallpaper, we decided to dig out the "grooves" in the paneling (which had been filled in by whoever decided to wallpaper) and then paint, so it will look like we've simply painted over paneling. Hopefully anyway. We're now ready to prime, which I hope happens this weekend. :) I hope to post some "in progress" pictures soon.

Here are a few shots from our Christmas Eve with the Meyerings and Christmas Day with the Andersons:

Pete and Katie enjoying putting together a puzzle.

Gavin helping Pete open a present.

Gavin opening his Little People Discovery Airport from Uncle Pete and Aunt Amy. Unfortunately, he wasn't feeling very well by the end of the evening - can you tell by his (very cute) rosy cheeks? But for feeling as yucky as he did, he did great!

Christmas Day, we hosted the Anderson clan at our home - our first official holiday hosting. The day was fun and went well (thank goodness for Honeybaked Ham!)

The Anderson men: (L-R) Dad Anderson, Pete (in the Santa suit), Henry, Phil (Henry's dad) and Paul

With the kids (they belong to Phil): Annie, Kitty, Tori and Henry

And the star of the day, Santa, hands out presents. Isn't he a hottie? :)

More is coming...

I've finally found the time to sit down and post - all to say that more pictures and posts from Christmas are coming soon. The holidays were a happy whirlwind and now it's back to the real world. Look for pictures of our upcoming house projects too - front entryway, here we come!