S N O W.....

Snow...snoooooooow!



We've had a white Christmas alright...it's pretty amazing around here. It's the most snow any of us have ever seen.
This makes for interesting mornings for Jon...
Here's the truck....looking down our street...our house is on the right...with the lights:)


This is a view from the front steps of the house...
And this is my awesome shoveling machine...aka..JON

He has to get up at about 4:45am to shovel out for work in the morning!!!
OH, and yes, he has no jacket on bc ...he gets so hot shoveling! :)
This also makes for lots of fun for Noah...he loves shoveling snow!
Here's proof:




Jon and Noah playing in the snow...building a giant snowman...

Here's me and snow...we get along great.


Here's the igloo/cave Jon carved out...it's seriously about 2-3 feet higher now, bc we've gotten more snow since this picture was taken!



This is me..doing what I do best in snow...playing/falling.


Um, my coughing you can hear at the end of the video...that's bc it took my breath away...it wasn't as deep as Jon told me...so I hit the ground hard! LOL




OH...AND...James turned 4 months this month!!! Crazy!
He's such a cute happy lil dude!

From Germany...

We wish to say:




And here's a few pics from tonight....
Our candle light service...

And....our Christmas Eve tradition of opening a new set of PJs!!!

We look snazzy!
Merry Christmas Y'ALL!

GlobeTrotters!

I thought you all might enjoy seeing these pictures!
The Harlem Globetrotters came to Schweinfurt...for FREE! (Jon had to be up at the gym at 6am to get us tickets)
It was a blast.
Noah had a "ball"! (Jon happened to catch one of the small basketballs they were throwing out to the audience)
Jon and Noah had the most fun after the game was over getting autographs from all the players:)
I hope the slideshow works for you! I decided it would take up a lot less space and save you from scrolling...and scrolling...and scrolling......

:)

Thanksgiving ....

I just wanted to post some pictures from Thanksgiving.

Here's the finished product...of my super cool A&M apple pie!



James ready for gobblin':)



Here's the pie before I baked it!


I was so proud!


Here's a Texas Apple pie we gave to Noah's Kindergarten teachers!



I think the pictures of the boys are so hilarious...
I could easily think of great captions to fit the many faces of these cute boys...but I think you should leave comments guessing what they are thinking instead! It's too funny!


















After a long day...It's nice to snuggle up and read a good book with Daddy;)




And...here's a shot from James' s 3 Month mark!

And..just for good measure a goofy hat hair picture of Noah...quite the lil toot!

Mind the Gap

L O N D O N !!!!

Gosh, it is entirely too hard to begin talking about our trip to London, we loved it so much.
Truly, we sure wish we had more time in this amazing city. So rich with history and the people were absolutely a delight!

We took off on a Thursday and came back Sunday. It was Veterans Day weekend. In fact, it was their "Remembrance" Day weekend too, so it was unusually crowded...and I mean CROWDED! That didn't stop us from having lots of fun though:) Just wish we could have been there in the warmer weather to enjoy the parks.

So, here's some pictures to highlight our adventures.
We took a double-decker bus tour which ended up being super worth it with two little boys and pretty chilly weather.Took us a while to pick a spot to eat for fish and chips...but we finally found some! :) Notice, Noah is zonked in the backpack carrier! LOLNext stop...Tower of London! This ended up being the only "Museum" we went in...with little ones museums are just not a good idea!
Here's some fun pictures from around the city.
Me pointing at the building they affectionately call the "Gerkin" bc it looks like a giant pickle! Yes, of course we took a stroll through Harrods!!! The best thing about that place was that their childrens floor had an amazing baby changing room...with 3 separate changing stations, complete with their own sinks and changing pads!!! Yes, a travel weary Mommy's dream!

Jon, in keeping with tradition, would get up early and run around to scope out the city...this time he brought the camera with him! Great shots Jon!!!

This one is soooo frame worthy don't you think???
Our bus tour also came with a free river boat tour....Noah absolutely loved it! He got to ride on a plane, train, bus...AND boat!Other highlights....
London Eye
The National flower for Remembrance is the Poppy....so there were poppy wreaths...and paper poppies being sold everywhere that weekend.In front of Westminster Abbey
These guys reminded me of the "oh wee oh, yooooo hoooo" dudes from Wizard of OZ:)Of course the obligatory pic outside Buckingham Palace
There was also some interesting parades...Horse Guard:)Trafalgar Square!Eating a traditional English meal....And...we had to take Noah to Hamley's Toy store (It's like a glorified FAO Schwartz) He was overwhelmed at first..
(just like I was in Harrods! LOL)
And...James did GREAT on the plane!!!!
Lovely time indeed! Stroller free! We carried both boys, Jon had Noah in the backpack carrier...and I carried baby James:)