Yes, it's pretty and yes, the kids like playing in it but it NEVER ENDS!!!!! We have the longest driveway in our entire neighborhood...one of the longer ones in our city so snow removal is a fulltime job with all the snow we've had so far this season! Peter is not sure what to think about the snow when he's so bundled up so he can hardly walk outside! He did seem to enjoy sledding down a small hill with Hannah though. It sure is pretty to watch snow fall from inside a nice warm house!!!
Okay, so I made up that acronym for the title of this post! So many people, myself included, do the FFF posts, so I made this one up for Peter since I post more pix of him than the other 4 kids put together! They do ask me once in a while why it's always Peter on here so I need to try to do a better job in 2009 with putting their faces on the blog too!! Peter has such a great imagination already and loves pretending he's on a cell phone or computer. He pretends he's eating or sleeping too! He is at such a fun age right now. So much personality in this little guy! He's very loving and affectionate too. He will come up to me and give me a kiss on the leg and take off to play again. He loves his little dolly too as you can see from this picture above! What a wonderful Christmas it was with Peter here this year. We missed him so much when he was still in Guatemala last Christmas! We are so blessed with our 5 wonderful kids!!!!
Every year before Christmas, my sister and I get together with our "brood" to celebrate Jesus birth. We make it into a birthday party theme with games, crafts, birthday cake and gifts for each other. With 10 children between the two of us, it's too crazy getting together on Christmas day so this has evolved into a nice early celebration. The kids exchange gifts and this year they all took turns reading the bible story of Christ's birth. Grandma and Grandpa even came to the party this year! Earlier in the day, Greta was in the play "How the Grinch Tried to Steal Christmas" at our church. The picture below is of the performance. My nephew, Bobby, is in the army and just came home on leave that afternoon so he stopped in and had lunch with us! Ricky is so crazy about Bobby and has always looked up to him!! This Christmas, please remember all the military men and women who are serving our country far from home and apart from their families. They need our prayers for continued safety and support!! 
Greta had a busy sports day today. She had her second hockey practice of the season this morning. She already is improving from last week! It helps when you have a great coach(her daddy!). She went right from hockey to her last basketball game of the season. Greta started out not liking b-ball at all and finished the season loving it. She really improved and learned the game more. I am personally glad we don't have 2 sports conflicting at the same times anymore. It gets to be a lot of running on Saturdays. Add to it Hannah's hockey practice and games 4 times a week and we are always on the go. Plus there's 3 other kids at home to shuttle around. Life is busy but we love it and God is so good to us!! 
Peter came upstairs dressed like a cowboy...he did this himself!! Then for some reason when we started taking pictures of him, he began to cry!! He looked so cute in the cowboy gear especially because he was wearing a flannel shirt that day and it all fit the theme nicely!! 
We are giving away 2 adorable pair of Christmas beaded socks to one lucky reader! (value $14) All you have to do be be eligible for the drawing is leave a comment at the end of this posting or email us. If you want to increase your chances of winning, just place our blog name on your blog list of favorites and you will be entered a second time! The winner can choose any size of socks and have them made in red, green or both red and green beads. If you don't have a girl who may like these, enter anyway and give them as a gift if you win!! The drawing will be held on December 17 and the socks will be mailed to the winner so they will be received before Christmas. 
BRRRRR! It's cold out today! At this time of year, we need to add an extra 10 minutes to the time it usually takes to get ready to go outside. It does help that the twins can do most of the outdoor gear themselves now but Peter still takes a while to get dressed. I have yet to take him out to play in the snow this year. He still needs winter boots and snowpants which I plan to get this next week! 
