Thank-you Grandma!!

Well, my grandma gave me her old snowmobilin' snowsuit!! Her and my grandpa (Marvelous Marvin) used to go snowmobiling quite a bit!! This was back before global-warming, when Central IL used to get a ton of snow. [mild sarcasm]

When we got back to Michigan on Monday night all of the snow was gone!! BUT, alas, we woke up this morning to another few inches. We're supposed to get more today, so we thought we'd go ahead and get the driveway cleared. (It'll make for easier shoveling later.) So, I put on my new snowsuit circa ?198#?... it fit great, and was warmer than anything I've ever worn! THANKS for the hand-me-down grams.... I'm going to get TONS of use out of it here in Michigan!

I need to charge my camera so that I can download my pictues from Christmas!! Stay tuned. :)

Friday Already!?! FPF

Well - I bought this shirt for Dave. He's my Captain Awesome. :)

We both worked from home today...we've gotten about a foot of snow, I bet. Kellogg's told their employee's to work from home rather than have them on the roads! How nice!!

We're busy getting ready for Christmas, and soon heading to Illinois for family time!! It'll be fun to see everyone.

Hopefully there is some snow there, as well, otherwise Snickers may be disappointed. He's having a blast.

Just So You Know...it took a while to load these pic's!

Without further adieu, here are some pictures from our trip to Kansas for Thanksgiving...we stopped in Decatur and had splendid times with friends and family for my birthday, and then continued the birthday fun to Missouri - where we stayed with Heather & Matt - then on to Kansas... perhaps I can write a more detailed story on another day, I'm exhausted from the loading! :)

Favorite Photos Friday

Well, I am way behind on blogging! I have so much fun stuff to talk about from our November trip!

So - for favorite photo Friday, I will share a few of my favorite pictures of our niece and nephews on the Harder side! They were so fun to spend time with!

Here is Ava in one of my favorite photos that I took of her! She came into the room while we were getting ready for the Thanksgiving Day service. I asked her if she was allowed to jump on the bed, and she told me, "yes!" So - who am I to ruin her fun? She was really enjoying it, too. (Probably even more when I started taking pictures!) haha. I know I'm a bad influence:

Here is Dakota riding on the 4-wheeler with grandpa....he actually already knows how to start it up! Pretty impressive, as I understand it - this is one of his favorite things to do:

And little Oliver! This little boy was so content with everything we did! He's very sweet and so quiet -- the first thing that Ava told us about her little brother was that, "he has blue eyes." He sure does, and she is so proud of him: