I think Annie was more impeding our efforts at the start. She warmed up to him in the end…He never had the chance to melt though.  Annie reduced him to the mound of snow he started as, as we headed in the door for dinner.

Grandma and Grandpa put in a call to the North Pole and we got 2 visitors Christmas Eve.  Apparently, Grandpa met Santa in his travels through Alaska during some military training.  The kids cleared off the naughty list just in time too.  Santa did return late after the children were tucked all snug in their [...]

Colorado must have known we were coming.  It dumped a foot of snow just a few days after we got here.  Those hills’ beckon call had us scrambling for snowsuits, gloves and mittens.  I find it hard to resist the sledding hills when the hills have such a thick layer of powder. I’m not one [...]

Words can’t express the love I have for these three!

Our Christmas Disney trip was fabulous!  Just look at Will’s face.  Can you tell they reopened, Pirates of the Caribbean?! Both Hudson and Annie got picked out of the crowd to be padowan!  For those of you who aren’t familiar with Disneyland, a Jedi comes out and picks a few kids out of the crowd [...]