Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (but really.....are we almost done yet?!)

What a Winter it has been.
Sure the trees are beautiful.
The Snowy Owl was fun to watch.  For a while.
The dogs romping around, playing, rolling, getting wet...and stinky...
The Hens blinded by the snow, so you have to dig the 10" of snow from the front of the coop to get inside, toss it all around so its not white so they come out...
One of our Hens is brooding, and refuses to get off the eggs that will never hatch, and the other Hens are pecking her head raw.  :(
6 snow days for the kids this year....6 extra days of whining, crying, fighting, driving mom crazy.....
Yep.  Such a Winter.
Now c'mon Spring...I need you!!!!

A Day with Isaac~

Today I had the pleasure of watching our nephew and his wife's baby Isaac.  He is 7 months old, and he is the cutest, sweetest little guy I've had the pleasure of spending time with in a long time.  He is very busy, and only slept for a half hour two times while I was there.
I enjoyed my time with him so much.  I think now that my own kids are older, I can really relish moments like today.  I am grateful Tyler and Mary trust me enough to spend time with their lil' man, and I get to do it all again on Wednesday!  :)  Below is the little cutie! Oh, and its pretty neat because his mamma is from Columbia, he will be bilingual, as she speaks to him in Spanish 90% of the time...

Isaac Parker Callies

Sweet baby sleeping in his swing

All little boys like trucks

Jimmy G

mamma and baby Lily

James and Lily

Playing with his goats

Little Lily

He lost his first tooth!!

My nephew James turned 6 on January 30th!  Hard to believe how quickly time flies by.  He is in Kindergarten, and is excelling.  He tested out on top of his class, no surprise there.  We will be celebrating his Birthday soon, so I will post pics once we do.  In the meantime, he lost his very first tooth, and you can see how excited he is about that!  :)  He also has a new baby goat that he named Lily.  Sami and James have the mamma, too.  Sami is a great mom to James, and gives him experiences that many of aren't able to do with our kids.  She is a hard worker, a dedicated mom, and I am grateful to have her in my life, and to know she is going to raise James to be one fine young man.

Puppies n' Pinatas~

Emily had to make something for her Spanish class that represents something they do in the Spanish culture, so she decided to make a Pinata.  I thought it turned out really good!  Seems everything she does she excels at.  Must be nice.  ha-ha

I also took a few more pics of the dogs, Juno and Gabe as I don't have too many of Gabe!  He is hard to photograph cuz he moves an awful lot, but they turned out OK I think.

Gabe

Enjoying his bone

Both have bones....

But Gabe's looks better!

How can I sneak in there and steal it?

Think I'll try to look innocent...

And....it didn't work!  Gabe wins!

The pinata

Caleb playing a video game

Working on her pinata

The final product...I see an "A" in her future!

Baby, its cold outside!

Governor Dayton actually closed schools this upcoming Monday as the wind chill along with the frigid temps is just going to be too dangerous for the young and old alike.  The kids aren't complaining that their Christmas break was extended by another day!  They had some fun playing outside today at my sister's, which is good because I think we'll be holed up for the next several days! 

My lense was fogged up!

Kaitlyn and Dexter

Its COLD!!!

Doggy Play Date

Last weekend I took Juno to my parents house, and me and my mom's friend, Katie went there with her rescue dog, Ella.  Ella and Rico got along pretty good with a few tense moments, but all in all I think they had a fun time.  Juno isn't sure enough to be around such a dominant dog, so we waited until Rico got Ella all worn out before letting Juno play with her, and it worked like a charm!  They all slept good that night. The pics are a little blurry as I took them through a window...LOL

Ella

Even the kids and adults had fun!

Rico got Ella to submit

My dad played referee