Maybe I am the only one, but I was totally surprised to wake up to new snow this morning. The kids were really excited to try out their new snow shovels. Every time someone asked Cody what he wanted for Christmas, he would say "snow shovel", so my mom got each grandchild one of their own. It was the first thing they wanted to do in the snow!
Sarah really wanted to ride in her sled, so after Mike plowed and shoveled, he obliged her until lunchtime.
We went to Mike's mom's house on Sunday and the kids got to hang out with their cousins. When we got there, Cody sat down on the couch next to little Mikie and said "Hi, my name is Cody" I laughed so hard because I have never heard him do that before! Usually he either won't say anything or he says that he is little hunter, little bear, little deer, etc....
On Saturday, we went to my Aunt Jeanne's house to celebrate with my gram and family. Sarah wore this pretty dress from Shelby (thanks!) and Cody enjoyed playing with all of the old toys there.
On Christmas morning, Cody woke up and came over to our room. He was so excited! He had to wait until we got Sarah up because she generally sleeps an hour or two longer than him.
He went right into opening his presents. Sarah had to watch for a few minutes and wake up, then she got into it, too.
Of course, the favorite gifts had to do with hunting. We got them a lot of the same things, because they always fight if not.
Sarah got a couple of "buck" shirts for Christmas. I had her pretty dress layed out for her to wear up to my mom's house, but she absolutely refused. She kept screaming "buck shirt" until I finally put it on her. Oh well, I guess she looks cute anyway!
We went to church with our friends Angie and Brian on Christmas Eve, so the kids got to wear their Christmas outfits again. I tried to get pictures in front of the tree, but they were pretty uncooperative as usual. 
After Sarah got her jammies on, she was hamming it up, but they just don't want to be in pictures together I guess!
This one is funny because it is a snapshot of life at our house. Sarah is always reading a book, and Cody is always hunting...something. (Notice how the giraffe is wearing his christmas tie!)
We finally got to go get our Christmas tree this weekend. It was a little cold, but we bundled up and the kids didn't seem to mind at all. Sarah was quite content to wander around by herself, pulling on weeds, falling down, getting back up, falling down, getting back up......
He had brought along a rope (to tie the tree to the car) but he thought it was a dragging rope and he wanted to drag the tree out of the woods. Sarah got in on the action for just a few minutes, then took off on her own again. Cody was serious and "helped" Daddy drag the tree the whole way to the wagon.
Both kids enjoyed decorating the tree this year, then hung out on the couch with daddy watching the outdoor channel and eating camo cookies.
Cody wanted to make "camo cookies" the other day, so I was trying to figure out how to do that. I decided to add green food coloring to the batter and make chocolate chip cookies. Except that after we baked them they looked all kind of brownish anyway. Oh well, he had a good time.
So did Sarah! While I was putting the cookies in the oven, she was "measuring" baking soda. I think I need to buy a new box before we make more cookies!
Daddy was tired when he came home from work, so Sarah crawled up on the couch to read him a story. She loves to read to anyone who will listen (or not!)
After the church Christmas party on Saturday, Mom brought Dana and Destiny over to play in the snow. The kids had soooo much fun! The didn't have snow gear with them, so I dug through my yardsale collection and found stuff to (almost) fit everyone. Cody of course had to wear his hunting vest.
They had sled races down the side of the yard. Sarah just got pulled around in the baby sled- which she only wanted Grandma to pull, not mommy!
Their favorite part, though, was building a snowman. It was Cody's first, and he loved it so much that he kept hugging it!
