Yippee Snow!

We have snow and are totally loving it. It makes everything a little slower and a little cozier. Plus I just love putting Nick in snow pants. We found a hill around our neighborhood. It was rather steep and blazing our own trail meant snow in the face for Nick (which he totally hated) The Germans LOVE the wood sleds. Funny since I thought they were only meant for decoration!

The all terain stroller

Back from a morning of sledding and snuggling on the couch

Yeah - two smiles!

Today Tate came over - we bundled them both out and sent them outside. They stayed out there MUCH longer than we thought they would. The dad's even went out there and built them a fort! The mom's stayed in with the little ones sipping leaded coffee - yum yum!

I thought this little video was too cute. Nick came home from Kindergarden and just wanted to make tracks in the snow while he kept his hands warm in his snow pants.

Nick or Shane??

I was going through some photos or Shane and I couldn't get over how much I thought he looked like Nick. I have a feeling in a few years these baby pictures will be difficult to decipher...

Some snow and Shane's photo shoot

We did a little photo shoot with Shane after baths tonight. This is what we came up with. Surely not going professional anytime soon. Just be thankful that he can naturaly cute =) Strategically blocking the important parts!

Check out that Buda Bellie

Serious Shane

Is it a kiss or a Headlock?

Dad loves photo shoots =)

Sweet Baby (looks JUST like Nick!)

Saturday morning we woke up to about 2 "of snow. It made everything look beautiful! We Nick tried out back and took out his sled and skiis. Needless to say, we do need a bigger hill.

My family in Germany

We just had a wonderful two weeks with my family in Germany. Jason, Riley and my dad arrived Friday morning while Stacie and my mom came a day later. During their stay we checked out all the Christmas Markets, celebrated with Santa. found all the best beer joints, toured Salzburg singing the hills are alive =) Chris took a crew out to Munich as well as St. Anton one day and Stacie, Jason, Chris and I ventured out for New Years while the munchkins stayed with the Grandparents.

It was a wonderful holiday and one that went by way too fast. We have a million photos but I selected a few fun ones.Santa ate my cookies and left just a little bite!
Christmas Dinner - Goose and steak yum yum!!

Smilin' Riley! This is a beautiful dress that my mom found in the attic recently. Apparently there are photos of myself and my sister in this very same dress.

Nick and I made bird seed ornaments - Pauli wished herself a Merry Christmas as she tried to pull out and consume all the ornaments. Guess the birds will go hungry.

Its Stocking time - Santa was good to all of us!
Trains, Trains and more Trains - Merry Christmas Nick!

Merry Christmas from the munchkins! They were all bathed - can you smell the Johnson & Johnson?

Shane is almost ready for the Bumbo - we are just afraid he will 'grow out of it' before he is able to use it!

Making Cookies for Santa (yup, the photos are outta order, but that's life right?)

Matchbox car heaven!

Even Pauli needed a little 'pacifying' here and there...

Chatting time

On Sunday Chris took Stacie and Jason to Munich. They went right by the Glockespeil staight for the Haufbrau house - They called me at 5:45 saying they were leaving the HB house for more exploring. Good thing they hit the important place first!

Best beer around!

Chris and Jason's new friends

On Wednesday - the same crew headed out to St. Anton Austria. A favorite skiing location of our past. It rained during the entire drive and changed to snow 15 minutes away from the resort. Perfect!

Who's gonna be sore tomorrow??

Snow flakes and all - what a beautiful day!

And we leave you with a photo of our furture skier. For now we are practicing in the house and around the back yard. But most importantly we make sure he is dressed in all the correct attire. PJs are a MUST