First Snow, and our trip home

We got to travel home for Thanksgiving last month. It was a great trip, despite the 12 hour drive to Josh's parents and then the 9 hour drive back home from my parent's house. We decided it would be smart to leave on Friday night, so that the kids would sleep most of the way, so we went to our church lifegroup as scheduled and ended up staying to visit until 11:00p.m. We loaded the kids in the car and drove all night. Liam slept the entire way, but London woke up at 1:15 and stayed awake until 5:30. Grrr. She didn't cry the whole time, I was just hoping she would get a good night's sleep! We spent a few days with Josh's parents and then went to my parent's house the day before Thanksgiving, stopping to vistit friends along the way. Josh's mom got food poisoning while we were there, so she spent a day in bed, and while we were at my mom's house, she got some sort of virus, so she also spent a day in bed...did we bring bad luck with us? Either way, none of us got it, and both moms are feeling better now!

If you'll notice in the photo below, there is now a VAN parked in our garage. My mom had payed hers off, and, rather than trading it in, she traded us for our car, which she will trade in a few months. THANK YOU MOM AND DAD! There is so much more space in the van, and if someone parks too close to you in the parking lot, you can still get your kids in the carseat. I love it!

Other than that, we've been sticking close to home. It snowed here last night, and it was the first accumulation we've had this year. Liam was SO excited when he woke up, but I knew it wouldn't last long, since it was supposed to be above freezing today. So we got all bundled up and went outside to build our first snowman of the year. Does London remind anyone else of the kid on the movie "A Christmas Story"? She could hardly move :) I do LOVE their snowsuits, which I got on end-of-the-season clearance racks for $5 each last year- keeps their clothes nice and dry, so you can just take them off and not have to change their clothes after coming inside.