Winter things

Some winter things that have been happening lately.

In a strange order, however :)

Visiting Santa in the Osky mall

Oskaloosa Lighted Christmas parade 

BIG SNOWSTORM that hit and left us with 15 inches of snow!

Steve playing Barbies with Avery 

Avery making a snow angel

real reindeer at the Christmas parade 

ginger-bread house making with Aubrey 

Steve doing a little shoveling, until a nice neighbor came

and dug us out with their blade - thanks whoever it was!

Aubrey's snow angel 

putting up the new lights on the house BEFORE the snow hit

it was COLD and WINDY - but they lasted about 15 minutes :)

drifts off the south side of the house quite a few feet deep

Avery's side of the gingerbread house 

Avery would later regret this as it got her hands VERY COLD

and became quite cranky after an hour in the cold! 

The most snow we have seen since living in Oskaloosa, for sure!

notice the snow coming off the roof 

Disney on Ice

On Friday afternoon, we took the girls to Disney on Ice!

We were so glad we made it on time.

Mom was shopping in Des Moines and had both van keys with her.

That meant Dad and the girls were stuck at home with no keys!

Thanks to Grandpa Betty, he brought over the gray car

and they trucked it to Des Moines in the clunker!

We ALL made it JUST as the curtains opened!

Finding Dory

She was just 2 last time we went, and she was IN AWE this time around!

"Oh I get it, they are on ICE skates - that makes sense!"

Aubrey was a good sister and wore a too-small Elsa dress

to humor her sister, "Anna" - :)

Beauty and the Beast 

Frozen - Elsa 

Elsa and Anna 

Prince Hans ready to strike Elsa with Anna

finale of FROZEN (the main event)

Aubrey's friend/penpal was also there with her family - so they met up to say HI!

Aladdin 

GI Joes from Toy Story

MULAN

Mulan's dragon

The Lion King - Simba and Nala 

grand finale 

Thanksgiving Break

On Thanksgiving Day, we went to Grandpa and Grandma Betty's

for lunch and fellowship.

cousins playing the game Trouble 

the girls were excited to see baby Erica 

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the grandkids (minus one) with Grandpa Craig 

Aubrey was excited to hold baby Erica 

Avery and Hannah playing Gone Fishing

a game of Apples to Apples Jr.

Uncle Steven reading to Hannah and Sophia 

It was a NICE day outside, so the kids had fun in the tree!

watching the free movie THE STAR 

On Saturday, we did some festivities in the Penn Central Mall in Osky

seeing Santa 

LOVE! 

Elf Aubrey 

Elf Avery