It's The Holiday Season!

Hello everyone! We are all looking forward to Christmas, especially the 2 weeks off for Jessica & I. We have lots of good fun stuff planned for our time together with the kids. Kierin and Connor are starting to get really excited that Santa is coming soon. We haven't had a chance to get the boys pictures taken with the jolly elf yet, but Kierin is working on a letter to send to Santa.

We are already enjoying the winter holiday season. There is a nice sledding hill nearby. We took Connor down the hill for the first time. He was not real sure about it-I think the speed made him a little nervous and, of course, since he was in the front of the sled, he tended to catch a lot of the snow that was kicked up going down the hill right in the kisser. He likes going outside and making "noballs," but he doesn't like getting what is known in Alaska as a "white wash."


Here the boys are posing for a winter picture where we went sledding. Connor liked this action a lot more than the sledding, but Kierin couldn't wait to get back on the hills. Its tough, because for a couple years, he was my sledding buddy and now he only wants to go by himself. I kind of feel sad, because he's getting so darn big, and I used him as an excuse to sled-a 35 year old isn't supposed to love sledding, too.


Here is a picture of the dudes in Eagle River Town Square by the community Christmas tree. We missed the lighting ceremony because we've been sick, but I wanted a picture of the two guys in front of it because it was just so darn Christmasy. The town square is kind of special to me, because waaaaayy back in high school, I helped plant the tree and lay down tile as a community service project for the Chugiak High School JROTC.


Even Nudgey is getting into the Holiday spirit. I had another picture of him that I was going to post, but Nudge looks like he wants to murder me in that picture. Dogs don't like hats, I guess, even Holiday ones. Still, I thought he was pretty cute with it on!