Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Snow Fun - So Fun!!

The day after Christmas gave us a surprise snowfall. Nice, especially where there is a little boy with a new snow toy.

Daddy gives Aidan a BIG push!



Aidan goes fast!
It wasn't a lot of snow,
but just enough for some fun =)



That was great!!



 He goes again,
not as fast this time
because...


He was trying to convince his sister 
that she could have fun too.


What a sweet brother....
he was by her side the first time down the hill ♥
She declared it to be lots of fun!

The snow soon disappeared.
We had lots of rain on Sunday.
Now our weather is turning very cold....
maybe some snow later this week.
I know a little boy who would be pleased as punch with that!


Christmas vacation is fast coming to a close.
Corey has been home since Christmas day.
Dale has been home since last Friday.
Christy has worked Sunday and today. 
Gina, unfortunately, had a usual work week.

Everyone is back to normal Thursday.
What an adjustment that will be!!

Hubby has been busy.
He put in the replacement windows.
We love having a window where there wasn't any for such a long time.
He is also working on the floor.
Stain is now finished.
One coat of poly, too.





A work in progress...


We are planning another fun family time tonight...at least with some of the family. Gathering at the Smith household again.

Happy New Year! Praying your year, as well as ours, will be filled with many blessings and just enough challenges to keep it interesting =)

Monday, December 30, 2013

Our Christmas - part 2

Family Gifts...the children received gifts from Aunts and Uncles and Nana and Pop Pop.

Brinley got a cute puppy from Aunt Kimmy


Paityn loves the bean bag chair from Aunt Kimmy =)


Ellen got a funny movie from her sister Kim.


Brinley has lots of help
opening her gift from Nana and Pop Pop.


Zoe got a Cabbage Patch doll
from Nana and Pop Pop.


Aidan and Paityn open their gifts at the same time...
what could they be??



We wish for more snow!!




Zoe and Brinley decide they 
don't need snow to have fun!

Andrew takes a look at the sweater we gave him...
and a Starbucks gift card =)



 We give a small gift to our adult children, too.
The guy's gift causes some laughs!


Corey thinks his Mom is off her rocker =)


I say, But, how good you look,
my Son!


You, too, my Son-in-law =)

Mary Ellen helps Scott with his.


You look so good,
my other Son-in-law =)

The girls check out what's in their bags -

Gina finds gloves among some other stuff =)


Greta checks out her bag.


Christy and Kim, too.

We play the crazy game of 
Now you Have it,
Now you Don't.

We wait till the end to open our gifts.
Always, there's lots of laughter involved.
ALWAYS!



People crowd around Christy to see what she has 
because it's taking her forever to open it!

It's Duct tape all stuck together!!
A Scott gift, of course!
Kim checks out her singing reindeer from Gina .

We also waited in anticipation
to see what Scott got.
Because, 
Christy said it was 
Pay Back Time!!

Hahahahaha!!
Scott, we expect you to wear this 
for all the neighbors to see next summer 
while you grill your family a good meal!!
Too funny!



Look at Paityn!!
Aidan checks out Greta's gift from Kim =)

 After the fun time was past,
Zoe wanted her nails painted...
Greta and Lynn got her a bag full of nail polish.
Zoe loves having her nails painted!


Here she is,
showing off her pretty nails =)
Thanks, Aunt Greta!

Christmas is past once again. 
It was great, we had a blast, it goes too fast...
and I am done!
Whew!
This Nana is tired!



Friday, December 27, 2013

Our Christmas

Our day was filled with family and fun, fun, fun.....what more would you expect from the FahnHouse?

We had a surprise snow squall on Christmas Eve. It came with a furry and left us with a beautiful white world. Nice! All our snow had disappeared last week end because of warmer temps and lots of rain.




I thought it was so interesting how Aidan arranged the Manger scene...

I had the 3 Wise men to the side.
He thought they should be right in front facing Baby Jesus ♥


Ellen opens a gift and finds
 wonderful slippers from Gina.


Gina finds a bag with a note....
it gave instructions as to where to find another gift
from her Mom and Dad.
It was in the basement!


A new TV!



Aidan is loving this gift from his parents!
It's a Hot Wheels race car.

Zoe loves Babies!!

Christy loves her slippers from Corey and the kids.
she knew she was getting them...
BUT
she didn't know about what was inside one of the slippers.


A beautiful pair of earrings!


Gina gifted Zoe her doll house ♥
It's been in our attic for a long time.
Zoe LOVES it!


Awww

We all gathered at Marcy and Scott's house for our family dinner.
What a great home for a bunch like ours =)

Tables all the way into the play room
filled with people I love ♥
Melt my heart.

As we were eating,
Marcy told me that I may want to take a look out the front window.
Oh. My. Word!
The sky was breathtakingly beautiful!
My little camera couldn't capture all the beauty...
but I tried!

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More pictures another day! Christy is organizing the kitchen and I need to get down there to make some decisions. I love her organizing skills!!

Dale is working on the window he put in the bedroom. A window has not been there for about 28 years. Ahh, let the be light =)

(I'll have to show you a pic another time. Things aren't working to do it right now, ugh!!)

We needed a plummer today. The pump was not working this morning. It's all fixed again, thanks to our friend Ed Sensenig! One seems to really need water when there isn't any!!

Blessings to you today!

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Merry Christmas!

The Big Guy was here =)

Yes he was!
How crazy that he has paper just like Gina gave me for Christmas several years ago ;-)


Ellen looks pleased!


Aidan and Zoe find goodies in their stockings too!


Aidan reads Santa's note to Daddy ♥


Merry Christmas!!



We remember the reason for the Season......

Happy Birthday, Jesus!