Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland

Ok, so i will start this post by saying that neither Corey nor i are exactly winter type people. However, the problem with that is we now live in MI and unless we want to be hermits for the next few months we're going to have to deal with it or better yet make the best of it. We got probably a little less than 18 inches this past weekend....we were planning Saturday to go downhill skiing with my dad but the road conditions did not permit that. We ended up going cross country skiing closer by. Though I will say that i am not sure the driving conditions were any better as it was pretty much a white-out most of the way....thankfully we were in an SUV. We left Micah with grandma and grandpa (Corey's parents). He actually stayed the night there Friday night as we had a staff Christmas party at church. This was his first overnighter and he did great and had lots of fun!!!!

Saturday am we woke up to this...it was really pretty!

Scrapping off the car before we went skiing.

Reagan decked out in her skiing gear!

Corey decided he wanted to dive into the snow....

and it wasn't long before the girls followed.

Our infamous picture-take one

...and take two.

We had a great day skiing and even enjoyed some hot chocolate by the fire in the lodge afterwards. We then braved the elements (literally) and headed to a local place for lunch. Corey had some BBQ brisket (one of his favorites) and I had a blackened salmon sandwich (ymmm...it was delicious!). We headed back to my dad's for dessert (dippin' dots) and for a quick wii game with the girls before heading back to pick up Micah.

Sunday afternoon we decided that we'd break Micah in for his first MI winter and take him sledding! We got him nice and bundled up and then took him out in the back yard and then to the church parking lot for his first sledding experience. He wasn't exactly sure what to think at first but I think he had fun. I'm sure next year he'll be a bit more into it.

Christmas 2010

How crazy is it to think that the God of the universe came to earth in the person of Jesus as a baby!!!! That is the reason we celebrate Christmas!!!

It was a special Christmas this year as it was Micah's first Christmas! We got to spend lots of time with family and it was a great Christmas.

The ongoing tradition of gingerbread houses continues!!! Micah sure enjoyed eating the graham crackers!!

The pictures don't really do it justice but if you saw them in person it probably wouldn't be too difficult to guess which one I made and which Corey made. Hint: Corey's looks like a 5 year old did it! haha

The Wednesday evening prior to Christmas we headed up to Gull Lake to celebrate with my mom and family. Kolby and Britton were also able to drive over from Lansing so that was fun to see them too! We had a big turkey dinner and then opened gifts.

We spent Christmas Eve my dad and family. We went over to my dad's early in the morning and opened gifts and then my extended family (grandparents, aunt/uncle, cousins) came over for lunch. We had a Christmas Eve service at The Chapel to end the evening.

Micah with Grammy and Grandad

Micah loved playing with my cousin Collin

If you will notice the gift bag one of Corey's gifts was wrapped in. Haha, I think my dad wrapped this one and wasn't paying much attention when he grabbed this bag for Corey!

We spent Christmas morning at our place just the three of us. We opened a few gifts and made breakfast. Micah had fun unwrapping and then attempting to eat the paper.

Christmas day afternoon we went to Corey's grandpas (on his dad's side) for lunch and to celebrate.

After his grandpas we went back to Corey's parents and his grandma and Uncle came over to join the celebration.

We are thankful for a great Christmas with lots of food, gifts, and family....but most of all we are thankful God sent his Son as a baby born that we may know Him!