First snowman of the season!

Meet Papa Jack! (Jack named him!)

Today was such a great day! I love Sundays when I can just be with my family and not have to worry about the worldly things that seem to cram the rest of my week! Here's what made my day so special!

this was my view from my kitchen window as I made lunch

I am so thankful for Jess and for how incredible he is as a father! Our kids absolutely adore him, (so do I :)! Jack was so excited for the snow that he ran around in it in his church clothes until we finally convinced him to at least come in to put his snow clothes on.


Ignore the fact that my cute little girl looks like a boy. Jayci doesn't have any snow clothes yet so she wore Jack's old ones. She hated getting them on though! Boy she can throw some good tantrums!

Here they're starting to build a 'temple'!

Jack got bored and decided that the wet slide was more fun...

..leaving Jess to finish it by himself!

Jayci was frustrated that her stroller was so hard to push in the snow!

Here's Jack in the mostly-finished 'temple'!

After snow and lunch, we all took a three hour nap! It was a rare treat, and I enjoyed it a little too much because I'm going to want it more now and my kids rarely cooporate. After naps grandma and grandpa Elies brought us a loaf of hot homemade bread so we made taco soup to go with it! It was perfect for a day like today. We then made cookies to take to Beau (Jack's best neighbor friend) and Lexi (Jayci's little friend) and grandma and grandpa Bruun, and Cramen (as Jack and Jayci would call Cameron!)

Now the kids are in bed and Jess and I have some alone time! What a perfect day!