Bringing in the New Year

Our first order of business for 2009 (way overdue in the first place) was to clean out the closet that held all of the toys:

(Notice how they spilled out into the living room so ugly-like)

And turn it into a real toy closet! Yay!

Admire:

Much better, don't you agree?

No more overspill into the living room! No more toys scattered all over my house! {The new rule is 1 tub per child at a time...then clean up if you want a new one!}

We love it. Couldn't have had more fun New Year's Eve than turning our disorganized mess into a beautiful, everything-in-it's-place closet!

Here's to hoping we can do the same with the rest of our lives, lol.

Spring has sprung...FINALLY!

After some much needed rain (which Levi escaped into

one day when Daddy arrived home from work),

our front yard finally started to reflect the time of year.

Our First Snow!

Well, Levi and Daddy experienced their first snow! We got back to town on Tuesday afternoon, the cold weather already a big difference from the nice warm Florida weather, and then on Saturday we woke up to it snowing...and that's what it did all day! I think we got about 8 inches total by Saturday night!

We went over to Grandma Sherri's house that afternoon to have pizza and put up the Christmas tree with Cristy, Kayla and my mom. We had a ton of fun, but the best part of all of that though, in my opinion, was the 45 minutes we all spent playing "Name That Tune: Christmas Edition!" I think we exhausted every Christmas song we knew!

Afterwards we all bundled up and went outside for some fun in the snow. Levi is so cute when he's got on all his gear...he can barely walk, and when he does he wobbles back and forth from one leg to the other. He reminds me of a little marshmallow puff! :o) We had so much fun sledding and making snow angels! I think Levi had the most fun of all...the whole time we were pulling him around he was saying "Oooooo" and waving. He is so entertaining!