It's WINTER time...take a look!

Let me start by saying...I love a lot of things about blogger, but the one thing I don't like is loading pictures...and this time I loaded ALL of my pictures in backwards order...and it takes FOREVER to fix it...so if you could just start at the bottom and scroll up, you will get time order....so...scroll down now and the comments will go from the bottom, too! Thanks for playing!

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'til next time...

So now you're back to the top (or the end...whichever way you look at it!) We're expecting more precipitation this week...we've missed three days of school already...but we have two more...can't let them go to waste, right!

...well, let's just say they get all their mad skills from their mama!!

And now...the highlight of the weekend...a MOM free-throw contest during half time of Jake's game...one mom from our team...one mom from the other...guess who won?!?!

Kate was so happy to bump into her buddy, Emma!

Bernie kept whining wanting the kids to play with him!

Does this grin say "NO FEAR" to you?!@?

again...no snow pants...just jeans...

Kate's favorite way down the hill!!

and a long walk back up...

It is a very fun, long ride down....

Later in the week we decided to hit the big hill between the library and the pool...we don't have any pictures of Cody because he was TAKING the pictures...I think he may have a career in photography!! Both Connor and Jake did a lot of snowboarding (is it called snowboarding if they spend more time on their rear ends than the board?)

Real men don't wear snowpants...they wear pj bottoms...

Can't shovel without a snowball fight, right?

Some of our very favorite people shoveled with us!

Bernie LOVES the snow.

Are they cute or what?!

We got 12 inches of snow last week...and we decided to shovel (and play) around 10:30 pm when the majority of the snow had already fallen...enjoy these fun pictures! My favorite is this first one of the three kids!

A busy weekend...full of family and fun!

My Mom's maiden name is McGee...she was one of six children...and I have 14 first cousins on the McGee side. This weekend, the McGee family came together to celebrate the life of George Rencher, my uncle. Uncle George was married to my Mom's sister, Aunt Cora. Her three kids, and 9 of my other cousins were all in town this weekend. We did not have Tommy, my cousin who died last year, and my cousin, Wes, who is getting his law degree in Denver, CO. But everybody else was at my house on Friday night...it was a ton of fun visiting and catching up...see for yourself...Wes, you were missed! (You, too, Mandy!!)

"the thirteen"

"the thirteen" plus 2 kids, three husbands, a wife, a couple aunts...and Bernie!

the sisters...cora and wanda

the next generation...

kate and brooke...

only two of the twenty-seven...

(if I counted correctly!!)

playtime!!

So, Saturday we had a beautiful ceremony at the St. Ignatius Country Church for Uncle George. Connor did a reading and did a remarkable job...he makes me very proud! The service was followed by a reception and Jenn and Bryan's house...it was very well attended and catered by Bob!! Needless to say, the food was great!

Then that evening, many of the cousins, my mom, my dad, my sis, and aunt cora, returned to my house to eat crabs...it was an evening of food, fun, and football.

All the while, Kate and I were nextdoor for a "Miss America Pageant Party"! The idea being that beautiful, intelligent, talented women all come together to watch beautiful, intelligent (?), talented women compete against each other!

It was a ton of fun...the hosts are pretty spectacular ladies...take a look!

the hosts

"miss world"

(she named herself)

the contestants were knockouts!!

the competition...

perfecting the "Miss America wave"

beautiful, talented, intelligent women

professional makeup artists ;-)

Overall we had a wonderful weekend...let me not forget to mention the three basketball games that were played as well! Jake had a game Saturday, he played really well and his team won! Connor had games Saturday and Sunday...his team won both games and he also played well!