Brandon, Evan, Ryder & Dad Eric checking out Evan's new Space Ship.
Kannin can not WAIT to dig into the Wubzy Cake!! It tasted as FABULOUS as it looks!!!
Singing to the Birthday Boy Evan
Everyone gets a Valentines Bag full of goodies. The boys woke up EARLY Saturday morning and woke us up too! You would think Santa had just came! They were so excited!!
Ryder shows daddy his bag of goodies!
A Valentines movie..."Alvin & The Chipmunks!"
Kannin got a Valentines book from his favorite series of books (Give a Mouse a Cookie). He read it 20 times before breakfast!!
Poor Tysen...the little boys ran down and woke him up so they could open their bags! I know he wanted to still be sleeping! SO DID MATT & I!!!
I gave Matt a new watch...with all the bells and whistles! He loved it!
Daddy & the boys gave me beautiful flowers.
After the boys opened their bags...we had "Heart Shaped Pancakes! Mmmm!!
Ryder & I did some Valentines art projects. One of them was a melted crayon shaving mosaic. He got to use an IRON. He was really careful and excited.
Threading his heart to hang it.
Our hanging Valentines Mosaics.
For lunch we had heart shaped hamburgers!
Ryder's cousins from Kansas City, Tristan & Sidney, stopped for a Valentine cookie before their long roadtrip back home. Ryder made them Valentines to take home and also made some for their 2 sisters who were back home in Kansas City. Wish they would have been able to come over to play with Ryder while they were here BUT they are planning a trip back here in July and we have already planned a sleep over for their whole family! YAY!!
Morning of Saturday December 26th began the "Big Dig-Out!" Roads were still closed but the clean up began!
Matt digging out the sunroom.
Then Jake Kraft showed up with more "Horse Power!" 
Almost cleared for opening!!
Opened after 3 days of being Snowed in!
Haylee peeking out the tunnel.
Uncle Clint tried to climb through the tunnel...unsuccessfully!
Cousin Lisa Schlosser had the same idea as dad to drive around town and see the drifts! Behind her is the front doors to the school. Thank goodness it was Christmas Vacation already!
Looking down Main Street. The road is cleared down the middle but you can see all the businesses drifted shut! All you could hear in town the entire day on Saturday the 26th...was Tractors, Plows and Snowmobiles! Kinda Spooky!!
Matt, the boys and I ventured out heading to South Dakota to spend Christmas with Family. We drove through REDICULOUS weather conditions...snow, wind, ice and drifting to FINALLY arrive after 9 hours!! So worth it!! DANGEROUS....but Matt and the boys FINALLY got the White Christmas they have always wanted!!
My mom putting out all the goody trays! Mmmm!!
My sister's family arrived around supper time on Christmas Eve and the kids were all eager to open gifts. We decided to let the kids open all their gifts and then the adults opened theirs while the kids played with their new loot! Very enjoyable that way!
Adorable niece Macy with her new baby from "Aunt Beki!" This doll looked FREEKISHLY REAL!!
Haylee loved her Christmas Barbie from Grandma & Grandpa.
Ryder & Matt...both excited to get the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Box Set of movies! VINTAGE!!...to HIM anyway!
Tysen & Ryder with their new RC Helicopters!
Dad was like a little boy...Giddy with excitement...when he opened the Canon Battery Grip for his camera from us.
Haylee fixed Grandma Kris' hair while we opened our gifts. LOVELY!!
Haylee in her pretty Christmas dress...playing Barbies. Just like Aunt Beki...I have hundreds & hundreds of hours of memories of playing with new Barbies (especially on Christmas morning).
Ryder was EXSTATIC to get a Remote Controlled car that looks like "Bumblebee" the Transformer.
First Thing...A Hot Cocoa Break...
Adorable Macy D. in her pretty Christmas dress!
Mom and Grandma Dorothy visiting before lunch. I love mom's barstool covers.
Kannin giving Great Grandma Dorothy some loves. Matt can't resist sticking his head in pictures!
Macy D. enjoying a Santa Cookie!
And even though it had already been snowing for over 24 hours..."The Madness" truely began! It was amaxing that Santa actually found our burried little South Dakota town! 