Yes, we finally were under a blizzard warning!! This was only the start. We got about 22" at our house in 30 hours (ish). Slave labor I know, but the kids love helping with their shovels. They are actually old enough to really start helping and getting the idea of what shoveling is.
Then we went for a drive that night to look at lights and play in the snow. This is our xmas tree downtown. It's pretty lame looking, but at least the town puts one up....in the middle of the road.
We went to Phx after spending time with Clif's family in Cottonwood. We had great dinners all around. In Phx, the kids got to roast marshmellows by my parents lake.
Kids got to see their Great Granny Nadine.
And so did I.
The tree was cute in AZ this year, so before it's final destination, it toured the state. A friend of ours and her daughter joined us on our trip downtown to see it.
Yeah, don't blink. You couldn't see much.
Hard to see, but this is the crew.....my two kids and I are on the left, day care babies in the double stroller, and our friends on the the right. We are standing in front of the HUGE truck carrying the tree.
We all got to peek inside to see it.
Photo op and hot chocolate provided by our favorite restaurant!! They still make the best hot cocoa I've ever had. 
To help pass the time, we made a few crafts this year. For school we took a break from our normal books and did a Thanksgiving Unit. We (well maybe it's more like I) learned quite a bit about the original thanksgiving. Even our homeschool group study this as a group. To keep the theme going, we made a thankful tree. I'm not the most artistic, but I think with the help of the thankful leaves, it turned out pretty cute.
Then we made place mats for all of the cousins. Both kids worked really hard on them and I did the hot glue afterwards.
In our thanksgiving unit, we got to grow corn. Well, corn seed is not that available in the mountains, so I used pop corn. Who knows, it's not like I'm going to plant it. Sure enough... 
Both kids got a foam craft to do and they are showing them off. Klara's is a turkey and Kaleb's is a pilgrim.
If you can look past the pack in play, then Klara's room is all done. My parents came up this past weekend for the b-day celebrations and we were able to finish her room. Mom had a great idea of putting the butterflies on each of her letters for her name. So precious. It only took 5 years of living here to complete their rooms. Don't ask about the master. Still not done.
Those things on the walls are more butterflies, and there are some on the picture frame too.
I would love to hand a purple boa and purse on the knobs here, but the 3 yr old would never leave it alone. She doesn't understand "decoration only"....nor should she have too. So the temptation is not there. However, I can see it in my mind.
Since Kaleb and I share the same b-day, we celebrate on 2 different days. So he has his day and I get mine. Now don't get me wrong, I'm happy to share the day with him, but it only seems fair that he gets a day all to himself. We try to make this a costume party so the kids get to wear their halloween outfits more often. (Mom's get a trail run too) Klara is Cinderella and Kaleb is Iron Man.
Group Shot. A few moms in the pic too since the little ones were a little overwhelmed with our wild bunch.
And how cute is this pic???!!!??!? We had not 1, not 2, but 3 princesses at his party. This was not planned, but we had Snow White, Aurora and Cinderella.
Please note....this will be the last pic of .....the pumpkins. Now before you applaude, keep in mind all the love that went into these stupid things. The 3 on the left were the ones we managed to keep alive. It was almost sad to cut into them. This year, Kaleb did his all by himself. Klara told me where to cut. Mine I used the stem as the nose. Then we take the pic with all of us behind our own pumpkin.
I loved my dad's mouth in the pic above...so I had to publish both pics.
