Digging Out!

We haven't seen a white Christmas like this in many many years. It was fabulous being snowed in for 3 days... nowhere to go, no expectations to be met, no little boys to get dressed... we literally stayed in our pjs for the entire 3 days. However, by day 3 everyone was ready to see different faces, other than family :0 It seems the entire neighborhood popped out of their houses to help dig out.

Christmas Morn...

4:30 AM- Yes, if I recall this is even earlier than last year. UGH! The boys could not contain their excitement any longer and came into our room to check and see if we were up. Of course, Jere and I were lying there wide awake praying we could get them to lay back down until 6AM. We made it to 5:30 and the circus began. Unfortunately, our parents were unable to make it out because of the immense amount of snow and ice that was dumped upon us- but we still had an amazing morning. Santa was good to all of us. Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas Eve 2009

The day started out with a bit of ice and quickly turned into a full blizzard by 6:30 PM. Christmas church service was cancelled which is a total bummer because our family had been asked to light the last advent candle. However, we'll get our chance on Sunday. Our tradition is to go to Steve and Peggy's for the B.E.S.T dumpling soup and to open gifts. But again, with the storm we had decided it was best to stay put in our cozy home. I have said this many times and can't say it enough- I have the best father-in-law (and Peggy) because he brought dinner to us this year! I think he felt sorry for me being pregnant and knew that I would moan and groan without my dumpling soup. SO, we opened gifts here and enjoyed each other's company for a quick hour and they were on their way. Soon the boys will be off to dreamland and Santa and Mrs. Claus will frantically try to prepare the family room for the morning festivities. Merry Christmas to you all and God Bless- The Mieska crew.

My Homemade Gifts~

I had more fun this week making my "frugal" gifts. They turned out great so I thought I'd share.

Happy 'Surprise' 80th Birthday to Great Grandma Mieska! We wish you a wonderful day with family- Sorry we couldn't be there! We love you!!!

Sleeping in my Spaghetti~

The title speaks for itself!

1 for you, 2 for me...

Christmas Card Attempt...

See how well it went... Juderbug was the only one interested :) Needless to say, this is NOT the card you will all receive this year.

YAH! YAH! We have a snow day!

There is nothing that warms my heart more than getting an early morning phone call from my supervisor telling me NOT to come to work :) We're under a snow blizzard warning and I'm loving it! Although Jeremiah had to go to work today... and it's his birthday (double whammy)... the boys and I have had a perfect snow day. We started the day by making ziploc omelets, monkey bread and tasty coffee. We then moved on to short ribs in the crock pot for Jere's birthday dinner, sugar Christmas cookies, laundry, and worked on the baby's room. The kids have been outside most of the day and occasionally pop in for a quick cup of hot cocoa. Christmas music is playing, the cinnamon candle is burning and all is well in Mieska land. Doesn't it just give you the warm fuzzy feeling??? I'm in heaven!

Happy 'Early' Birthday, Jere!

Jeremiah is about to hit 35 on Tuesday and he's none too happy about it. He's been giving me grief for a solid month about being 35 so I know this is a sore subject for him. We had a nice evening of cake and ice cream with all our family. We even had a bit of snow! Happy Early Birthday, hon!