Pretty?

Trent might need a more masculine robe and pair of slippers! He loves wearing his sister's shoes and I thought it was pretty cute when he wanted to put on the robe too!

Snowed In!

Look at that bright-white background! It was blinding!

the biggest and littlest Milligans

my big sweet boy!

check out the snow drift on the trampoline!

see the sheen on the ice???!!!

Rachel run-skating on the ice

Bradley sitting on cracked ice

Rach took a pic of me and Trenty

Trent is cold and over the snow

What a crazy experience! We were so excited last Sunday when it looked pretty likely that we would be getting some snow that night! We had NO idea we would get close to 6 inches or that it would also get a layer of ice on top that stuck around until the next Monday!!! Here's how the week went:

Monday- WOW! Look at all that snow!! This is AWESOME! Let's go play in it!

Tuesday- Cool, the snow is still here, maybe we can go out and play in it (but it's REALLY crunchy snow)

Wednesday- Man, I wish we could at least go to the grocery store today, but I guess we'll go outside and try the snow again (now it's harder, more compact and sorta like an ice rink)

Thursday- CRAP! This stinkin' snow is still here, the roads are still icy and the grass/driveway is like a HUGE ice rink!

Friday- HELP US!! We're stuck at home and we need to leave...we need greasy fast food, we need to be able to go to a grocery store...we need to be able to go outside without falling down from slippery ice!!!

It was a unique experience and I don't necessarily long for it to happen again any time soon! But, I have to say, the best thing about this snow was that we NEVER lost power! And, that was our saving grace, because without power we would not have been able to be entertained by the extensive news coverage, watch movies, play Wii, eat warm food, or stay warm!!

Sweetness

Trenty is quite cuddly when he drinks his juice. He loves to sit with me (usually) and put his hand or fingers in or on my mouth. For some reason this comforts him. Today (much to her delight) he climbed up into Rachel's lap to drink his juice and was comorted by her. Too sweet for words!

Merry Christmas- 2010

Our Christmas tree...not decorated with many special or breakable ornaments this year,

due to Trenty's inquisitiveness
Rachel and her Calico Critters

Bradley and his Batcave
(doesn't he look excited!!??)

Trenty and his trainset

moving on to sissy's stuff...

loving his new lego robot

playing the Wii and loving it!!

opening presents!

We had a wonderful Christmas this year--filled with lots of toys, good food, precious family and much to be thankful for! In our small house, it's very tricky for Santa to do his job. After a fun-filled (but sorta sickly) Christmas Eve, I was just flat out pooped and had to come home and sleep on the couch for a couple of hours. Nick played wii for awhile till we decided it was safe for us to do our job. We stayed up too late (close to 2am!) getting things situated the way we wanted them, and were kinda disappointed with some of the cheaply made toys Santa had chosen. Anyway, we went to sleep, and at 7:15, Bradley was the first to wake up. He was so excited when he came in our room to tell us that Santa had left lots of toys for them in the den. I told him to go wake up Rachel and show her too. They were both so excited and exclaiming over all that they had gotten. We didn't wake up Trenty, who slept till 8:00 or so, but he was really excited when he saw his toys (and his siblings'). We enjoyed our traditional breakfast of sausage balls and then were glad to show Gege and Papa and Nana and Pop what all Santa had brought!

Look-a-like sweater

I love getting to see the boys in the same outfits at about the same age. It's so fun to compare! This was Bradley's Christmas sweater in December 2007 and Trent wore it this past Christmas, 2010. Are there any similarities in my boys??

Cuteness

I love it when all 3 of my kids want to snuggle together. Usually it's just Rachel and Bradley who snuggle, but Trent is too "busy". Love to capture these sweet sibling times!

Christmas Eve w/Gege and Papa

Gege and Papa's grandbabies
my sweet babies-
(could have been our Christmas card!)


my sweet, beautiful girl

my precious family

Trent's trying out his new chair

Rachel's new baby

Trent's new dump truck

Bradley's new gun

Rachel's new doll and bathrobe

Bradley's new grabber

Trent's new wheels-

thanks Uncle Stacy!

Christmas Eve was a wonderful day even though I didn't feel up to "par". Gege and Papa made a delicious meal and gave everyone lots of great presents!! The kids had so much fun trying out all their new stuff, not to mention their new scooters...all 3 got a new one, but for some reason, I didn't get a picture of them. It was a fun evening with our sweet family!