December 31

December 30

Sledding :)

December 29

Zoe is beginning to plank :)

December 28

Hmmm ...  :)

December 27

Prepping my shoes for
some frostbite prevention  :)

I believe Carla cleaned up in Chnipsbratt :)

Thankfully, everyone humored me
with a quick family photo shoot :)

December 26

Braun Family Boxing Day Gathering

Card playing time :)

Brian displaying his gift

The youngest dishwashers
recruited today :)

December 25

Spent a couple of quiet
hours this morning before
anyone else was up 

Ben was too immersed in his book to
notice Zoe chomping on Beatrice's tail :)

December 24

             Trying to dig
              out my 'JOY'

December 23

We were wondering if
this was a good indicator of
our snowfall accumulation?

Have you figured out
that I kind of like snowmen? :)

 Zoe's about the perfect age for a 

Christmas light/tree/ornament shoot.

Stays put and not too fast just yet.

December 22

And here it comes again :(

December 21

Part of our second tree :)

December 20

Added to my collection :)

December 19

Ravae & her Poppa :) 

Time to get some
gifts under the tree

December 18

Trying to get a few
of my frames filled for display

December 17

If I remember right, all the giggling was about
Ben not wanting to wait to cut out a cookie until
I was ready with the camera :)

Two type A personalities hovering over
this poor 2-year-old trying to cut out cookies :(
Challenging for everyone :)

December 16

Cleaning up after our first

real blast of winter 

December 15 ... Collection / Variety

Conrad added his first red suited Santa to his  collection this year :)

December 14

Finally !  Got my favorite lens back from the repair shop,
and didn't feel well enough to really make use of it today :(

December 13

We decided to relocate our
Christmas tree today ...
it took a little ride on a crazy carpet :)

One of the many
snowmen in our house

December 12

Ben was having a good time
shoveling until ...

Ben had Grandpa pushing
him in the tire swing for
a long, long time 

Uncle Troy came along with his quad.
Shovel got dumped and he climbed aboard :)

We don't often get snow falling
so gently that it stays on top of
a strand of garland like this :)

December 11

The chnipsbratt came out
at our staff evening 

December 10

The girls 

The girls & Ben

December 9

Yeah!  I took my bike
out for one last ride this afternoon :)

And just had to go do a few
yoga poses on the trail at sunset ...

All because of this temp ...
this was taken today though.
Apparently my car date needs
to be updated ...

December 8

Red sky in the morning ...
turned into a beautiful day !