Winter Wonderland

We had crazy Saturday of:

1. Making chocolate eclairs for Andy's family Christmas party (not too much effort for a pretty sweet reward)

2. Preparing for day on the go with Ben (gathering food, diapers, extra set of clothing, sleeper for the drive home, etc.) by making 10 trips out to the car.

3. Shopping for Christmas gifts for about 2 hours (Ben did an awesome job of traveling, as always!)

4. Attending said family party - which was a fun time - it was great seeing everyone! Poor Ben had only had 2 very short interrupted naps during the day and, needless to say, was long overdue for some sleep. Here is Ben crashed out on grandma Jeanne:

I'm so glad that we got so much done on Saturday, because a winter storm hit the Portland area on Sunday AM, immobilizing us here in Newberg. Here is Ben seeing snow for the first time! Now it really feels like Christmas is coming.

Our house all dusted in snow.

Sunday was a terrific "lounge in PJ's 'til 2" kinda day. We got a bunch of old loose ends tied up (Flexible saving account paperwork, bills, taking apart the computer to clean out the dust bunnies that had taken up residence all of the hidden compartments, ordering our holiday cards, etc.) School has already been cancelled for Monday as of 7PM Sunday night, because of the snow/ice. Below freezing temps are forecast for the week, with more snow on Wednesday. We'll see what the rest of the week brings! We leave in for MN in less than a week! Yikes!