Christmas 2016 Part 2

We spent a lot of the time after Christmas at the lake.  The night after Christmas Jaaten played Bean Boozled with the neighbors.  She is still talking about the nasty tasting jelly bean she got! LOL 12.26.16 

 Brooke and Gracie. ;)  12.26.16

 So our new couch....pretty sure Jaafe thinks I'm craZy for getting a light colored couch!  But I love it. ;)  12.26.16

 The kids have tons of toys, movies and things to do at the house now.  BUT they all three crowd around a little portable DVD player on our mattress sitting on the floor in our room.  I kinda like it!  12.27.16

 The drive between our house and Grammie and Papa's is about 25 minutes.  It is rare the kids don't fall asleep!  Holding toys!  12.27.16

 Jaaten has asked me to take her ice skating since last Christmas.  The last couple months she has BEGGED us to take her.  SO what better person to go with than Jarrod!  Jarrod took Braxton and Jaafe and I had all three kids.  The boys chickened out though which meant I didn't have to skate...and I wasn't sad about that!  Jaaten looked super cute in her skates.  She ultimately decided ice skating looks easier and more fun than it actually is!  PERFECT!  You will notice in the pictures JARROD is out on the ice with Braxton AND Jaaten!  Jaafe did two laps and had about as much fun as he could stand!  ;))  Thanks, Jarrod!  LOL!

 The pool up the street from Lake Winnebago sets up this huge inflatable during the school breaks.  We thought it would be packed but there were just a few kids.  It was GREAT!!  12.27.16

 The kids loved throwing rocks in the lake and exploring around the backyard.  It is SO different than anything we do in AZ.  We realized quickly what all those hundreds of geese do down here by the lake while we admire them from the house.....POOP!  The entire ground around the lake was COVERED in goose poop!  UGH!  The kids were so grossed out it was kind of funny!  12.29.16 

 Grammie brought each of the kids this rock they had to pick away at until they could find the GEM inside.  Grammie likes to bring all the really messy things for the kids.  Thanks, Grammie!!  XOXO 12.29.16

 We finally got the light in the kitchen up!  I'm in love!  12.29.16

 These boys were making carpet angels the second we unrolled this rug!  HA! 12.31.16

 Jaaten finally got Jaafe to do a SnapChat and caught a snapshot.  Hope he doesn't mind if I post it! ;)))  12.31.16