Life and Times of The Johnston family: Let It Snow.....FINALLY!!

The day after Christmas our first priority was to go out and get the kids snow boots, as the ones they had were way too small, and they kids REALLY wanted to play in the snow they've waited months for! We started at Walmart which was a bust for boots but I did find some cute hat and glove sets. then we went to Payless where Elizabeth fell in love with some Frozen boots but they of course didn't have her size the only store that did was Centerville, so they put them on hold for us and we got a $4 off coupon too! We found some nice Cars boots at Kid to Kid for Devin....we also got him a Cozy Coup truck they had there that was in like new condition! Then we went home and got the kids some lunch, then my mom kept an eye on them while we drove to Centerville and picked up Elizabeth's boots. We hit up Target and Walmart down there for the Christmas clearance and found a few little things here and there. We picked up some lunch for us then stopped by KMart where we found a few more things, then came home. Once Devin was up from his nap Tony took the kids outside to play in the snow. they were giggling and having a grand old time!! Saturday morning we got up and went to visit Tony's Grandpa Nelson and Grandma Johnston. Both were good visits, we talked about our trip to Canada with Grandpa Nelson and the kids loved the dog statues, and Devin was completely in love with grandpa's grandfather clock and the fact that it chimes! The kids were pleased to get a candy cane from great grandma and we love our calendar! That afternoon Jen and I went to the theater to see Mocking Jay Part One, while Tony watched the kids. After the movie we stopped by the house and I dropped off my popcorn and drink then we decided to go out to dinner, just Jen and I, since Tony insisted he was good with the kids. Jen had the fabulous idea to go to Olive Garden and it was delicious!! We had a great chat as well....it's amazing how we can just talk and talk and talk! We both agreed it was wonderful to get out sans kids! Sunday we actually made it to all three blocks of church!!! And the kids were actually pretty good! Devin spent a good amount of time under the bench but it's better than screaming! The primary sang a couple songs which Elizabeth was very excited about...in fact she walked right up to the podium and stood in front of the microphone....until the music director moved her over. My mom and I had a good chuckle about that one, man does she love the spot light! :) The rest of church went really well too, Devin got to join the Sunbeams for sharing and singing time and said he loved it! I cannot believe next year both kiddos will be in primary!!!! Yesterday was a lazy morning, I started working on this here blog while the kids played and listened to the Annie soundtrack over and over. In the afternoon I took them out to play in the snow, then we walked over to one of the retention basins up the street and the kids had fun sledding down the little hill there. Then we came home and warmed up with some hot cocoa! Today was a low key day Elizabeth played outside this morning....Devin didn't like the wind so he stayed upstairs with me and my mom and played with her legos. When Elizabeth came in she made us all hot cocoa, then we came downstairs and they played the new Bubble Guppies Leap TV game, it's science based and the kids loved it! After lunch Devin unwillingly and mostly unwantingly went down for a nap(he passed out after only about ten minutes!) Then Elizabeth played in the bathtub for a couple hours while I once again worked on this here blog....and that brings you up to date!

Playing in the snow on Friday