Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Everyone loves a good SNOW post in late April! :)

Holy cow- I haven't posted since LAST YEAR. Yep, Dec 31, 2015, my friends. 
You would think I was a little busy or something. I THINK about blogging all the time and how much I love going back to read old ones and so I need to make the time to do it.
I love thinking. It's so easy. 

Well obviously, April happened. Thank Goodness!! 
With the windows open, the sun shining and the birds chirping, I feel safe to go back into the depths of the cold dark winter and update you all on our 2016 so far :)

Remember when it was freezing and there was snow on the ground? Like 2 weeks ago? ;)

Cuteness makes the coldness bearable!

 Max couldn't believe it had finally snowed!!


 Waiting patiently...


Time to conquer the flurries!!

Wowsers

Jack is pumped and ready to go.


"No Mommy, I did not eat the snow!"

We finally found a way to contain Jack!

Abigail is ready for her first snowball fight!
If you are wearing bear ears, then you automatically win. It's the rules.

ahhhh cant handle it

Daddy of the Year goes to Justin Harbin for running in knee deep snow while pulling max and jack round and round the back yard while they dragged their feet yelling SNOW PLOW!
 super fun for everyone!

Husband of the Year goes to Justin Harbin for digging us out of the driveway and THEN helping the neighborhood teenage boys to dig out the street. Yes you read that correct. With shovels.

It's exhausting watching Daddy work so hard so we'd better rest with some fireside games!

Enough resting- let's go conquer some snow drifts!

Max was quite impressed with this snow pile...

Until we found this one :)
 
Snow Ball Fight! I lost.

 Olaf Junior

Just for kicks and giggles... Maxs first snow :)
http://the-harbins.blogspot.com/2013/03/maxs-first-of-many-in-his-life-snow.html

Also this
http://the-harbins.blogspot.com/2013/12/first-snow-of-season.html

Okay i'm done. I'll be over here silent sobbing about our kids growing up!

ANYWAY, eventually normal life resumed and Justin and I headed back to work.
But the snow fun continued at Nana and Pop Pops!



Keeping Pop-Pop young!

The master gardener and his apprentice

Nana only plays in the cold snow with people she REALLY loves!!

I'm waiting... !

Finished product!

Up next, Jack and Max birthday posts!! 

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Tis the season!!!

Even though it is Dec 31, our Christmas celebration isn't over! We celebrate Christmas with Sandy and David after New Years every year, and we just like to keep the Christmas spirit going as long as possible anyway :) So our tree is still standing strong (ish), christmas music is still playing, and our christmas lights outside are still glowing bright!

The kids and I always kick off the beginning of the Christmas season by going to the Festival of Trees with my parents, Garon and Sarah. First stop, SANTA CLAUS! I KNOW HIM!

Max was clearly thrilled and they became fast friends. I'm pretty sure he whispered with Santa about "shooters" that he's not allowed to have until he is 5. 

 Jack will do anything that Max does, so he agreed to sit on this smiley man's lap while we took pictures and said "ho ho ho" a lot. 

The girlies!

I decided that Abigail did not need to be woken up from her nap to get a pic with Santa. She was thankful. And super cute as always. 

"I love Nana. And my fingers."

It's super fun to ride a carousel with a toddler who wants to sit on the horse "by hisself". "No Mommy hold me!" "NO, me ride horsey!" "NO MOMMY HOLD ME!" And then 20 minutes later the ride ended. 

This baby is all of a sudden a kid. Going in fun houses by himself. Stop it!

"Hmm... everyone seems to having more fun than me.."


Who doesnt love the chickfila cow??!!! He makes me hungry for yummy chickfila nuggets and fries. Or a good burger. 

Life is so hard. Especially when there are only 5 goldfish left in your cup. 
Snack Time is All the Time. 


The crew this year... biggest ever!

The End. 

Justin was hunting all day so the rest of the day was spent just hanging around the house playing and waiting for him to get home. Obviously that means its time for a photo shoot!

The belly is everything. 

Love his happy soul!

Big Bro. Little Sis. 


The following week is was FINALLY time to decorate for Christmas! The moment Max had been waiting for. He is very into decorating. Seriously. 

 Jack needed a snack first. Shocker. 

Ready to work. 

Overwhelmed by the joyous Christmas-ness of it all!

The supervisor.

Jack heard rumblings about a Bob the Builder dvd so he decided to help. 

Big brother does it. So little brother has to do it too. Always. 


Once we reminded Max that our beautiful tree skirt was made by Grammy, he insisted it was a blanket for him!!


So many ornaments. All over our house. 


Justin made the boys a "Christmas house" on the porch- such a hit! 


Friends Forever

LOVE THEM.

More Christmas pics to come! Oh, I'm just getting started. #loveChristmas