Here Evelyn and Felicity are playing in a patch of snow left over from the first snow storm.  It has actually been a fairly harsh winter this year, with a lot of snow.  Unfortunately, the girls have a hard time keeping their gloves on, and don't like it much when it's too deep to walk on.  But they love to eat it!

We actually had to wake the girls up Christmas morning, because we were eager to see their reactions to their new toys!  Here they are playing with the doll house I painted for them and the fisher price Grandma Marie gave to them.  

Here they are playing with the playhouse Matt made for them out of card board.  They play with this everyday!  Felicity in particular loves playing peek-a-boo through the door and windows!

We let the girls play with their toys as they opened each present.  We were opening presents well into lunch time!

Matt drew this beautiful portrait of Felicity for me!

Around New Years, we went to Tucson to spend time with the Streeter side of the family.  Unfortunately, we forgot to bring our camera!  We had a great time though, the girls especially!  Felicity turned a year old the day after we got back.  Here she is eating the cake Matt made for her!  Isn't she a doll? 

Usually, the girls are too jealous to share reading time with Daddy, so I took advantage of this rare moment.

Thank you all who made our holidays special!

In honor of Grandpa Bob's 80th Birthday, all of the Jensen clan was in town Thanksgiving weekend.  So we invited my parents, siblings and their families to our tiny home for Thanksgiving.  It was a lot of fun!

While waiting for dinner, family members chatted and played.

 To make it so everyone could sit at the same table, we had to move most of our furniture out of the living room, line up every table we had, plus one my parents bought for the occasion, and gather all the chairs we could find, including the coffee table.  There were nineteen people there: my parents their children and spouses, and all 7 grandchildren.  Everyone contributed to the dinner, so Matt and I hardly had to make anything!

That night we played games and ate pie and ice cream!

Friday we took pictures!  Here are some of my favorites!