A Magical White Christmas!

On Christmas Eve it began to snow! (The day before, it had been 70 degrees!) As soon as I saw the first snowflake, I quickly grabbed coats out of closets and tried to shuffle the quads outside before it stopped.---I say "quickly", but good gawsh- it takes FOREVER to bundle up 4 kids!

It is difficult to see the snowflakes, but here is Ethan and Savannah experiencing snow for the first time.



Love this pic of Ben smiling!



Poor Drew just looks SO cold!



It was ridiculously windy, so we came inside to warm up a bit (Drew, E, Ben)



Peeking out at the snow (Lil Miss has already stripped down and is wearing Mama's shoes...cracks me up)



Later that evening, we bundled the kids up again and were headed out to see the Grand Prairie Lights...but alas, it was closed---the snow and wind had done some damage. So we were all dressed up with nowhere to go...



So we came inside, popped a ton of popcorn and gathered in front of the TV to watch the Grinch! Notice Andrew going in with both hands and a full mouth! Afterward, Mom gave all 4 kiddos some much needed haircuts!



Christmas morning was beyond magical! Joe and I like to wake up with our kids, at our home, on Christmas morning--just our little family.



So before we ate a big breakfast or opened presents, we got the kids outside to play in the snow before it melted. (Ethan and Sav--they are SO cute in their little hats and rainboots!)



Ben is checking things out...



And if you notice in all of these pics, the twinks never let their cars out of their hands. Drew (left) even kept one glove on, and took his other glove off---to hold his fire truck easier.



Sav was actually verbalizing at this point in time: "No Mama...NO pictures, Mama"--bossy little thang, but oh-so-cute in her outfit!



Again with the cars---Andrew (blue) and Ethan (red)



Making snow balls



Sweet Drew, stopping for a sweet smile



Dadda swinging little E



Trouble.



Ben trying to tell us something...



Again, with the cars (E and Drew)



And my favorite part of the morning: watching Sav eat the snow!


Such a great, special time as a family of 6---listening to Christmas tunes and playing with new toys! Later that afternoon, we packed up and headed on down to Austin for Christmas with the Steeces!