Saturday, December 5, 2009

Welcome Winter!





So I LOVE wintertime! We got our first snow of the season and the kids were elated! Grammy and Grandpa came up for part of the day. By late evening quite a bit more had fallen than we expected. Dan took the kids out for some late night sledding. Once back in the house, right after a bath, Everett got sick puking a number of times--and landing on hardwood flooring--and on a number of surfaces--walls, baseboards, etc. Poor guy felt much better after, of course, and we spent the even cleaning up after. Also, a pic of the family room decorated for the season. We LOVE our heatilator fireplace. We have yet to turn on the heat for the home--that thing spits our enough heat to get the job done. We are grateful for it! Note the wax ornaments on the tree. We made the beeswax ones years ago and melted them down to remake them (since obtaining more molds) and we melted down a red candle and some other wax to add some more to the mix, in red. It was a fun FHE activity and really adds to the tree.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful hearth! I love it! Very warm and inviting....can I come? Too bad about the puke...yuck! Did you puke?

Jackie said...

Awesome tree. You Swavelys really know how to do Christmas.

Unknown said...

It looks cold to me.

Amy said...

Your decorations look great. Hope Everette is feeling better. We haven't seen you guys in a while. You guys need to come over and play.

Ginny said...

Hope you guys had a fun Christmas. I was thinking about you this week since I know your birthday is Saturday. And your baby should be here soon as well right?
Happy Birthday and Happy New Years

John said...
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nicole said...

sorry that last comment was me-I was accidentally signed in as John-anyway I love all the Christmas pics! When are you having your baby?

Old Matt said...

What a handsome baby boy! Congratulations, Petra. Your entire family is lovely. Best wishes to you all.