Baby Steps Through Motherhood

This is seriously the snowiest season we have had in over 5 years. On Christmas eve it started sleeting then snowing. I just knew that Josh would get called out to go plow on Christmas morning. I was so thankful when he got the call at 10 pm on Christmas eve that said they were waiting for it to stop snowing before they were going to start and it would probably be in the afternoon on Christmas.

We had Chris and his family and my mom over on Christmas eve for lunch and presents. It was a nice visit. They had to leave a bit early because the weather was moving in. The kids love playing together and have such a fun time.
Then at nighttime, we weren’t able to go to church because of the weather. When we put the kids to bed Josh told P and N that they needed to be quiet and go to sleep so that Santa would come and not pass over our house. This is Preston’s first year being curious about Santa. He kept telling Naomi to be quiet in bed and that she needed to go to sleep or Santa would pass over our house. She kept being herself and going on and on to get to him. A few minutes later, Preston is crying. Truly crying. He was so concerned that Santa was going to pass over our house because Naomi would not be quiet.

Santa did come. The kids woke up and we had them walk out to the living room together. They were so excited about the tree, lights, snow and presents. We opened all of our gifts and then had cinnamon rolls and scrambled eggs. They were entertained and played with their new things.

Josh went into snow plow from noon that day until 4 the next morning. Then, we were able to make it to Topeka for Josh’s family Christmas.

Guess, why I am blogging so much tonight….because Josh is plowing again. We have had 2 other snows since the Christmas snow. It is so deep right now and so COLD that they kids can’t even go out and play in it. It has been between 0-10 degrees for a week or 2 now and it doesn’t seem to get any better. I am wishing for a warm day so we can go enjoy the snow without getting frost bite.

I am so, so thankful for our heater and our home to keep us warm….and as much as it stinks to have Josh gone plowing often these days, we are doing fine and God is providing in that way for our family.

oics of christmas and snow to come