all that's left are pine needles.

And alot of them, I might add (we maybe didn't water our tree quite as much as we should have...). Yesterday we put our house back into 'most of the year' mode and hauled our lovely little evergreen out to the end of the driveway (where it is now beautifully covered with fresh lake effect snow. I love winter). 'Twas a lovely Christmas had by all and so fun to watch Jonah really enjoy all the festivities. We stayed here for Christmas Eve and then had Ben's family over on Christmas day and Sunday. Monday, we packed up and made the 12 hour trek to Iowa for a week (which went swimmingly, I might add--Jonah was a trooper and the roads/weather were perfect).


Christmas Eve


opening Christmas Eve PJs






Christmas morning


new sled!


put to use immediately










thankful for a hawkeye victory (especially since Ben's wolverines didn't fair quite as well a few days later...see ya RichRod)


eskimo


dutch boy




an Iowan sledding adventure




Clemens 2010