Making it Through January

So my great sister Hilary called me this week and we shared our woes of January. We are dealing with coming down from our"Christmas high", cold weather, sick kids, and trying to organize all our STUFF. Well, I have had a couple bad, home-locked days, but I am breaking out. We have been able to do some fun things like awesome 45 degree snow days, crafts at home, play dates, and an occasional Disney movie.

Luke's Chloe impersonation.


Our very own Annie Oakley.


Luke's homemade robot costume.


Swinging in the snow!

Heidi's first attempt at making a snowman in her adult life. Pretty embarrassing, but 3 year olds are easy to please!

2009 McClintock Christmas Top 10

1) Playing in the snow! (that includes eating pieces as big as you are!)
Chloe's gonna hate me for this one in 15 years!


2) Snow mobiling


3) Making gingerbread houses with Grandma


4) Making our very own snow cones. Our favorite flavor was watermelon.


5) Family!


6) Sledding.


7) Matching PJ's (Chloe was really happy!)



8) The "Von Trapp Family line-up" waiting for Santa. (youngest to oldest every year; Kyle HATES it!)


9) Christmas morning.

10) Beautiful faces and Christmas church outfits.

Merry Christmas 2009

We hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday! We had a wonderful time with family. My heart always drops when the Christmas season is over and I get a small case of the post-vacation blues, but I need to try and keep the Christmas spirit with me all year. I can serve, love, give gifts, and most of all think of my Saviour.
Look for more pictures to come of Christmas Day!

Nutrition Counseling

A great friend of mine from college has her own nutrition counseling, speaking, and culinary business that she started. Her name is Marci Anderson and she is located in Cambridge, MA, but I think she works long distance. She is a licensed Registered Dietitian, has tons of experience, and is very qualified. Her website is http://www.marcird.com/ and she also has a blog that is on my blog list. So check her out! If you like what you see add her blog to your blog list. The URL is http://www.marcird.com/_blog/blog

Happy Holidays!

New Kitchen

Here is our new kitchen. It was a fast, pretty painless week of construction and now I don't feel like I am living in someone elses filth. They also put a sink with an actual countertop in the downstairs bathroom. Now we just have to live here another 30 years until they do the upstairs bathroom!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving from Luke! He loves to sing. He gets a little confused when he tries to be an Indian and pats his head instead of his mouth. Opps!

Chloe has a total hat obsession. Most of her hours awake involve some sort of hat! HAT-E!!!

Happy Halloween

Halloween was a blast. As we were trick-or-treating Luke kept saying "I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT HOUSE"!!!!! And any time he saw some one he would say, "Hey, I'm Luke the Fireman"! He seriously loved it. And Chloe kept saying what sounded like, "trick-or-treat, quack, quack". We enjoyed our holiday and now we look forward to our new kitchen. I will send pictures when it is done.