December/January

 I'm beginning to think the winter months are just not the time the Geiger household thrives.

The first half of December we got some snow.  It's a rare occurrence here so the kids, and dog, had a blast playing in it.

Arya had her winter chorus concert

And then we got to Christmas.  It ended up being a really really tough week for us as a family, but we tried to make the best of it.  We did all our favorite traditions, White Christmas and chocolates, big Christmas dinner, and this year we did a family secret santa, which was really fun.

We always do stockings and Christmas pjs on Christmas Eve.

We picked chicken parm for our Christmas dinner this year and it ended up being perfect.  It was so nice having everyone in the kitchen helping with all the jobs and we stayed up super late playing board games.

Everyone was home for New Year's Eve this year.

This year for Caleb's birthday we got to bring the kids along to the fancy steak dinner.  It was such a nice time.  It's a totally different phase of our life just getting to bring the kids and enjoy their company instead of having to worry about keeping them entertained and having a kid's menu and all that.

And then the last week of January we got an ice storm.  Thankfully, we did not lose power, which was the biggest concern with the temps.  We were stuck for over a week and the kids didn't have school for 10 days.  The grocery stores weren't getting deliveries and our entire yard was a skating rink.  It was really rough trying to clear the driveway, keep the dog safe outside, worrying while Caleb had to work, and make the best of being actually stuck.  But we are back to 60 degree days and sunshine and have had a much much nicer February so far, so am I ready for that update and pictures :)