Ice Storm 2009

Look at all that ice!  This was coating absolutely everything, power lines, trees, poles.  No wonder 200,000 people in Louisville lost power.  Thank goodness we didn't considering it was freezing for the next week and a half and nothing really melted until then.  We actually had four missionaries staying in our basement for a few days.   It was fun playing darts and getting to know them.  It was kind of like having our little brothers staying with us.  

This was all the snow and ice in our backyard, you probably can't tell, but there are icicles hanging from everything the firepit, the patio set, and the swing.  It looks so sad!

Look at all the branches on the tree hitting the ground.  The ice is so heavy it's weighing down the branches and bending the limbs.

Landon all decked out in his snow gear at the park.  We went over there about two days after because there is some great sledding hills!  The hills were packed with people and they even had jumps set up.  Some of the people were crazy going down it, but it was probably because they never get enough snow to really sled.

Daddy and Landon match as they go sledding.  Unfortunately Landon didn't really care for sledding; he screamed the whole way down the hill.  We had fun even though Landon acts like a zombie when he gets cold and has to be toted around.  Although it was cold for those couple of weeks it was fun to get a chance to go sledding although we didn't have a sled and had to borrow one from someone at the sledding hill.

Here's a video of us sledding down our front hill with boogie boards, since we didn't have sleds.  It is a lot of fun, but it takes a few runs to pack it down enough to slide easily down.

The ice storm took down a big branch in our neighbors yard the day after.  All day you could hear the branches cracking and breaking under the weight.  This picture was taken later after all the snow had melted.

About a week and a half later this branch that had fallen part way down and was behind our neighbors garage tipped our way and fell on our shed again.  Jace is very excited for all the work to cut up the branches and try to reassemble the shed.  Oh well, at least he gets to buy a chainsaw!  Power tools, every mans' dream.

Toy Shelves and Boxes!

Landon decided recently that the toys had the poshest place so he decided to try it out for himself.  He rather liked it although his stay was short as it was rather cramped.

A few days later Landon tried it out again, but with a different twist.

We bought him a chair and fortunately it came in a big box.  The box has provided almost as much entertainment as the chair.  

Landon does like the chair though, and obviously the wii and nunchuck.  He has to have them everytime Jace plays and sometimes more.  He's definately a Shuldberg! 

Just some more cute pictures of our little guy!  I just couldn't resist not posting them so I hope all the grandparents enjoy.  I guess we are just doting parents!

Naked Baby

   1/9 - I was just changing Landon when he got excited about being naked and wouldn't let me put his diaper back on.  He was such a little poser for the camera, just like he always is.  We sure love all the funny things he is constantly doing! 

1/17 - We got this wagon with beach toys this summer and since he started walking he loves to pull it around and sometimes he tries to sit in it so we combined his two loves, the wagon and his bath.  He absolutely refused to get out of the wagon.  It was a fun bath, but a little difficult to wash him when he wouldn't even stand up in the wagon.