Farewell to Fall

Hello Winter. We've had a light dusting of snow a couple times since Thanksgiving--nothing compared to last year (this was taken the day we brought Eden home from the hospital, which was the day before Thanksgiving 2007): Eden discovered chairs in November. She is particularly fond of her brother's rocker (which, is great because Matt is almost done building one for her). While I was washing dishes, I turned to find her standing on a chair:

Time with Daddy is so special around here. Both kids squeal the second they hear those keys jingling in the door. As soon as they see him, Owen screams "Daddy's HOME!" Eden even has her own greeting that sounds like "HI DA!" She includes a little wave, and toddles as quickly as her chubby little legs will get her to him. Owen rushes Matt, gives a hug, and starts jabbering away at whatever has been on his big heart all day (from camping to Christmas trees to trains to coloring). Here's a snippet of the kiddos enjoying having daddy home:

***I started this post several days ago, and since then we've had two very nice snow storms. We got over 8"! I'll post some pictures of Owen playing in the snow, and his adventure into the moutains to chop down our Christmas tree soon.