Where did January go?

I cannot believe that January is almost gone, where did the time go?
After not having much snow, January finally brought us the white stuff. We had a little on New Years...but it was such little that Olivia was able to take her new purple bike outside and take it for a test spin. She really liked that, but kept asking us when she could use her purple sled. We waited and waited, then the snow came. Olivia really liked going sledding with her dad and playing at the park. We then got a blast of cold air...temps below zero and I saw my first no school day. I was happy for this, as for those of you who don't know, I am expecting and mornings have been a little more difficult for me, so it was nice to stay at home. The weather finally warmed up a little, Olivia kept asking for us to "buy more snow" and she got her wish, because today we had our second no school day, and we saw close to a foot of snow. Olivia was again happy to be out playing in the snow. Dale had a lot of help snowblowing...betweeen Buddy following behind him, Olivia helping him push, and our next door neighbor also following him, he got the job done!

We hope everyone has been enjoying the new year so far and staying warm!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

We were again this year very fortunate to spend time with both of our families and had a fantastic time! We started out Christmas at our house where Olivia was greeted with a purple bike...something she has been asking Santa for since August! She was very excited to see the bike under the tree...however was not so excited when we had to leave it at home to begin our travels!

We left our house Christmas afternoon and headed to Dale's brother's house. We were losers and forgot to take our camera in...so unfortunately no pics:( Olivia really enjoyed playing with her cousins and LOVED the keyboard from Uncle Dave and the dress-up clothes from Aunt Debbie...and we must not forget the bell for her bike that Uncle Dave also got her! It was great seeing all of the Slivinski Family and we hope to do it again very soon!!! We stayed with grandma and grandpa for 2 days and then continued our journeys!

Our next journey took us up to the farm to see GiGi and Bumpa. We knew that Aunt Kath and her family were there (in from China), but when we arrived we got a surprise that Uncle Steve and his family would be joining us for the Dufon Christmas after all. So all the Dufon's were home and together...it was really great! All of the Dufon kids were able to stay at the farm one night, while all of the in-laws stayed at Aunt Suzanne's house. That was really nice!!! We were also quite surprised to see the snow piles, as they had been getting quite a bit of snow. Because it had rained, much of the snow melted, but there was still enough for some snowmobiling. The kids all loved their rides around the yard...and Buddy enjoyed chasing the snowmobile!!! He slept good at night! We were able to go bowling, play Wii games, and Olivia attempted ice skating for the very first time (our sources told us she thought the ice was too slippery so she didn't stay on for long), we didn't go because we were packing to come home. Again, Olivia loved playing with her cousins and we were all (especially me) very sad to go home!