Cold Beach..

Sophia, Nancie and I went to the beach to look for shells the morning after Christmas.. I was clearly not prepared for the wind so we had to improvise...

Oysters

She must get this from her father....

Down the hatch..

Christmas Magic

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. It was very busy but lots of fun!

 Magic reindeer food we spread on the driveway so santa would be sure to find us..

 Santa had no trouble finding us this year..

 Christmas morning..

Update form Afghanistan

It's official... Jason will be home for 2 weeks on February 28th!!! We are so excited!! It's been a long 4 months but it feels like it's gone so fast! Funny how time does that.. It will probably feel like summer here to him when he gets home. Apparently it's only about 10* during the day. We all know how much Jason loooooooves winter.. Here are a few pics from the sand...

If you can't tell, Jason's on the left.. I had no idea Nuke was with him all this time.. (for those who know Mike Dodge, doesn't that guy look just like him??)

 Jason calls this one "the bum barrel..

 Afghan Stonehedge..

 Local sheep..

And home is at the end of the rainbow in a few short weeks...

Lights...

When we arrived home last night and our sweet neighbor Shawn had put up lights for us!  What a wonderful surprise!!!!

Christmas Crafts

Sophia and I had great (and kind of messy) time making decorations over the weekend!

Before:

And after:

Our Beautiful Christmas Tree

Sophia and I have been working on the tree all week adding things here and there. I think it's almost complete... I'm not sure if you can see it but Sophia made the angel on top of the tree. I can't find the star anywhere!!!