Merry Christmas!

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas!  Here are our "Top 10 Moments of 2011" (idea taken from our Christmas card this year--if I figure out how to post it, I will).  No particular order here, except for #1, of course.

10.  Blizzard 2011 with the Murray's.

(check it out here.) 

9.  Chalin turned 3.
(Check it out here.)

8.  First family fishing trip.

7. Chalin started t-ball. 
(Check it out here and here.)

6. Family vacation to Great Wolf Lodge, LegoLand, & Sea Life. 
(Check it out here.)

5. Celebrated 8 years of marriage.
(Check it out here.)

4. Chad's 10 year HS Reunion.  

3.  Joined a new church.  

2.  Chad celebrated his last year of his 20's--Lindsay is not that old :) 

1.  Began our ADOPTION JOURNEY!
(Check it out here.)

We hope that not only does the good Lord bless you more than you can ever imagine in 2012, but also that you recognize these blessings and give all the glory to Him.

Blizzard 2011

Here are a few pictures from the Blizzard of 2011. We had some good friends stay with us for a few days because they had a leaky pipe/mystery water in laundry room, and we had so much fun! (Thanks, April for sharing some pictures!)

Dressed and ready to go!

Snowball made and searching for a victim.

Practicing my camera skills

A view from our deck

Snow Ice Cream!

Chad the snowboarder....on old boxes from Christmas.

This was right before I busted...and yes, I'm still at the top of the hill.

Snowball Fight!

Snow Wrestling with Daddy

I LOVE this picture.

Mommies & boys

Daddies & boys

Big blue eyes

Taking Chalin for a ride on the box

Sliding into the snow!

Schafer sliding--love this face