Cold and Warm!

Well, a lot of great stuff has been going on around here at the Doeren household!

We got our first Oregon snow and that is, well...interesting. They are reporting that we are supposed to have the worst winter in 10 years, I guess we got here just in time. The roads are full of ice so Bryan was off today and is off tomorrow too. He is hoping to get back to work by Wednesday to get a couple days in before the shop closes for 2 weeks at Christmas. The boys really wanted to make a snowman and we went out today all suited up with the thermometer holding steady at 19 degrees, but the snow just wasn't packing at all. Now it has been a while since I have made a snowman, and it could be the California girl that developed over the last 19 years in southern California, but I was dreadfully unsuccessful. Surprisingly enough, the boys weren't to disappointed, they must be used to me falling short. Praise God for that. I wanted to give at least one fun memory of their first snow here, but of course I didn't have a sled, nor do I know anywhere to take them yet so we improvised. A cardboard box on the driveway proved to be a good time for them and they had a blast just scooting down over and over again! I am so blessed that they can be grateful in most situations. They did ask if we could get a real sled one day just to try it....I'm sure we can manage that!

Speaking of grateful, we went to Target on Saturday with one reason to get the boys some new jammies. They wanted some new toasty warm ones with feet! Well, right away Connor found what he wanted with a sports pair. Brody had a little more difficult time since they usually don't make ones with sheep! He did find a pair of glow in the dark dinosaur ones that he really wanted, but they didn't have his size, not even at the other store in town. So, I convinced him to try the infant/toddler section for a 5T and off we went. Well, we ended up finding the cutest darn pair of sock monkey pajamas and he was beyond excited. The only thing was they were a 4T so we went to the dressing room. He has no room to grow, but they are supposed to be tight for the whole flame resistant thing right???? I couldn't say no with the cute little dance he was doing and when the whole end of the store heard him saying..."I LOVE these jammies mommy!" They couldn't wait to get home so I could wash them and get them all ready for bed! Just look at those smiles! Brody doesn't know it but he is getting a sock monkey toy that he has wanted for a long time for Christmas from Grandma Louise! He will be SO excited!

By the way, do you see those feet on Brody? Connor wanted his big, because he wanted room to grow since he is very optimistic in that area!