It's been too long.....

Life has been crazy here at the Gates household! Since I last updated, we have traveled back to Little Rock for 9 days, got things ready for Christmas, and just had the normal daily adventures with a toddler and 4 month old! And as I am typing, the snow is heavily falling, which will be another adventure in itself! I think they said we are supposed to get 6-8 inches over the next 24 hrs! Juston and Hudson are pumped because they are hoping to build a big snowman, so if that happens I will definately post some pictures. I posted a ton of pictures from our life over the last 3 weeks, so enjoy!

Me and Juston after a long day of Christmas decorating!

Our Christmas tree! Hudson had so much fun picking it out! He keeps calling it "our BIG christmas tree!"
For Julie- here are some pictures of my stuff from this year. Let me know if you need any help!

For Mom- here is what we finally came up with! I love it!

Sweet Hamilton in front of the christmas tree!

Hamilton and Mommy decorating the tree.

Daddy and Hamilton decorating the tree.

Mommy and Hudson

Daddy and Hudson

Me and the boys at the christmas tree lot.

Juston and the boys.

Daddy and the boys Thanksgiving morning.

Hamilton's first Thanksgiving.

This is the best picture I could get of the boys on Thanksgiving. Sometimes pictures just don't turn out the way you want them too with kiddos!

For those of you who know me- you know I am not a great cook mainly because I don't like to. But this year we were here in Michigan for Thanksgiving, and so I was left to cook us the Thanksgiving meal. I just had to take a picture and show you my Thanksgiving spread so you could see that I really did cook a good meal and my boys loved it! We had turkey and ham (but i cheated and got that from Honey Baked Ham), potato casserole, green beans, pretzel jello salad (my all time Thanksgiving favorite!), rolls, and spice cake!

The boys in their Christmas PJ's!

Hudson at Papa J's drum store!

Nan, Hudson, Hamilton, and Grammy

This is one of my favorite things- the boys getting in bed with us in the mornings to watch cartoons!

Gracie and Hudson

Hamilton and Uncle Joseph

Hudson playing in our first Michigan snow....

Daddy and Hudson built a tiny snowman- many more to come I am sure!

Trying to get his gloves on- what a chore!

Snow that fell last night.

Our house last night.

Super excited little face!!

A snowy Sunday!!!

Yes, you read that correctly- it is snowing here and has been since yesterday! However, this past week it has been in the 60's, so it is not sticking. Of course the high the last two days has been 40- so it is cold again! Hudson was so excited to wake up yesterday and see that it was snowing; and the first thing he asked us this morning when he ran into our bedroom was "is it still snowing?" It will be a pretty crazy winter getting kids in and out of cars while the snow swirls all around, but we are up for the challenge! I am sure the winter will lend itself to some funny stories I will have to share on the blog!

Here are a few pictures we took today after church. We were trying to capture some outside pictures of it snowing, but you can't quite see the snow. Oh well, I am sure we will get plenty of those later! Enjoy....