The Phases of Construction on our Fireplace

Here are a few pictures of the consturction process of the fireplace! Jes did an another AMAZING Job! The Final Product of our Fireplace! Jesse worked hard for a couple of weeks to get the fireplace just right!

The mortor going on! This was right at the begining of the process.

BLIZZARD IN M*ISSOURI?

Blizzard in M*issouri? If someone said "Hey we have a BLIZZARD WARNING"... I normally would have thought they were a little cRaZy!! But really last Monday afternoon the weather radio was flashing "BLIZZARD WARNING"! Tuesday it snowed hard almost all day! It was absolutely beautiful! A lot of people in our community were not able to get out of their driveways! We closed the store and enjoyed Tuesday and Wednesday at home together! Thursday morning my dad came and plowed us out!! WOW the snow was so DEEP!! Here are a few of the pictures! The main highways even stayed snow covered until Saturday!

One of Jesse and my favorite memories of the snow this year...Sitting at our table in front of the big picture window drinking coffee with all the lights out in the house where all we could see was the snow falling outside! SO PEACEFUL!!

Amazing to think that each little snowflake is so very much different...just like people! Hope you were able to stay warm and capture some precious memories of your own!

The 4x4 Tractor stuck in our backyard! Our Home sitting in the trees! Here is a picture of the pond just below our house!

13 YEARS...Oh How The Years Have Gone By!

WOW!! It is so hard to believe that Jesse and I have now been married for 13 years! We weren't able to do anything special since I had to work and he is still working on finishing up our house :) but our sweet girls were able to make it special for us! They fixed us dinner last night complete with a menu (contributed by Hannah)! Jesse and I chose fettucine, corn, and biscuits off of the main menu. For drinks we were served coffee and tea and for dessert we were given several choices and we chose cookies:) The girls were busy in the kitchen and then when the meal was complete our server (Allee) brought our food to the table! Allee added a nice little touch with lighting our candles! It was so SWEET! They AMAZE us with the special ways they find to make us feel loved! Thank you girls for making our Anniversary Special!

Christmas with Papa Chuck and Gigi

Christmas Day we spent with Papa Chuck and Gigi! We had another great day with cousins! On the S*heppeck side all we have is Girls though :) Jesse's sister is having another girl in March! YAY GIRLS!

All the Girls

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Papa's

WOW! The kids look so grown up in these pictures! I always try to do a Grandkid picture every year so we can see how they have changed...I think this year you can see a huge change! They have such a great time together! Crazy Kids!

Buddies for Life!

Our 1st Christmas in Our NEW Home!!!

WOW! It is so hard to believe that we Celebrated Christmas in our New Home that we have all worked so hard on! Simple Memories along the way have made it ALL worth while! Here our a few of our Favorite Pictures of our New Home decorated for Christmas! We weren't able to get all the decorations out so it was very simple...but I think it was probably one of our most beautiful! The girls and I found a new way to wrap presents this year! We used brown kraft paper and the girls decorated each package specially with glitter! Hope you enjoyed your Christmas together celebrating the birth of our Savior!

Our Christmas tree! The centerpiece on our table! A Few of the packages that were decorated under our tree!

I Loved each package! This is probably one of my all time favorite pics! Jesse, Allee, and Emma looking out into our backyard on Christmas Eve!

Love to you all!

The S*heppecks