New Christmas Traditions with the Scofield and Burrow's Family

Chapter 6

Michael and Sara not only woke up to the sun shining in their eyes but also to Nicole and Matt jumping on the bed. Nicole said she wanted to go outside and play in the snow. Michael looked up at her and with the sun shining on her auburn hair and smiled, she looked so much like Sara and Matt was almost the spitting image of himself except he also had Sara's beautiful smile.

Michael playfully brought Nicole down on the bed and began to tickle her. She started giggling like crazy. Sara did the same thing with Matt pulling him down so both Nicole and Matt were between them and tickled them both.

Once they were all dressed they walked out of the bedroom. The four of them were the only ones up so they quietly had some breakfast and then after they bundled up and headed outside. Because of the snow storm there was about 40 cm of snow on the ground. Michael and Sara walked hand in hand as they followed Nicole and Matt through the forest. "Not too far ahead you two" Michael would call out if there was a curtain amount of distance between them.

When they came to a hill Michael gave them the toboggan he had pulled along. Nicole and Sara sat on the toboggan Michael and Matt pushed them down the hill. Both Sara and Nicole held each other tightly and screamed with a smile on their faces. Sara and Nicole did them same for Michael and Matt, then switch partners Sara with Matt and Michael with Nicole. After a few times down the hill they began to chase each other through the forest. Michael was to count to ten while the other three ran. All three of them hid behind a tree and Michael snuck up behind them. Next they all teamed up against Michael and tackled him to the ground. They were all tired and were lying in the snow. Michael and Sara taught the twins how to make snow angels. When all four of them stood up the saw the family of snow angels they had made. They decided it was time to head back, Nicole and Matt sat on the toboggan and Michael pulled it in one hand and held Sara's hand in the other.

As they approached the cabin they saw LJ and Danielle coming out of the cabin. "There you guys are we woke up and you were gone." LJ said as he knelt down to his little cousins.

"Yeah thanks to your snoring they came to our room last night" said Michael.

"I don't snore" LJ said getting all defensive.

"Yes you do. You sounded like a pig," Nicole said with a giggle.

"Oh really" LJ smiled and picked her up and spun her around.

Matt ran to Danielle "We made snow angels"

Danielle smiled and said, "Really that sounds cool but you know what else is cool? Snowman"

LJ came over holding a giggling Nicole upside down "Yeah I make the best snowman ever"

"Somehow I doubt that. I know how to make the best snowman," Sara stated.

LJ started sniffing around "What's that smell? It smells like a challenge"

"Your on, Boys against girls" Sara stuck her hand out and they shook on it.

So Michael, LJ, and Matt teamed up against Sara, Danielle and Nicole to see who had the better snowman. The girls quickly huddled together and quickly broke and got started. The guys on the other hand seem to disagree on what to do or at least Michael and LJ did. The girls won hands down, not only were they faster but their snowwoman had different fashion accessories.

When the girls won the three of them jumped up and down, hugged each other and started a victory dance which Matt joined in.

"Hey don't rub it in, and Matt your on our team stop dancing" the competitive LJ said.

All Michael could do was laugh at his nephew, he was so competitive. Once they finished their dance they started building forts. Michael, LJ and Matt and then Sara, Danielle and Nicole. Once the girls finished they peaked through a peak hole to see what the guys were doing. Sara smiled at Michael then gathered snow in her hand and threw it and hit Michael.

When the snowball hit him, he looked up at a guilty smiling Sara "Oh it's on" Michael yelled.

Sara grabbed Nicole and hid behind their fort with Danielle as snowballs came flying over their wall. LJ and Matt quickly joined in but Michael held them back after a few seconds. He waited for Sara to come out of hiding and fired back. LJ started laughing and was caught off guard when Danielle's snowball hit him and then his laughing stopped. For a few minutes they threw snowballs back and forth laughing. Suddenly Michael heard a noise coming from inside the cabin. Michael got one of his evil grins. He motioned for Sara, Danielle and Nicole to come to their fort. So slowly they crawled over and they all hid behind the fort wall. Michael popped his head up and yelled "Hey Linc, Hannah, need a little help out here" he ducked back down and they all made snowballs, and waited for their prey. Linc and Hannah walked outside and looked for Michael. "You see him?" Linc asked.

All of a sudden they heard LJ's voice "Fire!" and all six heads popped up throwing snowballs. Hannah let out a scream, Linc looked at Michael's smiling face and muttered "You son of a " and pulled Hannah behind a tree with him and started throwing snowballs back at each other for quite sometime before heading back inside for some hot chocolate.