I love this picture of Kwinn.
Kristie stayed after the Ladies Cottage meeting at my house and helped me pick things up and put the furniture back in place.
Kwinn can't quite sit up on his own yet and he was making a slow slide towards the pillow in this shot.
He is such an adorable, sweet tempered child; he just always seems to be happy (unless he's tired, hungry or needs a diaper change...LOL).
I just love this little guy!
Kaden got a new bow and arrow for Christmas and last weekend he wanted to show me his improving skills. He has a target set up in his back yard where he has been practicing.
What a difference a week makes! No snow and Kaden isn't even wearing a coat, although it was only in the 40s. He's a little furnace like his mom.
Today after church I went over to the McKee's house. I was in the mood to do a little sledding on their fabulous hill. Karsten and I got to the house first and there was no talking him into sledding. Wimp! And would you believe that they hadn't been sledding at all yet with this snowfall? Unbelievable.
So finally Kristie got home with Kaden and Kasen; they wanted to eat before they would go sledding. So I waited around for them to eat lunch and then had to practically beg to get them outside with me. What's up with these yahoos?
Kristie basically dressed the boys and after much arm twisting I got them outside. It was AWESOME! The snow was perfect and after we went down the hill a couple of times, the snow was packed and it made for some seriously FAST sledding.
The only downside... this 46 year old body doesn't recuperate from a backwards somersault downhill like it used to. LOL... I was riding one of the boys' saucers cross legged and ended up going backwards down hill, the saucer dug into the snow and sent me tumbling downhill backwards. Thank heavens for ibuprofen! ;-D
In order to get the boys outside, I told them we'd only be out there for 15-20 minutes; just enough time to go down the hill two or three times. While we sledding downhill, a car drove up the driveway. It was Dina (Scott) Kricher and her family (husband, Dennis and kids - Kacey, Colton and Conner). Dina is a former classmate of Kristie's. She and her family saw the boys and I sledding and decided to stop and see if they could join the fun. So our 20 minute outting turned into about an hour. I don't know about the boys, but I had an absolute blast!
Since I was sledding I didn't take too many photos, but I did capture a couple and I even convinced Kaden to take one of me.
Kasen going downhill standing up!
Kaden going downhill standing up, too.
Yep, that's me heading down the hill and trying not to run over the photographer (Kaden)!
Here's to all you middle agers out there who refuse to act your age! And feeling very grateful to God for giving me a healthy body so I can play with the kids in the snow.
XO
I attended the second night of the basketball tournament on Thursday.
I have to confess that on this night I took more pictures of Breanna and Brenton's fan club than I did the actual game. (Sorry Bre and Brenton!)
Family and friends that were at the game to watch Breanna and Brenton play were: Danea, David, Dalton, DeWayne, Edward Lee, Jed, Natalie, Brena, Breck, Bret, Katie, Quentin, Mollie, Trenton, Kaden, Kasen, Karsten, Abbie (Grossnicklaus), and myself.
Here's the family enjoying some goodies from the concession stand before the first game.
Kaden enjoying a push-pop.
Breanna on defense.
Another picture of Bre.
Breanna scored the first 5 points of the game. Here she is shooting a 3 pointer.
Dad with Breck.
Mollie and Brena are big fans of Cousin David, they love his Donald Duck impersonation.
Brena turning on the kilowatts when she sees the camera pointed her way.
Mollie in deep conversation with Uncle DeWayne.
This is what Miss Moo does when she notices I have the camera on her. LOL!
Fan section on the Right (above)
Fan section left (above)
Brenton waiting for the ball.
Quentin has been hanging out with Grandpa Ed too much, he spend quite a bit of time telling stories to the McKee boys who were cracking up the whole time.
Beautiful Breck... she's lost her socks and shoes somewhere.
One night at Grandpa's house Kristie and I were straightening up and waiting for a load of laundry to dry. While we were waiting Karsten started his monkey routine and showing us how he could shimmy up the door jam and hang from the top of it.
I think there must be some monkey genes in this kid!
I talked with both Kristie and Kodee this afternoon after Kodee's surgery and he is recovering quite well. He said getting up and sitting down are a little uncomfortable, but walking around was just fine.
According to Kristie, he should be able to come home from the hospital tomorrow.
Here is a picture of Kodee as he's being wheeled into surgery. Kristie said he was already under the influence of drugs and feeling pretty happy. That explains the grin! LOL
We had an exciting evening in Kansas the night of December 10. I was just getting ready to go up to Grandpa's and the electricity went out.
I figured it was just my town so I headed to the grocery store and noticed before I even got into P-town, the lights were out there too. Luckily, Baker's has a generator so they were open. I called Paul and he had me get some hamburger.
Grandpa was at their house with Paul's mom; Paul and the kids were at Grandpa cleaning deer. Paul had the camping lights on, so there was pleanty of light in the house and I was surprised the trailer was staying pretty warm.
Once the kids got home we stayed entertained watching them practicing their cartwheels. I took a few photos of Kolbee with his deer (an 8 point buck) taken in front of the car headlights.
Luckily Paul and Kristie have a gas stove so Paul cooked us all supper. While we were sitting in the kitchen watch Paul cook, Tanner (one of the deputy's and family friend) came over to see Kolbee's buck. About then Kodee came through the door, he was home from school for the holidays. Karsten was so excited, he said, "Mom, it's just like a party here."
The electricity came on shortly after 9:30 p.m., a loud cheer went up in the McKee house. Paul turned off the camping lights and boom... the electricity went off! Then they came back on, then off... we all had this vision of someone at KCP&L messing with our heads turning a "master" switch off and on.
The lights finally came on and stayed on about 10:00 p.m. I headed for home about 20 minutes later. But when I got home, no electricity. I called and talked with Kodee, he said their lights were still on. I told him I may be coming up if the electricity didn't come on soon. I waited around until about 11:30 p.m. and was deciding whether I should just pack it in and go back to the McKee's house.
I was really waffling because I was the in-charge for my team the next day. So no electricity meant I would have had to drive into the city. So if I went to the McKee's I would have had to pack my laptop, clothes for the office and all my female paraphenalia. Not something I really wanted to tackle at 11:30 p.m. Luckily, I only had to wait about 10 more minutes and the lights came on at my house. Woohoo!!!
I have since discovered that I LOVE electricity - even though I grumble about having to pay for it each month! LOL...
I've been working on a daily album for the month of December and this is my layout for the 10th. The black is in honor of the total darkness I found myself in at my house. (Nice deer, Kolbee.)
Here are a few pictures from the Fuhrman's on Thanksgiving Day. (I have 215 pictures to go through... oh my!)
It was a great day at the Fuhrman's. Thank you - Deanna and DeWayne - for hosting the days events!
