Saturday, January 18, 2014

Great Bend Christmas

 Ok, nearly a month late but here goes. Christmas morning we spent just the four of us at home.  
Lilly got her first pair of coveralls.  She was excited because they are purple, but quite mad because they are too big.  They will be quite cute with the new cowboy boots mom and Hanna got her!
 The entire family, plus one spoiled dog, spent three days in Great Bend.  


 Lucy was so excited to open her gift from Great Aunt Karen, 
 and ended up looking like this.  
She fell face first into the corner of the present with the first pull of the wrapping paper.  It really did look worse than it was. 
Great Bend had around seven inches of snow a few days before Christmas, and there was plenty left for the kids, and a couple adults, and the dog, to enjoy.  



 Someone thought it wise to build a ramp to pull the kids over.  
Lilly absolutely loved it, but her dismount could use some work.  Yes, she was close to the street but there were cars parked around where she landed and Hanna was standing right next to her.  Again, not as bad as it might look.  


 It was a change for me, to not have a full two weeks off, but the time we did have with family was wonderful! 

Monday, January 6, 2014

Pre-Christmas

Finally back to the blog!  We had a busy couple weeks leading up to Christmas, with John out of town for a basketball tourney, and several other things in addition to our already full schedule.  
This is the only good pic I got of Lilly at the church XMas program.  
The kids thoroughly enjoyed the 7 inches of snow we had just before Christmas
 Lucy and I lasted a half hour or so but I think Lilly would have stayed out all afternoon.  
 Lucy might be the silliest baby ever!
 These two were the best cookie helpers ever.  They unwrapped all of the rolos and peanut butter cups I used.  I don't think it ever dawned on them that the could actually eat them!
Up next...Stous Christmas followed by Shirk Christmas.