SNOW DAY

IT'S JANUARY 17TH. OUR KIDS GOT THEIR FIRST SNOW DAY THIS YEAR. IT'S THE FIRST DECENT ONE IN A FEW YEARS. IF IT'S NEAR TY'S BIRTHDAY, YOU CAN ALMOST COUNT ON EITHER SNOW OR ICE.
WE GOT ABOUT 2 INCHES LAST NIGHT, BUT ONCE IT TURNED OVER TO RAIN IT JUST BECAME A SLUSH LOOKING SNOW. OF COURSE, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THE KIDS. SNOW IS SNOW.


WE DON'T KEEP SLEDS ON HAND SINCE IT DOESN'T SNOW THAT MUCH, SO I IMPROVISED AND MADE ONE. I TOOK A CARDBOARD BOX AND OPENED IT UP AND PUT IT IN A TRASH BAG. IT WORKED. BROOKE WASN'T REALLY SURE HOW TO DO IT, THOUGH. BUT TY FIGURED IT OUT. I WASN'T ABOUT TO GET OUT THERE TO SHOW THEM. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE HOUSE, BUT THEY WON'T UPLOAD.
THIS IS ALL THAT I'LL PROBABLY GET. BROOKE DOESN'T LIKE IT SOO MUCH. SHE NEVER HAS.
ENJOY!!
LOVE,
KATI

DECEMBER

CHRISTMAS HAS COME AND GONE. MY WHERE HAS 2007 GONE? SINCE I HAVE NOT POSTED FOR A WHILE, I MUST HAVE BEEN BUSY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. WE'LL SEE IF I CAN KEEP AN ACCURATE UPDATE.
KEVIN WENT HUNTING IN KANSAS AND RETURNED IN EARLY DECEMBER. I GUESS HIM BEING GONE IS WHY OUR MONTH WENT SO FAST. WE WERE LATE TO PUT UP DECORATIONS AND A CHRISTMAS TREE. NORMALY WE HAVE A MONTH TO ENJOY EVERYTHING BUT THIS YEAR WE HAD MAYBE 2 1/2-3 WEEKS OF ENJOYMENT.


WE HAD OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS PARTY WITH THE BLACK'S ON DEC.16TH. WE HAD A WONDERFUL DINNER AND DESSERTS. ALL THE KIDS COULDN'T WAIT TO OPEN GIFTS. I THINK ALL THE KIDS ENJOYED THEIR GIFTS.

NEXT WE HAD CHRISTMAS AT MY MOM'S HOUSE ON THE 16TH. AGAIN THE FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD. GIFT OPENING ALSO WENT SMOOTHLY. AFTER THIS PARTY WE WERE ABLE TO STAY HOME FOR A WHILE. WHICH WAS NICE SINCE HE HADN'T DONE IT MUCH MOST OF THE PAST 3 MONTHS. ON CHRISTMAS EVE, MOM AND TIM CAME UP TO SPIN THE NIGHT. THE KIDS LOVE HAVING GRANDMA AND PAPA COME UP. WE HAD A LOVELY MORNING WITH AND EXCELLENT BREAKFAST. MOM TAUGHT ME HOW TO MAKE OMELETS. SURE WERE GOOD. AFTER THEY LEFT WE JUST HUNG OUT.HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES FROM THAT MORNING. TY'S BIG GIFT WAS AN AQUARUIM. HE ALSO ENJOYED THIS FOOTBALL JERSEY.

BROOKE GOT A BARBIE DOLL HOUSE. IT'S THE SAME HEIGHT AS SHE IS.

THAT'S ABOUT IT FOR CHRISTMAS. WE STAYED HOME FOR NEW YEAR'S. TY TRIED TO STAY UP, BUT AT 11:40 HE FELL ASLEEP. WE WOKE HIM UP AS THE BALL DROPPED AND THEN BACK TO SLEEP HE WENT. BROOKE CRASHED ABOUT 10:30.
HOPE EVERY HAD A GOOD NEW YEAR'S.