The rest of December

Tuesday, December 24th - Christmas Eve

We spent the day at Grammy and Grampy's.  The little's were all ready to open gifts, but we had to wait for all the food prep to be finished before the craziness could start.  To keep this pair busy, I gave them a last minute gift to wrap.  I believe I took this picture too soon because they used more ribbon than that, but it kept them busy for a good 30-45 minutes and that is a win in my book!

The reindeer came out better than Santa this year.  Brody was certain Santa's reindeer would like oats just like the reindeer at the reindeer ranch!  By the looks of the table in the morning, I believe he was right.

Wednesday, December 25th - Christmas Day

He only wanted a couple things for Christmas.  The Jones' took care of the John Deere wiggly tractor and Santa brought the ginormous John Deere combine and a Bruder man to put in it. After receiving a 1/16 the scale machine shed the day before, lots of equipment had a shed to park in and really his world was complete.

By this point Brody was getting a little greedy...he had opened gifts 5 of the last 6 days and he only wanted more and was definitely not thankful for what he had received.  We have had lots of talks since so hopefully we do not have a repeat of that not so pleasant behavior next year.

Right before the mad dash to get ready for church...they weren't so happy then because they were rushed out of their jammies!

Grampy and Grammy came to play in the new machine shed...it's rather large and in charge!!

And now somehow I have lost the pictures from Christmas night through New Year's.  We spent Christmas night at Grandma and Grandpa Yakey's racing the remote control trucks that Grandpa and Grandma gifted them.  We attended Jones' Christmas and Kurt's maternal side's Christmas as well, which was a smorgasbord of yummy treats!!  The boys spent most of their Christmas break in pajamas or cozy pants and didn't like having to put real clothes on at all.   

Tuesday, December 31st - New Year's Eve
We rang in the New Year with the Jones' and lots of games with a little playtime in the basement mixed in there just for fun!  We did not make it to midnight, but that was really okay with me.

After playing cards with Merna and Kurt, I think I learned a few new words.  Wowsers were they rambunctious card players.

And that, my friends, was the end of 2013.

Just for FUN!

A new app that converts pictures to water color drawings.  

We have been on vacation

 A trip recap coming at a later date...
Their smiles are painfully fake, but we really did have fun!!

Harper's 2nd Birthday

Back in January, we helped Harper Rose celebrate her 2nd birthday in Where's Waldo style!!  Due to sickness and traveling we haven't seen them since.  Riley told me just the other day that he sometimes misses Howie...Howie is one of Harper's nicknames.  So everyone be healthy and the weather be fit so we can see the whole gang next weekend!!

Time for a haircut!

"Riley, you be the mom and I will be the dad."