New Year's Resolutions

The list is long, but I've got 365 days....right?
#1. Get back into shape...and I'm not talking about the current round floppy shape either.

#2. Get organized...closets...drawers...the van...my school stuff...you name it!
#3. Make time for people and things that are important by cutting back on the less important stuff.
#4. Quit procrastinating...JUST DO IT instead of always putting things off!
#5. Hmmm...I'll finish this list later...sometime...
Happy New Year!!

Gratitude-Smatitude!!

We all miss the green of summer when we are entrenched in the gloom of winter. Planting a tray of oats for the cats is a nice treat that will help them maintain hope that someday they can be out hunting in the tall grass again.

Neptune LOVED the oats and grazed until she was full.

Pug was too confused to understand what to do. (Confusion is normal behavior for him)

Kramer would eat them IF I first picked one and then hand fed him. Nice....



As I shut off the camera, he ran into the playroom and sprayed the wall. It's really NOT biting the hand that feeds you...more along the other end of the animal!

A Digital Look Back At Christmas

Slippin' and Slidin'

The Christmas Day sliding party is always one of the best parts of Christmas. Last year, somehow, someway, someone crunched up Dad's sled. Jill found a new one for him for Christmas this year.

Christmas Day was perfect for sliding. Not too cold no so frostbite...not too hot so the snow didn't melt...no pesky sunshine to give us snowblindness and LOTS of people to make it fun. Here we have Dad taking the first run of the year on the brand new sled!

Noooooo, this isn't Rudolph or any of the reindeer! This is Katie with her Christmas horns that the Yunkers gave her. Actually, these are her trophy horns from her first deer hunt.
(With Tara's Kia)

Go Emily go!!

Snow
Soft, fluffy
Invigorating, snowing, exciting
Getting frosty, getting squished
Thrilling, freezing, slipping
Wet, cold
Ice

Christmas Miracle

Christmas morning with Kramer seems like no big deal, but after his near death experience, it is a HUGE deal!

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve!!
What a great night! We all went to Shepherd of the Valley for the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service and then out to Jill and Jeff's for dinner and for fun!

The Yunkers made it home from Florida just in the nick of time for the party.

Check out that tree!! Jill and Jeff cut the tree and couldn't pull it home. They got the tractor to drag it back to the house and then had quite the adventure getting it into the house...into a tree stand...and mopping up all the melted snow. It looks like all the trouble was worth it though!

The kids table and the kids that sat there...

Granny and Grandpa and all the grandkids, minus Lindsay.

Festivus for the Restofus!

The Christmas season is jam packed with fun traditions. If you don't buy into all the hub-bub that accompanies this frantic time of year...no fear...December 23 is the holiday for you! Festivus!!