Christmas at our House

Jim is having too much fun with his new mask. Baihley and Sparky on the couch!

Tyler and Baihley reading the note from Aunt Marsha. Their gift was a donation to a Memphis school for uniforms for children in need. Their cousin and his wife teach in Memphis.

Auntie Lee's for Christmas dinner with cousins Craig and Nick and Aunt Bev. We had fun!

The childen are actually happy and enjoying each other. It's amazing what happens when they grow up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hanukkah

Friends out for a special night of Hanakkah... before when the table looked nice.The beautiful tablepiece was actually all the presents connected by ribbons to their name tags by their plates. You had to work together, just like the Jews did when they took back the temple.

Of course it's a wild Dreidel game!!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually they had more fun trying to see who could spin the Dreidel the longest!!!

Snow days

Behind the four wheeler is fun but hang on!!!!

Dad pulls them down the driveway!
Hang on when he starts doing donuts in the yard

Are we having fun yet?

Oops!

indoor Arena

The indoor arena is done and are they training Gizmo or Jim?

No helmet, no saddle but having a blast and he's going around and around and even started trotting; although Baihley wasn't really prepared for it. It's a nice big arena and no wind; and Jim put up lights. I have a feeling today's snow day will find them in their ALOT!!!!!

Christmas Alive

The wise women--- on horses had way too much fun!!!

Wasn't in the Bible but it does in a pinch!! And the horses actually almost enjoyed being camels for three days.

Tyler is Joseph...

Putting Mary on a horse and leading her to the stall next door wasn't the trip that they did in the Bible but it was very good.

The wise men (women) on camels (horses)

So perhaps they have added to the Bible, but no one had camels they could ride and it was only girl who volunteered to handle the horsees. Tyler and Baihley have been participating in an outdoor nativity near our town. It's only below zero windchills- but that doesn't deter kids. Several hundreds of people braved the "walk thru" not 'drive thru' and tomorrow I will actually go and brave the weather for pictures in the daylight.