Christmas

Christmas is HERE....

Kinley got up at 6:45 and we found Santa Presents. Last night she put out her reindeer food so Santa would know where to stop. Kinley got some barbie and cabbage patch clothes, baby carrier, Troy and Gabriella barbies, a portable DVD player, Flicka and Madagascar movies, bike, and treats. Preston got a bulldozer and backhoe, craftsman toolbox and tape measure, suit, p.j.s, Lincoln logs, Robot movie, and treats. We had a lot of fun having Santa visit our house this year. It is so much fun with the kids! Kinley wanted to open up all the presents and Preston just wanted to play with the toys. We had to get Gardners to trade us our truck for their snowmachines so we could get out to mom and dads. The road is totally drifted in. There were a few trucks stuck. One truck, a big dodge, has snow drifted up to the hood of the truck. Jake says the kids are staying here until the road is plowed. The good thing is it has been too windy so they haven't plowed...so Jake hasn't had to go to work! I just go back from sleding with Heather and Derek. Haven't done that for a while and it was tons of fun, now we just have to warm up! Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve Party

We went to Lava this morning to have a Christmas party with Jakes family. Kinley and Pres had so much fun playing with Gus and Gunner. She has been looking forward to it all week. We got all our snow gear packed but the wind was blowing so hard, we didn't get to ride the 4-wheeler or sled...bummer! Hopefully tomorrow. Kinley got a my little pony, crayons, princess tea party set, and Polly Pocket that she loves!! Preston got a color book, monster truck, book, and train. We all got a Christmas book to read tonight that is called "The First Christmas." We are watching Santa on the radar now...it sure helps Kinley to be good! Those little elves keep watching her:) Merry Christmas!!

Christmas memory

I remember a Christmas when I was 6 or 7 and my cousins were here and we had a party and my grandparents house. We did the nativity and I remember I wanted to be Mary so bad, I think I was kind of a brat that night, I don't know for sure. Anyways, I got my way and was Mary. I think it was our last Christmas with my Aunt. We opened one present that night. Then went back over the next morning to see what Santa left at grandma and grandpas. The tradition has changed for me, now we go to my parents house. But for my kids, the tradition is still the same. Christmas is so much about family to me. It is fun to get and give presents but the time I spend at Christmas functions means so much more. I would love to go back to when I was 6 or 7 and have Christmas with my grandparents and aunt and uncles and cousins. I miss that. My memories of Christmas will last longer than any gift...as long as I don't get Alzheimer's! Just want to wish you a safe and Merry Christmas and enjoy life and family.

Proud of Kinley!

Kinley has basically been potty-trained since she was 18 months old. She was so interested in going potty all by herself we let her. But, she was such a deep sleeper and always drinks milk before bed she would have to wear pull-ups. A couple months ago she kept saying she wants to wear panties to bed. Well, we didn't want her to have accidents so we told her she has to have 5 dry pull-up in a row and she can wear panties to bed. The closest she has got was 3 in a row but last week, she had a dry pull-up, then we forgot to put a pull-up on Kinley because she fell asleep early but she woke up dry. Well, we are on day 8 of dryness. She has got to wear panties to bed and she is so excited. She has wanted to be big like her friends Sammy and Kenadee. We are so proud of her and she is proud of herself! Yeah Kinley!!!

Snow, Snow, Snow

We love the snow at our house...for the most part. Kinley and I played in the snow yesterday with Kenadee. I pulled a sled around for them and they had lots of fun. Saturday we were going to go to Arimo for my nephews birthday and Kinley was so excited. Well, it had snowed Friday and Saturday so Jake got called into work. So, Kinley was so sad because she didn't get to go play with Gus. Poor thing. If it keeps snowing...and I hope it does...Jake will be working a lot. I told him he has to use the gilt trip on them, he has to tell them he can't come on Christmas Eve because he is not going to make his daughter cry again because she can't go see her cousin! So, we will see!

It snowed!

It finally snowed!! Jake got back from hunting and his plow isn't made yet so he had to play with dads 4-wheeler and plow. Kinley had to go too! We love the snow!

Hunting trip

Jake was hunting for the late deer archery hunt since Sunday. My parents took me and the kids to Lava to meet Jake on Thursday and we went off to Soda and "camped" in our trailer. We watched movies and played play station! Anyways, Kinley had a ball. She was talking a mile a minute and even spotted some deer all by herself! Once we got to seeing a lot of deer so went crazy, so did Preston. Jake hasn't gotten a shot yet, his dad has shot a few arrows and just nicked one so no one has gotten a deer yet. Jake is going back on Thursday. Uncle Mark and Tim found some bear tracks. So the picture with the snow is a bear track.