Back in Business

Who would have thought that the snow and cold weather would mean more eggs! I collected 9 eggs yesterday, that is amazing! We placed a heat lamp in the hen house to keep the water from freezing, maybe the 24 hour light keeps the hens from molting (spelling) or roosting, or maybe the young hens are finally at max production, or maybe they love to see my smiling face twice a day when I water them and gather eggs over break? Whatever the reason, we are back in the egg business!

Swimsuits and stocking hats

While the weather outside was frightful, the children playing in the water were delightful!

Last weekend we loaded up my sister's Tahoe and headed to Honeycreek Resort to the indoor water park. There is something a little strange about putting on a swimsuit and a stocking hat. The kiddos loved the water park and everyone had a fabulous time!

Blessed Christmas

... blessed with these Christmas angels!
... blessed that S.C. brought Bailey and Natalie!... blessed that we can share Christmas with the family,

... and blessed that we are a part of this large family!

WOW! What a group! Thanks for the fun weekend, three cheers for the photographer! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas Lights

I have been keeping myself very busy on this Christmas break... to busy to blog? But now my Christmas shopping is finished, our house is cleaned (the surface anyway,) my knitting is almost complete, we played cards with the fam (we were the champions), pulled off another successful Troy Church Christmas program, and toured Christmas lights with friends. Let's take a minute to describe the lights... AMAZING! At 506 North Elm Street, the lights light to the music beat. I would recommend that everyone in a 100 mile radius to turn your radio to 103.5 and check it out. Our car load of 8 sat there in amazement for 10 minutes, without even talking (that's amazing, no talking). Bri said it was totally awesome, and the rest of us all agreed.

Snow Days

It doesn't matter is I'm 12 or 32, snow days still rock. There is nothing better than that early a.m. call... No school today. Or like last night, the evening call and then... sweet, lets stay up late! Let me give you a little run down on why I love snow days... no make-up, warm fire in the fireplace, clicking knitting needles, bundling up to go chore, cold kiddo cheeks when they come in from playing, (is 10 degrees to cold to let them go out and play?), hot chocolate, online shopping, and DISH (it's awesome!) Did you know CMT has videos on every morning for 5 hours? Simply incredible!

Tilly

Tilly is the newest addition to the Lough Ranch. She is a middle ages black pony that belongs to Briley. With the nice weather on Sunday, the girls wanted to ride. After and hour and half of changing the cinch, reins, and everything else on Bri's little pony saddle, they were off to the arena. Tilly was great! However, while I was worrying about Tilly and Bri going to fast, bucking, running away... I should have been worried about Brett and Red (the solid team.) Brett rounded the third barrel and headed for home, Red kicked up his heels, and Brett took a header right in the dirt. While Tilly, Briley and I were standing there in shock, Brett got up and walked toward us with blood dripping from her chin. We got her cleaned up and amazingly she got back on. Thankfully, she only walked away with a busted lip, scrapped chin and side, and a bruise on her arm. There is no doubt her small injuries will heal in a few days, but the memory will scar her for life.

Disney Princesses on Ice

Last weekend we went with a group to Disney on Ice, I took my princesses to see the ice princesses. We all had a BALL!

We ate at Spaghetti Works... great, fun place to eat!