Christmas and New Years Fun!

Christmas was a blast and we really had a great time on our Christmas break!! Our Christmas celebration started off with Christmas Eve dinner at Mom and Dad's, Salisbury steaks, Yummy!!! Then Christmas day, Kevin didn't have to go to work, which was nice, a full day together! We did go up to the main place and played with Kelo for a while and then came home and watched Christmas movies and snacked until it was dusk.  We then headed to town to check out all of the Christmas lights, we do that every year and always is a blast.  In town there is a petrified wood park, and it was decorated with rope lights, kids loved it!!

After we come home from seeing the lights, we came home to eat and wait until it was time to give the kids their last Christmas gift.  Their last gift was going to the movie theater and seeing Night of the Museum (the third one). It was the kids first time seeing a movie in a theater, they loved it!! The movie was good!!  The Christmas celebration continued as everyone (Mom, Dad, Anneke, Jonathan and the kids and myself) heading down to Ashley's for our family Christmas party! It was a lot of fun!! Kevin wasn't able to go as he had to stay and take care of the ranch (Nathan and Sandy were gone) It was a quick trip but loads of fun!! 

The Church was putting on a New Year's Eve party and we went and helped set up.  Sand was brought in for beach volleyball, there was ping-pong tables, foosball, air hockey, bouncy houses and bingo! 

Kevin putting together a ping-pong table.

The entrance one of the ladies from Church did.

At the party, Kevin playing ping-pong.

A good amount of the people, others were at the bingo table to the left.

Jacqueline looking tired, getting ready for the ball to drop!

Us!!

Nathaniel already making noise!!

After the volleyball was over all the kids played in the sand (Nathaniel wasn't too sure about it)

Jacqueline was sure having fun!!

This is the jousting pit that all the kids took over and used as a bouncy house!! Jacqueline loved it!

Minutes away from New Years!

Happy New Years!

The New Years Eve celebration was a lot of fun! There was lots of food and it was good to sit and visit with others from Church and have fun! Kevin played in a ping-pong tournament, he didn't make it very far but had fun just playing!! Kevin and I played each other in air hockey, I won! 16-20!! 

A few days ago, Kevin and I took Kelo down to a friend of ours so he can train him.  Kevin didn't get the chance like he thought or wanted to train him himself.  Kelo was really a butt when we tried to get him in the horse trailer.  It took 2 hours to get him in the trailer, he just didn't want to get in.  I miss him already but looking forward to see what he is able to do!! He should be ready to come home by the end of March or April sometime!

The kids have finished the second quarter at school and both are doing really well!! Jacqueline can read a little bit, we need to continue working with her on that.  Nathaniel can now spell his name and is really proud of that! In all the work that they bring home I am seeing more and more of an improvement from the first day at school! It really is exciting seeing the change.  Their excitement to go to school hasn't gone away at all, its just as strong as the first day of school!! Nathaniel no longer cries when Jacqueline goes to school by herself on Fridays, but is so excited to see her when she comes home.  He greets her saying 'Jacqueline I missed you! Did you miss me?' She mostly replies 'Yes'

Calving season is going to start soon, well, it has already.  A neighbor's bull got in with the cows early and they are now starting to calve, a month early! So far there are only 2 calves, and about another 10 to calve. The rest shouldn't start until about the middle of February. I'm excited for it, I get to help and be apart of it this year!!

I hope you all have a great day!!