Saturday, February 23, 2019

January!

We were watching an America's Funniest Video's, and they had a series where people would hold up a blanket and then hide before the blanket drops to see how they're dogs would react. The kids wanted to try it. Lizzy wouldn't follow the kids when they tried, so I gave it a try...
After a few times of her running to come find me, she now just runs up and lays on the blanket before I can disappear. 
We went over to Scenty's light tunnel for a nice walk and a few fun pictures!
Lucas (every single night) comes down -- sometime between 11pm and 6am, and sleeps on the couch. I have no idea what wakes him up, but he says he comes down because he's scared of the dark. His room has THREE nightlights and a street light outside his window. Not dark. I think he does it just because he knows I don't want him to... That is a very "Lucas" thing to do.
 Feeling cooped up, we decided since it was a little warmer (low 40's) we'd try and brave the park. It was nice to be out, but after about 20-30 minutes, my hands do this...Raynaud's getting worse as I get older. My circulation gets cut off to parts of my fingers and they go numb/hurt until I can get them warmed up with warm water! 
 We kinda love this dog. She may not appreciate getting woken up...
 One of our favorite shows was America's Got Talent -The Champions. The kids LOVE Tape Face, but he didn't make it into the finals. When he got sent home, Emma got a little teary-eyed, and Lucas broke down in tears. I had to hold back my laughter at how attached they were to this character. Poor kids! Tape Face was great though, and will be missed.
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Jan 2019

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

New Year!

Another new year come, and still the same goofy family with the same goofy hats! 



December 31, 2018

The Festivities

We ran over to Cabela's to see Santa. Santa seemed in a rush, didn't talk much, and took all the kids at once -- kind of a disappointing Santa for kids that are excited to be there -- but at least we've got everyone smiling! 
 And when Cabella-ing, checking out all the animals is a must. The kids enjoyed finding all the little and big creatures and pointing them out to each other. 
 Christmas cookies! Along with the Christmas usuals, the kids threw in some dinosaurs, rhinos, seals, penguins, and such. Everyone's included in our Christmas -- well done kids. 

 I tried out Brad's grandma's apple pie recipe. I'm definitely not a master in the crust department, but it turned out really yummy, and it's the first pie that Brad has eaten more than once piece of! In fact, he ate all but the three pieces I ate! It was delicious, and I will be making it again. 
Christmas morning was filled with the joy of opening presents, playing the new board games we received, new toys, cinnamon rolls, legos, and relaxing. 


 
Christmas is one of the few days that Lizzy full-on barks. New toys,
especially ones that make noise and climb on walls, really get her going!
After five days of working on it, I finished the three layer puzzle Brad got me!
December 2018