Two Different Ideas...

Prestons Dog Annie is wanting to go SlEddiNG!




And Preston must be Ready For Spring to come so he can ride his bike,
who needs Spring just ride it in the Snow!

Really????

So this is what Londyn did to my car the other day and she didn't even have to leave our property. She drove the car back to water the steers and slid on the ice into a gate. What the devil! If she can do this just at our house heaven help us when she's out on the road! I'm kidding she really is getting to be a pretty good driver! I was pretty mad when it first happened but I'm dealing with it now.

What Sweet Music Filled our Ears

Preston had his first piano recital - he played a duet with his dad "Up on the housetop" and his solo was "Go tell it on the Mountain" He did awesome he didn't mess up once!!
Marilyn Lott his piano teacher(Love her)

Grubbin' at Wingers after

Eating again

New Years Eve we went to lunch at Cracker Barrel with Dan's Family (well part of the family). Dan's mom had a gift from Grandma Nichlayson to give each of us girls, she wanted to give us each something that meant a lot to her and that was an heirloom. I got a beautiful crystal vase, and Londyn got a necklace that was her 4th great grandma's. Sweet!!!!

Mariah was diggin' the Mac N' Cheese




Michael, Seth, Londyn, Jean, Dalina, Mariah, invisible Dan who had not yet arrived, Preston, Grandma Smith and Grandpa Smith.

Puzzles drive me nuts!!!

But when Jeannie pulled a puzzle out for us to do the weekend after christmas - I quite enjoyed it! (I must be getting real patient in my older age) (Yea Right!) We stayed up until midnight and then finished it the next morning we worked on it straight for many many hours!

The Finished Masterpiece!!!!

Catching up!

Christmas Day we just hung out at home eating and playing games it was so much fun!
I got a new camera, Dan got a video camera (to tape his awesome roping runs),
Londyn got a cricut and Preston got a air hockey table that turns into a pool table and a ping pong table.

PJ's it should be a TrAdiTion Right?

Sportin' their new PJ's they got to open Christmas Eve.
Dan hates the tradition of opening a present on Christmas Eve,
even if it is just PJ's, so he refused to open his, but that didn't
stop the rest of us from tearing into our wrapped, warm, comfy,
new PJ's. Needless to say we were all stylin' for Christmas
morning pictures, that is all of us but one(Dan). Isn't he funny!

The Guitar Playing Aunt

We Love when Aunt Jeannie breaks out her guitar - she doesn't do it very often. But on Christmas Eve she played Christmas Songs and we sang along!


The Boys performed "Rudolph"
Part of us REALLY getting into JINGLE BELLS
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!!!

B I N G O - Christmas Eve

A long time FAMILY tradition, playing BINGO on christmas eve it was fun having Kyle, Jeannie and Family here this year to play! We all met at Grandma O's and got the party started. We ate until we were sick..... and then the BINGO caller got things going


Grandma ended up with the belly dancing CD
I hope she has been practicing!

Some other sought after gifts! Another popular gift were the Yo Yo's
and Preston cried his eyes out when his got taken away from him in
the game after BINGO, trading gifts when you roll a 6 or 1 on dice.
Luckily he got a yo yo back before the game ended!

The First of the Christmas RUSH...

On SuNDay before ChrIstMas we had Dan's family over for dinner and games and the kids exchanged gifts- it was really fun!

Seth, JJ, Lilly, Preston and Corbin

Michael and Jean
Jessica and Dan the Dad
Dan the dad and Dan