We were blessed to have our friends, Roger and Carol and daughters, visit us for several days in December...Here is a "posing picture" of the "younguns" all dressed up!
Roger is retired from the fire department and now owns and operates his own meat processing place, so one reason they came to see us was to help with a beef we had to do, and they also did some cabrito...that's another name for ahh, yeah, goat! :ol But I decided not to put any of those pictures on--I think Ty's hand pictures were enough for awhile!:o) But we sure appreciate all their help, experience, and expertise!!! So even though we had lots of fun being together visiting and playing, we got some "work" done too!:o)
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| Walking through the woods... |
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| JoAnna, Damaris, Damien, and Kaiti down by the pond... |
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| Sliding on the ice... |
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| Susanna, Damaris, Damien, and Kaiti... |
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| Yes, I know this ice "looks' dangerous but they say some of it was 3-4" thick in places and the water underneath was only about a foot deep... |
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| And when you get tired of walking or the going gets tough, you can always rely on a big strong brother to help you out!:o) |
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| One of the favorite games that week was "Blink" |
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| Have you caught on yet, Damien? |
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| JoAnna playing trains with Jensy~ |
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| We've had these wooden blocks ever since Chad and Aubrey were little and we've had more fun with them! Damaris, being built inside of her own tower- |
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| Here Susanna got built into her own tower standing up, so it was a tall tower! |
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| And here is Jensy standing on top of her tower, still with her inside...really the possibilities with these blocks are amazing!:o) |
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| It was interesting to see what girls might come up with versus a mainly boy populace!:o) Believe me, our boys had never thought to make themselves hoop skirts with them!!!:o) How very elegant, Lydia!:o) |
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| Damien dancing with the fair Lady Damaris in her ball gown~ |
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| Kaiti and Lydia...don't they almost look like sisters? Kaiti was pretty sad when they left because it was like all her big sisters left! She loves them and being with them- |
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| Then there was the fun evening at Circle S...we had a big get-together of friends so they could also get a chance to visit with our out-of-state company. Good food and fellowship~ Thanks everybody and thanks especially to the good owners of this fine establishment for sharing with all of us! |
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Kaiti modeling her friends silver scarf...kinda a strange way to wear it, but cute on her
none-the -less!:o) |
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| Visiting... |
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| Kaiti with friends, JoAnna and Danica~ |
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| Even got to hear some music... |
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| Jensy sampling and enjoying the cabrito...the men roasted it outside over a fire using some wonderful marinade that Abby made, and it was really good...in spite of my squeamishness over goat meat! As for Abigail, it's really too bad I don't have a picture to post of her working in the kitchen as she was such a big help to me there! So beings I don't have a picture to post this will have to do~ a BIG "thank you" to Abby for all her help!!!:o) |
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| Our good friend, Mr. Ron, sampling a "mutton joint"...couldn't it remind you a little of Friar Tuck?!:o) |
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| Good food, good friends, good fellowship~ Speaking of good food, this was the evening that my sister treated us to her wonderful lasagna...she helped me out SO much with the cooking that week, freeing me up a little more to enjoy our company. So a big huge thank you to Amie!!!:o) |
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| And we got to have our own private little concert by none other than "Grandpa's Neighbors"!!! We had fun getting them to play our favorites that they play, many of which they don't have recorded yet, so that was a treat! Thanks ladies!:o) |
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| Enjoying the good music.... |
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| And each others company~ what a special, pleasant evening! |
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| Kaiti and JoAnna, matching! |
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| Some more join them for a picture-- |
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| Abigail and friend Susie enjoying a visit--Susie and her brother, Ian, joined us the day they did the beef. Ian is a good friend of Chad's and it was nice having them here as well! |
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| Ah, can you beat that...home-made peanut butter cookies, a glass of milk, and a good friend to share it with!:o) Tyler and Mr. Roger-- |
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| And yet another game of "Blink"! |
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Damien and Kait with the cookies we made for the Christmas Ball--one of our favorites for the holidays-
"Awesome Sour Cream Drops" |
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| At the Christmas Ball~ |
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| Some of the fine ladies at the Ball...don't they look pretty?! |
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| ...joined by a handsome little man!:o) |
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| JoAnna and Kaitriana |
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| Posing with friends~ |
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| I won't tell how late some of these nights got, but it was like we had to squeeze every minute out that we could!:o) |
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| JoAnna looks like she has the answer for staying awake even though dead tired...a toothpick for each eye!:o) |
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| However there comes a time when you just cannot stay awake no matter how much you'd like to! This picture is for-real....they really are "passed-out" all over the living room! LOL! (These were only some of them--there were more, not in the picture!) |
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| And no matter how much you love being together, there comes a time to say "good-bye"...we look forward to that time someday when we'll not have to say good-bye...to that place where we'll not have to part with friends and loved ones. But for now, good-bye dear friends, until next time--God be with you! And to all of you who we're still looking forward to a visit from...just let us know when!:o) |
