Icy weekend

Friday found us in the middle of a small ice storm.  Luckily, most of us had the day off.  Jim had to brave the roads and go into work.  Colin ended up going shopping for Black Friday deals.  They reported that the roads weren't that bad. I opted to stay home.  

We had a little hot chocolate, made soup and cinnamon rolls.  

Even Blitz hung out indoors.  

Quincy has had irritated eyes.  We treated her for pinkeye, but it hasn't really made any difference.  It hasn't slowed her down any.  

Today, Jim took all the boys and Quincy to watch KSU play football in the sunflower showdown agains KU.  They got the tickets before they realized it was going to be a yucky weather day.  The little girls and the kitties and I stayed home and snuggled.  

They layered up, looking like Michelin men and bravely went to watch their Cats.  They pretty much had their pick of seats.  

Regardless of the nasty weather, they reported having a great time.  Of course, the Cats winning helped too!  

Turkey Day 2015

The weather was a little grody, but we had a nice, quiet thanksgiving here! 

We have so much to be thankful for! 

We are blessed beyond measure.  

Langsgiving.

We hosted Langsgiving today.  We had quite a good turn out and it was fun to see everyone.  

We got some baby time too! 

Chicken petting was big entertainment. 

Swinging 

And football were popular as well. 

And because Langs are a particularly amazing family, we had a very important guest.  

I don't think I will ever get together with my cousins without missing my grandparents.  I am thankful for the ability to get the rest of the family together though.  

Happy big 5-0 to Jim

Today was Jim's birthday.  The kids had a great time teasing him about being fiddy. Jim's family met up with us for Chinese food.  We had a nice evening.  

Jim even got a book full of his life.  I think he enjoyed that! 

Jim is a great husband and father.  We are very blessed that he is ours.  He has kept us all entertained with crazy music trivia, sports knowledge, safety tips and projects gone wrong.  We sometimes get entertained by him even when he isn't meaning to be entertaining.  Love you Jim and hope your birthday was as great as we think you are!  

Some photo dumping

Queen of play dough. 

Preston is currently 10th chair out of 20 trumpets in his grade school band.  He wants too move up, and had been practicing!   A LOT.  He is actually pretty good, but when Cameron asked him if he knew ANY OTHER songs I did have to laugh!  

Overbrook school used to have a holiday meal.  They stopped doing it when they reorganized the schools.  This year, they brought it back.  The only problem was, I forgot.  Had grandma not been called in for a bus driver random drug test, we would have missed it!   Everything worked out, and Harper was a great hostess!  She was pleased that we surprised her!  

Saige does not mind being home alone while the kids are in school.   As a matter of fact, I think she actually loves it.  She has become the self appointed after school snack maker!  

Preston's student council group was given turkey donations.  They gave holiday meals to several in need families. He said it felt good to do a good deed, but it was also good to miss math class.

My kids are honest!  

And other doings

Harper lost a tooth on Veterans Day.  She was pretty excited between the tooth and the upcoming assembly at school.  We had a wild morning.  

Saige also had to dress the part for Veterans Day, and she was supposed to take birthday treats to story time that morning, but she ended up throwing up and didn't get to go. 

In addition to football games that were 3 hours away, and birthdays, and birthday parties, the kids 4-H club also had a bake sale at a craft fair.  I was supremely thankful on Friday that Madison loves to bake, because when I got home at 1:30 in the morning, the baked goods were done. 

The sale was a huge success I heard.  My kids had a great time working.  

We had some weird invasion of lady bugs.  They came in about 2 weeks ago and instantly went up into the vaulted ceilings where they have been clustered for days and days.  I don't like killing stuff, but this really annoyed me, mostly because I can't reach high enough to shoo them out.  Today, Jim and Colin took care of the problem with some contraption they built.  I would feel bad, but there are about 2000 more all over the outside of the house.