Our family had a great week in Duncan spending time with Todd's family. With all four kids home with their spouses and 7 grandkids, my in-laws had quite the housefull! We are lucky enough to live close enough that we could sleep in our own beds at night... or so we thought. Evan had so much fun playing outside but kept dashing outside without a coat on. So we spent the whole weekend up with him coughing. Thursday night he started having fevers from an ear infection. Getting him to take antibiotics is impossible! He makes himself throw up any medication we give him, so tomorrow I get to take him into the clinic to get a shot of rocephin. It is so not fun! Madilyn also has a horrible cough and now has two teeth, with 4 more on the way!
However, we had a wonderful time visiting with our family. The best part about Christmas was getting to open presents with just our little family of four on Christmas morning. We got up before the kids on Christmas day and got ready so we could head to Duncan after our gifts were opened. Evan has been so excited for Christmas this year and suprisingly, Madilyn was the one we had to keep pulling away from the presents! Madilyn got lots of little toys and some books, but her favorite present were the bows on the packages! Evan's favorite gifts were his bike, bike helmet, and superman cape he got from his grandma. We could not pry the bike helmet off his head all day on Christmas because he likes it so much. I got lots of cute pictures of him with his helmet and cape on. He's our little super hero in training!
This year Todd and I have been so worried about our food storage. We voiced this worry, and much to the men's dismay, we all focused our Christmas on food storage. We women spent Christmas day with my mother-in-law, Shellie, learning to can meats and butter. Wow! It's a long day and a lot of supervision, but it really is not too difficult! Then Friday we sent the men to do some dry canning. We also received a canner from Todd's parents. I am excited to have some tools to work with!
Todd and I decided not to buy anything for each other this year so we could spend the money on food. However, I ended up with a sewing machine and he a sound system to go along with the apple TV and new TV that was given to us by our good friend John. We were so spoiled!
We had a wonderful suprise Friday when the forecasted rained turned into snow. Not too much, but enough to just enjoy! We didn't even get an inch, but it was all white and glittery in our yard for a few hours on Saturday... just long enough for me to get some good pictures. Unfortunately, I am at work typing this right now, so I will post holiday pictures tomorrow after I've had some time to go through them all.
Todd went shooting on Saturday with the guys and they also hiked around a little spring while we women sat at home and watched the younger kids. Todd's brother James and his new wife Kathy took the four older neices and nephew to Morenci to go bowling and get ice cream. Evan was so excited because he is so in love with his Aunt Kathy.
Despite the sickness and lack of sleep, we really did enjoy this Christmas because we were able to spend some time with family. I only wish we lived close enough to be able to spend time with all our families.
Look for pictures tomorrow!
However, we had a wonderful time visiting with our family. The best part about Christmas was getting to open presents with just our little family of four on Christmas morning. We got up before the kids on Christmas day and got ready so we could head to Duncan after our gifts were opened. Evan has been so excited for Christmas this year and suprisingly, Madilyn was the one we had to keep pulling away from the presents! Madilyn got lots of little toys and some books, but her favorite present were the bows on the packages! Evan's favorite gifts were his bike, bike helmet, and superman cape he got from his grandma. We could not pry the bike helmet off his head all day on Christmas because he likes it so much. I got lots of cute pictures of him with his helmet and cape on. He's our little super hero in training!
This year Todd and I have been so worried about our food storage. We voiced this worry, and much to the men's dismay, we all focused our Christmas on food storage. We women spent Christmas day with my mother-in-law, Shellie, learning to can meats and butter. Wow! It's a long day and a lot of supervision, but it really is not too difficult! Then Friday we sent the men to do some dry canning. We also received a canner from Todd's parents. I am excited to have some tools to work with!
Todd and I decided not to buy anything for each other this year so we could spend the money on food. However, I ended up with a sewing machine and he a sound system to go along with the apple TV and new TV that was given to us by our good friend John. We were so spoiled!
We had a wonderful suprise Friday when the forecasted rained turned into snow. Not too much, but enough to just enjoy! We didn't even get an inch, but it was all white and glittery in our yard for a few hours on Saturday... just long enough for me to get some good pictures. Unfortunately, I am at work typing this right now, so I will post holiday pictures tomorrow after I've had some time to go through them all.
Todd went shooting on Saturday with the guys and they also hiked around a little spring while we women sat at home and watched the younger kids. Todd's brother James and his new wife Kathy took the four older neices and nephew to Morenci to go bowling and get ice cream. Evan was so excited because he is so in love with his Aunt Kathy.
Despite the sickness and lack of sleep, we really did enjoy this Christmas because we were able to spend some time with family. I only wish we lived close enough to be able to spend time with all our families.
Look for pictures tomorrow!
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welcome to the wonderful world of the apple tv! i'm sure you're loving it already! :D
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