Christmas 2015

Our first Christmas at the Barn House!

The boys and Daddy went out on the land 

and found a rustic Christmas tree.

EJ tied that tree down four different ways 

but that was no match for the Kansas wind.

Q and I decided we better remedy this situation. 
We found a display tree that was skinny enough to 
fit in our small barn house living room. 
We got it for 1/2 off 4 days before Christmas. 

Perfect!

Happy kids on Christmas Eve.

W read "Twas the Night before Christmas" to his baby brothers.

Grandma made gluten free, dairy free, egg free 
sugar cookie dough for us. 

What a blessing!

Christmas morning was a blast!

We celebrated with Grandma and Papa!

Then we celebrated with our "Four Sisters Farm" Family.

Pop and Grammy with 16 of their 17 grandchildren.

Little Sister will be home from China by next Christmas!

We love to celebrate Christmas.

God sent his son Jesus just for us.

I would say we have a reason to celebrate!

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas 2014

Needless to say, they are really excited!

The Christmas PJs are on.

Christmas cookies have been consumed.

Visions of Sugarplums are now dancing in their heads.

Stockings are ready.

The gifts are under Daddy's massive Clark Griswold tree.

Merry Christmas friends!

JOY TO THE WORLD.  

THE LORD HAS COME.

LET EARTH RECEIVE HER KING!!!

Christmas Lights & The Front Porch

No project would be complete around here without little helpers. (Baby D and Lil' Ruthie were napping while this excitement was going on.)

Success!

(The awesome photographs were taken by W)

Front Porch before and after.

Christmas Tree Farm

Our annual trip to the Christmas Tree Farm was today. B kept the video camera rolling and and W took pictures like a wild man. I wish I had taken a picture of him with the camera. He got some excellent shots.

Clark Griswold aka EJ always picks the tallest tree he can find! A woman watching him pick this one said, "Does it come with a squirrel included?"

Papa and Grandma picked out their tree too. Papa cut it down and then the big boys helped carry it to the barn.

The photographer's feet with the Santa bench.

Look at that sweet face.

She was watching Daddy pick out the tree. Do you suppose she was wondering how it was going to fit in the house?

The baby boys. They are way too cute in their hats and mittens! They were not impressed but I was.