Just north of the border

I have been down in Southern New Mexico for about a week. It was lots of fun, but nice to be home again. We were camped only about 10 miles from the Mexico border, taking 5 mule deer hunters and I was cooking for them. The girls stayed with my mom and went to school with her this week. For those of you who don't know, she teaches in a one room school, Kindergarten-12th grade, and has 8 students this year. As always, they had a great time and did a lot of fun crafts and enjoyed hanging out with nani. Thanks mom!
There were deer, antelope, pigs and buffalo on the ranch we were hunting. One of the guys shot a buffalo and I got to go with them to do that. It was kinda funny, sneakin up on it and all. Also, there was a fishing pond behind the house with bass in it. A couple of the hunters and I caught quite a few of them and that was really fun. Here's a pic of one.

Happy 6th Birthday Savannah

Savannah's 6th birthday was on the sixth. We had her party at the lodge on New Years Day. It was a whole lot of fun. She chose barbie ballerinas this year. All four of her grandparents were there, Kason and Hadley and most of her Aunts and Uncles. She got some really cool presents and we all had fun. She is such a sweet girl and is a wonderful big sister and a big helper to mommy. We all love her sooooo much. Happy Birthday!





A few pictures of our little dolly

Happy New Year

We also spent New Years at the lodge. It was a lot of fun and A LOT of eating. We watched Nepolian Dynamite. My dad had never watched it before, that was fun. The kids stayed up playing but didn't make midnight, that's ok, they're still a little young for that! Jared and Roger were party poopers, actually they both had colds and went to bed by 10:00. The rest of us stayed up and rang in the new year, playing cards and watching movies. Mom and Dad went over to their house about 10 minutes after midnight and Audrey, Boyd, Jaime, Dalon and I stayed up joking and laughing. It was one of those times when you're so tired a lot of dumb stuff is funny. We all laughed until our stomachs hurt and I don't know if I should blog this but oh well, I half way peed my pants I laughed so hard and had to go change clothes. So fun!
Here are a couple of our late night pictures: Dalon with the mom's to be: Audrey and Jaime and then us all smiling for the camera. Happy New Year!

The Whole "Saddle" story

My sweet sister-in-law commented on my earlier post about the saddles and told me I need to tell the whole story. I know she's right, so here goes.
Santa put the saddles up on the rail by the loft. Kason spotted them first and let out a " Ohhhh!", pointing up at them. The girls looked but could care less. They opened some presents and then papa said "What are those up there?" Savannah replied,"Saddles" without any excitement at all. I'm thinkin, great, this is huge and they could care less. Papa: "Who are those for?" Savannah: "Papa,I'm sure they're for Uncle Dilly" (aka Dalon). We are all laughing now, asking them if they thimk Santa would bring pink and purple saddles for Uncle Dalon. They still could care less so we climed up and got them down for them. I guess it was the not being wrapped, but they just didn't care. Now they are getting pretty excited though. They keep asking when we can saddle up Pokey Joe, their donkey. We've gotta go get some cinches and then we can! So more fun pictures of that coming soon. Also, I'm sure these saddles will be a hit for years to come as I ordered them to fit until they are in their early teens! I love my girls.

Christmas Pictures

Shaylee lookin out at a White Christmas!

All the presents

Shaylee's favorite: A princess tutu

Roger made this gorgeous side table for my mom!

Savannah was absolutely screaming with delight when she opened this "Silvermist" doll from Kason

Woohoo! We are ready to see what we got!

Christmas

Christmas was so much fun! I love the special season. We got to spend it with the most important people in our lives, family. We were in Quemado for Chistmas Eve during the day playing hard with Nani Joy and then to Luna to at the Lodge for Christmas Eve and Christmas. Boyd, Jaime, Kason and Hadley, Audrey and Roger, Dalon, and my parents were all there. The kids played until they were pretty tired, and then we told them the ol' "Ya better get to sleep or santa won't come."
Jaime and I stayed up wrapping gifts until after midnight so we would've been happy to sleep a little bit longer, but oh well! Santa brought some cool stuff and here are their gorgeous saddles he brought!