Peace on Earth

I worked a night shift Christmas Eve and came home Christmas morning to this beautiful Christmas message. Out of all the presents I received today, this gift from God was the most beautiful.

I was so grateful for that small moment before I went into the house..................... where the PARTY was waiting.

Future Christmas memory

Just a little Christmas moment but so precious to a grandma.
 
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A beautiful morning

We woke up to a beautiful frosty morning.

McKay drew for the winner of my give-a-way to family and friends.  And the winner was...................Nina!

I hope anyone that hasn't seen this movie takes the opportunity to.

Happy Days Are Here Again

As you can see all of the family was together for Thanksgiving. Happy Days Indeed!

Nina and Brad and the girls left Friday morning.  We miss them already.

Happy Birthday Seth!

Jay was more than happy to help Seth blowing out the candles. But a special big thank you to Shannon for making the Awesome Birthday cake. Seth is 24 and still single, but looking, so if you are going to leave a comment you can also leave a suggestion ;D

What a cool cake!

S.S.S. (aka Sharp Shooter Shelton)

Well She's only 10 years old but her first kill was dropped liked a pro. Brad said that she shot it in a better place than any of the game he has brought down.

I don't think that the fact that Nina is having her 4th girl is going to stop Brad from having any hunting buddies, he is training her well. Kayla is posing in this picture with her proud grandpa Shelton.

Little Muncskins

First Of all Declan and Deloy came over to scare usT

 Then Jay and Sam came over. Jay was a scary shark

 And Sam decided to be Papa  Richard and refuse to dress up at all

 Then Eric and Sandy's girls came over and that was all the trick-or-treaters we got

Deloy carved this pumpkin "Free Hand"of Jack Sparrow. What a piece of art. We were amazed it was so intro cut!

We hope everyone had a fantastic Halloweeen.

Bucket list # 3, Learn a new skill

Well recently we've started raising chickens which we have thoroughly enjoyed . There is a down side to raising chickens and I wanted to know if I could handle that part.  My good friend Joann Walker was willing to teach me how to butcher a  couple of roosters and a couple of turkeys. It wasn't to bad and we really did have a good time because it was good company.

 

The kill cone relaxes the bird and keeps it from flapping. You just puncture the artery and they calmly fall asleep. No head chopping!

My accomplices Joann Walker and Pauline Tippetts

Wa La! Farm fresh.

Happy Birthday Karren!

We celebrated Karrens Birthday this week.  Poor baby thinks she's an old lady at 22.

 

Look at all the smoke "all" those candles made.

We love Karren and are so happy that she is living at home this semester with us.

Rattlesnake and Cake

I want to thank everyone for making my 50th birthday so special.  Mark and Shayla hosted at their house. Mark grilled me up a delicious prime rib and Shayla had great food. Shannon made a beautiful cake and Everyone wrote me a sweet letter that Shayla composed into a little book for me. Jay and Richard helped me eat rattlesnake (another one of my bucket list goals).  It was a great evening THANKS EVERYONE!

Eating Grasshoppers

So I'm turning 50 soon and thought I better start doing some of the things on my bucket list instead of just talking about it. #1 eat a grasshopper.

Of course I documented.  Enjoy. The two on the right are sugar coated and the others are salted. Then there is the one that panicked when it hit the hot oil and fried in flight mode.










Hey the Good Book says to eat things in their season and at our house grasshoppers are defiantly in season!

Sisters Weekend

We had another great time at Sisters Weekend this year at Island Park.  My sister Marianne took pictures of all of us so I am posting them in order of Birth........... Mom, Me, Tannis, Annette, Karren , Janell, Marianne, and Toni.

Just to tempt Brad

Yea so we would really like for Nina and Brad to move home some day or just come home more often, so this post is to entice Brad.
    We went camping just an hour from our home at Lake Sibley this last week.

You know you just want to come and eat some rainbow trout with us don't ya  ;-)