Stick it KC! This is Broncos Country!

Murray Boots!

The shoe fairy is real! I promise there is no shoe stores in Murray Idaho! Yet this amazing pair if boots found me there. Chicken fried stake yes shoes no!! Wanted to show my sister in law my boots!
I got myself together and went to church! I just put a hot patch on my kidney and off we went. Still not yellow so I take that as a plus!! :)

Relax...

Gary and I have been on vacation this week. We had all kinds of fun things planned for the kids. We wanted to head to Breck and play in the snow, bowling and catch a movie. Well....
None of this happened. I have a horrible kidney infection. I am so sick I can barely move. I spent most of this week laying around. I went back to the doctor Thursday and they gave me yet another dose of antibiotic and scheduled a CT scan for next week. What a wast of a vacation. It's almost over I go back to work Monday morning. Sick or not I have to go.
I am going to get myself all put together here in a few so we can go to church tonight. Church always makes me feel better. I am super good at pretending I feel ok as long as my hair and makeup is done!! :) As long as I can keep my fever away I am getting out and going!! This relaxing sitting still thing is killing me!! I figure as long as I am not turning yellow I am doing okay!! :)

Fibber The Game For Christians! :)

Update on our New Jeep!

It's a girl and it has a hemi, navagation, leather seats, a DVD system, sunroof and best of all butt warmers! We know its a girl because she will not turn off her check engine light. She is being difficult but it should be corrected soon. So this madness will come to an end eventually. Looks like our insurance adjuster has a tentative appointment to see my sweet little liberty on Jan 24th. Oh well that's my jeep post for the day! I'll keep everyone posted. Please keep the officer that had to shoot this young man in your prayers, yes he did the right thing but the burden of taking another's life must be very hard to endure.

Okay Princess!

Lilly was chosen for the role of Cinderella at school. I think she is taking her role way to serious.... Nice tiara Lilly Grace! Not going to lie I love every second of this!

Peace

One of my all time favorite parts of Christmas is reflecting on how we have changed as a family. We have done so much this year to our home. We painted the outside and did some really pretty landscaping. We laid down new flooring in the dining room, kitchen and powder room. Painted and made an awesome man room/movie theater and got/given new furniture for the man room and living room.
In all the work that we have done as a family we were taught a very valuable lesson. Things mean nothing! It's easy to say, it's easy to teach our kids to say but it's another to actually see and feel it. This year our community suffered a ginormous amount of loss in the Waldo Canyon fire. Our west side of town will never be the same. More than three hundred families lost their homes. But it was just stuff, people are rebuilding and starting over. Some people will think my next statement is very strange. I am thankful to God our jeep was stolen. This was a huge lesson for Gary the kids and myself. We learned that God gives and God takes away. It was just a car but in all this a life was also lost. Another lesson for us in obeying and doing the right things. We are thankful and say okay Jesus what's next!
I take detailed pictures of our home every year. Mostly to see how we have changed year to year and insurance purposes! Here are a few pictures of our home and how the kiddos have grown over the year.
Blessings!!
FYI: I had a friend that lost everything in her home during the fire this summer. She told everyone she knew she was so blessed that her husband took pictures once a year of every thing they owned. Detailed pictures of closets, drawers jewelry boxes. This helped them tremendously with their insurance claim!

Merry Christmas

We had a great day! And yes in case you can't tell from the pictures we love football!

Finally

Well the kiddos finally went to sleep! Gary braved the storm to get all the presents from the shed outside! I love playing Santa!

Waiting....

My little guys are so excited they can hardly sleep. I am in bed pretending to sleep so they will go to bed! Because Gary and I have a lot of work to do downstairs!! I might just have to find some baby Benadryl!!!
We had dinner at mom and dads and it was fantastic! We had prime rib, ham and a ton of fixings. The kids ended the evening making a ginger bread house and opening new pjs!
After dinner Gary the kids and I drove around looking at all the Christmas lights. Lilly and Owen do their own version of the Birth of Jesus... Which was a little funny because Lilly said they did not have any hospitals or room for them in the inn. Owen in turn said why didn't they come to his room?
After our drive we came home and opened some of the gifts we receive from folks living out if town and to each other. We are so blessed to have such amazing family and friends. I can't wait to put out the beautiful chess and checker board my father in law made!
Well I guess I am going to sneak out and see if its safe to play santa!
Blessings all!!