12/30/2020

 

We got a few inches of snow during the night.  It was windy and there were drifts. Jared came home early because they were saying we might get freezing rain.  Jared and I played a game of 3-13 and we both stayed under 100.  I was -97 and Jared had 99.  Haha.  Today we are celebrating New Years since we are heading to Indiana tomorrow.  We got pizza, pop, and lots of snacks.  The boys plan on staying up all night and watching tv.  We watched Heartland and played 3-13.  Jacob won.  He and Daddy were tied in the king round.  

12/29/2020

Isaac on his tiptoes

Peyton asked Jacob to hold her hand. 

My Dad is home and doing really good.

We got to Vikki's house just before 11:00.  The kids played minecraft and crash bandicoot on the xbox. Mom came over after taking Dad to the hospital for his shoulder surgery. Vikki made yummy chicken salad sandwiches for lunch.  We started a game of 3-13 but didn't get to finish because Nana had to leave to go back to the hospital.  We went to the store to get some balloons, a card, some cookies and a little stuffed animal for Dad.  We went to my parents because we wanted to be there when they got home from the hospital.  We played the game 21 while we waited and then we played the quiet game.  Vikki, Adam and I lost right away every time we played that. You couldn't even laugh or you were out.  This evening Jared and I glazed pots.  We had lasagna for dinner because Eli's been asking to try it.  He didn't really like it but the other boys loved it.  
 

12/28/2020

Papa showing the boys the new part he added to his motorcycle.

Adam was playing ping pong and Isaac's rollerblade met Adam's heel. Ouch!

Rollerblading fun

We got to Nana and Papa's house around 10:30.  Mom started making homemade mac-n-cheese for lunch.  It was so yummy!  Nana made pizza for the boys.  Later Vikki and the kids came over.  The kids brought their rollerblades and had fun using them in Nana's basement.  Eli brought his too.  Adam and Jacob played pingpong.  Vikki, Nana and I played some pingpong too.  We went to a nearby park so the kids could rollerblade there.  They had so much fun.  Adam had us laughing hard as he pretended to be rollerblading in his shoes.  Eli went home to spend the night with Aunt Bippi.  Jared had unloaded the kiln and made some glazes.  While he sieved the glazes I waxed pottery pieces.  The boys played minecraft.  We glazed the inside of all the mugs.  We watched a couple episodes of Heartland. 
 

12/27/2020

 

We cleaned out the crawlspace today.  Eli found a couple posters he wanted to hang by his bed.

Saying goodnight to Wyatt

12/26/2020

 

Jacob working on his puzzle

Adam making a stop motion.  Its turned out good and is to be continued.

Trying his paint by number picture

We all stayed up late last night and slept in this morning.  Jared went to town to get our Sat goodies.  Mom forgot her purse when she was here yesterday so came to get it today.  Vikki and Peyton came with her.  I made them some coffee and we visited.  Then we played a game of 3-13.  Mom, Vikki, Jacob, Peyton, Jared and I played.  I won and Nana had the high score.  This evening we watched Ninjago and then started watching The book of Ephesians on Right Now media.  After the boys were in bed we watched Christmas for a Dollar.  Its was a great movie!  

Merry Christmas 2020

Wyatt's new toy

Sackett series

Bluetooth speaker

Coin counter

Echo dot speaker

Heated blanket

Desk lamp

Charging cord

Tripod

Jacob's new things on his desk

New and old scale.

Vikki's hat before and after

The boys woke us up around 6am. Adam said he’d been up since 3am. He tried to get back to sleep. Adam started our coffee for us. I put cinnamon rolls in the oven. The boys started opening their stockings. In their stockings was some candy and gum, toothbrush, darts, gel pens, and a neon rubix cube. We started taking turns opening one gift each. I got a heated mattress pad for our bed, a couple packs of socks filled with starbursts, grinding stones, cute sheep slippers, and two new hooded sweatshirts. Jared got a nice scale for weighing glaze ingredients, a tape measure, m&m’s, a klein screwdriver set (these were Eli’s idea), and darts. Wyatt opened a new toy with Jacob and Adam’s help. Together the boys got the Sackett book series. Then Adam and Eli got some color changing light bulbs for their room. Jacob got an Echo dot, a desk lamp, a charging cord, an Alex rider book, and star wars legos. Adam got minecraft legos, a jbl go3 speaker, a coin bank, a garfield book, and a tripod with a remote. The last present to open was his tripod. I noticed he was done and hadn’t opened it.  It was missing. Jared and I searched our closet and the tack room but couldn’t find it. We searched our closet and I finally found where I had hidden it. It was in the cabinet behind a big pile of honey dippers.  I hadn’t even wrapped it yet.  Eli got ninjago legos, a bubble blaster, a heated blanket, garfield book and earbuds. The next several hours were spent putting together lego sets. Adam used his new tripod and legos to make a couple stop motion movie. We watched some tv and the boys played minecraft. Daddy started reading on of the Sackett books which he finished by the end of the day.  It snowed a little today.  We ate around 1:30. Eli finished building his lego set and was excited to show it to Daddy. He’d made him wait to see it until it was finished.  Jacob worked on his new puzzle. Then I worked on fixing Vikki’s hat. She wanted thicker braids and a pom pom added. Mom and Dad came over for a visit this afternoon and we got to facetime Melissa.  The kids were all so excited to show their Christmas gifts to each other.  We had a nice visit and watch some funny videos of Victor Borge on youtube.  After Nana and Papa left the boys played some minecraft.  Jared and I played 3-13. I won by 3 points. Jared threw me 2 wilds. One was in the Jack round. He said, “I hope you dont needs this (jack).”  Haha. We watched a couple movies this evening.  First Home Alone and then Its a Wonderful Life.