Merry Christmas

We had lots of Christmas gatherings starting Friday and ending Christmas day. Here is a link to a slide show of all the photos we took during this time. We all had a wonderful Christmas and it was so nice to get to spend time with our family. We're looking forward to seeing our friends, Morgan and Shawn and the twins this weekend and Chloe's birthday party. Enjoy the photos and have a very Happy New Year!

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After the Storm

Well it's been quite strange around here the past couple of weeks. We had a good trip to Branson, it was kind of yucky, foggy, rainy weather, so we mostly stayed inside and enjoyed playing games and watching movies. Sunday, we had a big ice storm that knocked out our power Monday morning. We were glad we made it back in time, though. Dennis hooked up the generator so we had all we needed, but our power is back on today-Yay! I wish I'd have taken some pictures, the trees just looked like glass out there, it looked cool, but I was sure glad we were inside and warm. It's been a little mini-vacation for me and Cooper, we have stayed at the house since Sunday night, but we are ready to get out and run a few Christmas errands before we get our predicted snow.

We are looking forward to having family gatherings starting next week and through to Christmas, it's always great to see everyone and visit, especially those we don't see every year or only see this time of year. I'm sure we'll have some fun pics to post after Christmas. This is, of course, Cooper's first Christmas, he probably won't be as interested in his presents as he will watching everyone else open gifts.

We hope you all have a very merry and blessed Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho!!

Here are some cute pics of Cooper with Santa and his cousin, Chloe. Sasha and I took them to Bass Pro today to visit Santa. Chloe immediately cried when she got on Santa's lap, but was happy with the candy cane after the fact and Cooper seemed to like Santa's furry coat.