Kennedy Turns 14!

 Kennedy turned 14 Monday, December 18th. Remi arrived for Christmas break on Friday December 15th.

Kennedy wanted 14 candles on the cake.

 

I made the cake.

Remi and Kennedy

Kennedy reading the card I made her.

I made her some photo books.

L to R Vanessa, Keannon, Lisa, Jan, Remi.

Lisa is the sister to Jan who is Vanessa's stepmother.

Kashton (with cap), Legend (close family friend), 

Grammer, Stevi (close family friend and mother of Legend.

Kennedy wanted to dress up and go somewhere nice to eat for her birthday. Vanessa and Keannon took her and Remi on Thursday. These are the dresses the girls were going to wear.

Kennedy had a great birthday!

Have a good one!

Christmas Program 12.11.23

Korin's School has their Christmas program Monday night December 11th. Korin played a talking sheep. She did well. They also sang two songs.

They also sing "Go Tell It On The Mountain". You can watch and listen here.

Korin is standing next to the angel.

Our cute little sheep.

Have a good one!

Korin's First Solo Ride 12.08.23

Korin asked about riding recently. Our weather had been mild so I made a date with her on Friday December 8th.

She did really well

We had a great time.

Have a good one!

Celebrating Doyle 12.01.2023

Doyle's birthday was  Friday December 1st. Keannon and Vanessa wanted to take us out to dinner to celebrate.

They took us to a really fancy place called Pappas Bros. Steakhouse.

The birthday boy!

The "happy birthday" sign is actually chocolate!

The found was amazing! We were all  miserably full when we were done!

After dinner the kids took us across the street to a production called The Nazarene. An interactive visual
of the life of Jesus through 3D set designs, lighting and sound.

Of course it was more impressive in person.

Vanessa did a great job of planning the evening. We had a great time.

Have a good one!

Kennedy and Korin Dance 11.24.23

Kennedy and Korin's dance groups performed at the Crazy Water Hotel for Merry Wells, the event that kicks off the Christmas season in our town on Saturday. 

This is what it looked like inside the Hotel

This video is of Kennedy's dance group. She got promoted to Senior Company which is made up of girls 4-5 years older than her! The knee brace is for pain Kennedy has been having. They have had it checked out. Xray,  MRI, conclusion is she had an old injury that was healed. She does have some inflammation in the knee that there doesn't seem to be an explanation for.  

Korin also danced. Click here to watch her performance.

Have a good one!

Thanksgiving at the Baileys

The Baileys hosted Thanksgiving. I helped with the food. I didn't do a very good job of taking photos this year.

It was a small gathering for lunch. Others came over after lunch to watch the game.

There were 2 turkeys. One was cooked in the oven. The other was smoked. The were both good but I'm a fan of smoked any day!

Kennedy started a contest of putting a blob of Redi Whip on your hand popping it up and trying to catch in your mouth. I should have started the video on the first try as Kennedy nailed it. This one was  not quite as perfected 

Kennedy and her cousin Krystal.

Wayne & Kelley came over to watch the game as did two couple friends of Keannon and Vanessa's.

I did get this photo (11-20) before Remi left. Many of you will probably get this photo in your Christmas card from Mother this year.

Korin (9) Remi (15), Grammer,  Kennedy 14 and Kashton (10)

Have a good one!

Celebrating Remi 11.19.2023

 Remi came for the weekend. Her birthday was November 15th. We celebrated it on Sunday November 19th. She turned 15!

Remi surprised by my gift.

Several years ago I bought large letters for Remi and Kennedy that I decorated and they hung in their room. Somewhere along the several moves the kids made the letters got wet. Vanessa gave them to me and I thought I would let the girls decorate them how they wanted over the summer. Well, that never happened. 

I decided to decorate Remi's for her and that would be my gift to her. Remi loves cross country so I
used papers I found that were cross country theme. I think they turned out pretty cute!

I just noticed that I have the last "N" upside down in the photo! 

Visiting with friends and family

It was a great time!

Have a good one!

Fall Festival 11.11.2023

 Korin went with a friend to a fall festival held by a local church. Her friend's name is Zara.

A little face painting.

I love this picture!

Then they rode ponies. I had to chuckle. Korin is almost too big for the pony!

They had a great time

Have a good one!

First Deer 11.11.2023

 Keannon took Kennedy hunting. I didn't even know she knew how to shoot! If you're on Facebook then you've already know this news and have seen these pictures.

Here is what Vanessa posted:

Proud mom moment!

This girl was big mad her little brother got to go hunt and get a buck before her last year. So this year we promised she would get first hunt with Dad.

Because of his schedule he hasn’t been able to take her to practice shoot so she hasn’t touched a gun in over a year. About the time she was bored enough to be done this guy walked out. First shot, first time hunting, dropped him dead. Her dad said it was a heck of a shot too!

This grandmother is impressed!

I personally don't like hunting. The only shooting I want to do is with a camera.

Have a good one!