January 2021

 

January was freezing with lots of snow! We had lots of fun sledding and hanging out. Jaxon went on a snowboarding trip with his friends. January was also a sad month losing our good ol' boy Rambie. Rambo was a loyal dog and always gave unconditional love. It's crazy to think he was around for almost 12 years and grew up with all of our kids. 

December

 Well, we made it through the year having lived the last 9 months in a pandemic. This year has by far been one to remember and history in the making. Jax decided it was time to get his driving learners permit so we did that on my birthday. It's weird how fast time goes by and how big all of the kids are getting. I bought my own birthday cake (marble cake with whipped cream icing) while we were in Craig and it was delicious. I had a great birthday. This year we had to gift a family a quarantine covid-19 gift. We got the D Draper family and I thought our gift to them was pretty creative. Bibler's got us and we've spent many hours together playing with air-dry clay, painting and building catapults. Ry came home with some Blackjack gum and I couldn't help but think of my Grandma O. I used to beg her for a piece of Blackjack gum whenever I knew she had any. Finally, Christmas this year was very nice. We are truly blessed with many, many things especially being together as a family. 

November

 November wraps up Jax's first high school football season. The boys had a great season and it was fun to watch Jax play and get a little varsity in as a freshman. Brynn had a fabulous birthday which started out with a sleepover (Brynnlee, Makenna, Savannah, Reagan). She really loves Beanie Boos and that's all she wanted for her birthday. She has quite the collection. Ry surprised me on "I love you" day (the day we first said I love you to each other) with an African Violet. I love it. Thanksgiving was different this year as we're still in the middle of a pandemic and so it was just our little family that celebrated it. Jax went with Bailey and celebrated Thanksgiving in Rifle. The million layer Jell-O ;-) was by far the star of the show. Finally, for my birthday the only thing I wanted was to take the kids pictures to get them updated on the wall. They are all so cute. Last, but not least, our Christmas tree this year was HUGE!