Cuz, I think you are the only one who reads this!
So this is way over due. Callen and Claysen had original costumes this year for Halloween. Claysen was Chris Kratt from a PBS show called Wild Kratts. Callen wanted to be a buffalo. I think that originated from our trip to Yellowstone this June. Claysen's costume was very easy to make, no sewing at all!!! Callen's was a little more challenging. I got lucky on the brown furry fabric in the remnant bin at the fabric store. I used a pattern for a jacket and got creative with the horns and ears. He thought it was great!
Callen is really getting interested in Rusty's job and the business of trading cattle. This picture shows how interested...Rusty is on an actual business call. Callen asked for a briefcase for Christmas. Papa Fred gave him one stocked full of pencils, invoices, paper, etc. for starting his own cattle business.
Want to know a cheap trick? Glow sticks from the $1 bin at Target in the bath tub with the lights out! Fun, screaming, loud, splashing, FUN!!!!
The boys first time bowling! We went with some friends and their daughter. They had such a blast. Things have really changed in the bowling technology since I was a kid! It has really become something the whole family can do. They even have ramps for the ball so the kids don't have the throw the ball.
Even the shoes are adorable!!
At Thanksgiving Rusty found a garden snake. Callen was thrilled to see and touch it.
In November our family lost a dear friend. Her daughter Jordan, pictured below, is who gave my Mom her grandma name of Maga. We got together with her and her grandma to make Christmas cookies. It was fun and I hope we make a tradition out of it.
We've been praying for snow! Our ski hill set a new record late opening and just opened yesterday. The boys are excited and ready to go! Mama just needs to get over this plugged up nose!
