Home Sweet Home

These are just a few of my favorite things about the ranch... things that all of us will always remember about this wonderful place. The beautiful allies made of trees that are wonderfully inviting no matter the season, Grandmother's birdhouse collection, our "vintage" bike collection that ALWAYS comes in handy, the adorable little heart "patch" on Grandmother and Grandpa's door, a Hickman sunset... few things bring me as much warmth as these images.

I took advantage of the good weather and the 3 day weekend by visiting the ranch with the kids. The kids rode bikes, picked fruit with Grandpa, and drove the John Deer with Papa. I always enjoy my trips to the ranch... there simply is no place like home.

Let It Snow!

We promised the kids a snow outting over Christmas vacation, so on New Years Day we loaded into the car and found our own little hillside. We did some sledding, made snowangels and snowmen, and had an on-going snowball fight. We ganged up on Brenden; but he was a good sport and fought back as best he could. We ended the day with some pizza and rootbeer. It was a great day and as you can tell, the kids had a good time!

"Cool" Runs in the Family!

Mike and I were sifting through some old photos in his missionary box and came across this awesome picture of Brooke! I HAD to post it because I had the exact same picture of Brenden! This is Brenden in October 2007 in Kindergarten, Brooke's picture was taken at Hickman Science Lab in 6th grade. (Sorry... don't know the year) Isn't our family fun? I just love us!