Birthday and Basketball

12.30.10 ~ My firstborn turns 17!!!! Hard to believe!! He is
growing up faster than I am ready for! We woke him up at 6am,
singing 'happy birthday' then he opened his gifts and we had
blueberry muffins for breakfast...all birthday traditions at our house.

Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate for

Garrett...we had plans to go to a movie and out for

supper to celebrate but the snow kept us home.

Plan B, I made him a nice bday supper and we

watched "The A-Team" and topped it off with boston

creme pie (cake) made by Grace and ice cream! He had

a good day, tho not probably spent how a 17 yr old would want!

Cade and Tyler did a little pheasant hunting over Xmas break.

School is back in session and so is our busy

basketball schedule!

1.7.11 ~ we traveled to Maywood. Tyler had

a great game.

It's fun watching the boys' play basketball together this year!

The JV team went on to Win 22-0!

Garrett played Varsity also and had a great game too!

Another Win for the Paxton Tigers!

1.8.11 ~ Saturday we hosted Hershey.

Both boys' saw a lot of playing time during

the JV game.

Was a close loss. The game went back and forth several times

and was exciting to watch. The Tigers held their own, as we are

a Class D-2 school and Hershey is Class C. Tigers are now 8-2.

1.8.11 ~ After the ball game, Tyler went up to his buddy Connor's

house and they got ready for a dance.

Tyler, Connor and Cam all look very handsome!

Bernie and I drove Tyler and Connor to Ogallala, in snow storm,

to go to Ogallala's Winter Ball. They were both excited!

Tyler, with his girlfriend Sidney, and some of her friends,

along with Connor and his date. Everyone looked so nice!

Tyler & Sidney looked so nice together!

~ At the dance ~

Connor's folks graciously picked the boys'

up, in a snow storm, since we took them, then

Tyler stayed the night at Connor's. He sent me

a text tho, and reported that he had a "GREAT" time!

Sometimes it's hard to believe he's a Freshman and

enjoying new experiences too!

We are enjoying a beautiful snowfall right now! Every

thing is covered in white and looks so pretty! I'm not sure

how much we have so far, maybe 4", with more forecasted,

along with bitter temps moving in tomorrow. We are holding

out for a 'snow day' this week! :) We have plenty of firewood

stocked up and the pantry is full of fixin's for good 'ol comfort

food so we're set! Hope you're all warm and snug too! Enjoy

the updated pics! :)