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! :)

The Holidays

12.27.10 ~ One word...BLESSED...that is how I feel this holiday
season. It is such a blessing to have all of my family & friends to
share the season with, our health and all of the wonderful things
in our lives. Here are some pictures for you to all enjoy. Some are
the decorations we enjoyed and the family gatherings we had.

Dining room

Dining room

Our bedroom

tree in our bedroom

Sister gathering we had at my sister Teresa's in Ogallala on the 19th.

Becky, Teresa, Jen and myself.....and our matching shirts! :)

We also shared the day with my folks'.

Christmas Eve~ Buffalo Bill Cody Ranch

Garrett-16, Cade-12 and Tyler-15

Handsome boys' aren't they?! :)

Bernie and I....it was freezing out! Brrrr!

This is my absolute favorite place to be, especially during the holidays.

The boys' Christmas Eve before we went to Bernie's Mom's.

Bernie and I ~ Christmas Eve

The Schimonitz grandkids, Cade, Remington, Mason, Tyler,

Dani and Garrett. Brooke and Joe weren't able to join us.

Dani & Garrett. It was so nice to see Dani

while she was home from college.

We enjoyed supper and visiting with Bernie's family.

Christmas morning~ Cade and Tyler woke us up shortly after

5am...with party poppers!! It was an explosion of confetti!! Boys'!

Garrett on the otherhand, had to be woke up....note the still asleep

look on his face...

Garrett really did like his gifts and had a good day...not sure

why all the frowns for pictures!

Cade hit the jackpot this year! T-shirt fits him! lol

Tyler was happy with all of his things too and the field camera

Santa brought him!

We enjoyed the day with my folks' too. Dad and Mom drove

down late morning and stayed all afternoon. Enjoyed having

them both here and enjoyed the chance to visit and play cards.

We even got Dad playing skipbo! :)

Mom and Dad with their Grandsons.

~ We had a wonderful Christmas and are now enjoying a much

needed break from school. I'm trying to get caught up on some

things around the house and just enjoying my 'vacation' from work!

Things are still busy with basketball. January holds 6 basketball games

with only one being a home game! Then 8 more games into Feb.-March.

Then before you know it school will be out! And believe me, I'm counting

down the days to Summer vacation!! :) We hope you all enjoyed the holidays

with your families too. We've enjoyed hearing from many of you. And don't

worry, I'm working on my 'New Year's letter' so you'll hear from us soon! :)