McDougal Christmas

 Our first Christmas was in Westy at Aunt Mary's house.  Bruce had to work, but we represented!  I stuck myself on the couch next to Sam and Grandpa McDougal, so my view and photo-taking options were limited.  I got plenty of the main present openers though!

Opening presents

The barn Grandpa and Grandma made

Pose 1 with Grandma Mac

Pose 2--getting tickled

Pose 3--a kiss for grandma

We had a great time and loved spending time with the family.  On the way home, we  went to look at lights in Wamego and had a supper date at the Kreme Kup--everybody's favorite!

Fun and Friends

We spent last Friday night in Tonganoxie at our friends, Jeff and Amelia's house for a cookie swapping party.  Now, I am convinced that I do have ADD because I am so behind with EVERYTHING.  I didn't have time to do too much, so I made popcorn with white chocolate, crunched up Heath bar and Christmas sprinkles.  That wasn't enough though, so I cheated and bought two packages of the most "homemade-looking" cookies I could find at Dillons, popped them onto one of my trays and hit the road.  We had a great time seeing friends that we don't see often enough and the kids loved playing together.  We had a fantastic supper and then it was time for the fun.  These kids were serious.  Cookies are apparently no joking matter.  (We're raising them right!)

Grabbing at whatever is closest.  Get the pretzels Cooper, Get the pretzels!!!

Colton, Morgan and Parker.  I think Colt's checking out his muscles.

She likes to grab the camera

An early birthday cake for the girls.

One Busy Week!

This week seemed to go really fast.  Cooper had his Christmas program on Thursday night.  Mom came up for it and luckily Bruce worked days, so that he come be there too.  The whole school is in this little ditty and we spent the ENTIRE morning practicing at the high school and then had to be back that night for the real deal.  These are from practice, because I wasn't able to get close or out for all of the program, as I was waiting in another room with my school kiddos. 

Don't you love how every kid is doing something different?

Don't quite have the letters down right...

Singing away!

Very proud that my boy DIDN'T knock the bells over!

Super serious, signing Silent Night.

The three of us ready at school.

Grandma Susie and her big boy

One of my kiddos saw Bruce in the hallway and said, "Is this Bruce?  He is HUGE!"

 Friday, mom stayed at our house and when I got home from school it was CLEAN.  I mean it....CLEAN!  Toilets, floors, carpet, dust gone, beds made AND she made homemade candy.  Why doesn't she live here again???

Saturday we headed out to do a little shopping before she had to head home to Grandpa and Hank.

Grandma saved quarters for him to ride the horse.

He loves nutcrackers and we spent a little time with him moving the mouth and saying funny stuff to all the people in JC Penney's.

 We went to see Santa, but for some reason or other he didn't want to sit on his lap.  Guess we'll try another day.  We did go to the pet store and hold two puppies.  They were adorable and we were in love until we heard the price.  Maybe we'll wait a little longer...Then we headed to have a treat. 

Sorry mom, but it was cute!

Thanks again mom for coming up here and spending time with us!!!

Onaga Christmas Frenzy

Sunday we ran down to Onaga to see some of the family and check out the festivities...

 

You've gotta love little towns and the food that you can find there.  Coop had chicken and noodles, a hot dog and some cherry/chocolate concoction that looked amazing while we waited to see Santa.

 

VERY deep in thought about what to tell Santa he wants.  I think he settled on something he saw hidden in the back of my car...on accident of course!

 

I love that smile!

 

 

And what would a blog entry be without some type of hunting picture?  Here he is with some geese and I think a duck is in there too. They were pretty heavy!

Bruce 1, Buck 0

One hunting season down.  Yes, you heard me right.  Bruce got a buck Saturday morning!  We drove up to Westy to see it and get pictures of him and Cooper with it.  Luckily, we missed all the yucky stuff, snapped a few shots and were on our way out to the farm.

First things first when we get to the farm.  Coop had to find Miss Kitty and see how much bigger she got.  She wasn't so cute when Shannon and I saw her climb up the screen door trying to get someone's attention at lunch.  Luckily Papa Danny didn't see it because there would be one cat "mysteriously" missing...

 

We stayed to watch the first half of the KState game.  It was ugly, but cousin love was great!  He was watching a story on the ipod with Kinley.  She loves her some Buddy!

 

There was one more surprise at the farm, but I have to get the pictures off my phone for that.  While I was Christmas shopping like mad in Manhattan because Grandma and Shannon watched Coop, they were having fun riding a new pony!  I think my son's life is complete!

Random October

October flew by...FLEW people!  I could post 8 million pictures, but I hate waiting to load the photos and I have supper on the stove.  Here are some of the best. 

Heading out to put up tree stands



This was a little too high for me...

He's obsessed with climbing trees right now

At the pumpkin patch.  Such a cutie!

Buried in corn

He won the cider slush he's got because his PIG won first place in the pig race.  It was hilarious and of course the video I took got erased on accident.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are baaaaaaaack!

Jase, from my favorite show, Duck Dynasty.  If you haven't seen it, you should!

The kiddos ready to get some candy Halloween night. (Parker, Tucker, Cooper, Mya, Sydney with Trisha and Payge)

The night's haul

How the Reves boys look at a catalog together

How a little Reves boy falls off when he thinks I'm coming to tickle him. ;)

Fall Pics

Every year the place we live bursts with amazing color in the fall.  I coaxed Coop outside and he let me take a few pictures. 

This was just cute because I had them posed PERFECTLY and guess who realized we were home and called for them from the front deck...I love their reactions to hearing their daddy!

Pumpkin Carving 101

When Cooper was littler, he used to think that a mouse hid inside each pumpkin.  I think it may have come from a storybook in preschool.  Needless to say, he's always been a bit hesitant with carving a pumpkin.  He's always SUPER excited about the idea of it, but then some strange idea pops up and we end up finishing it for him. This year was no different...Now he hates the inside of the pumpkin--won't touch the stuff and actually gagged in the Kindergarten room and thought he was going to be sick when they carved a pumpkin in class.

And a mustache to finish him off because he's a cowboy pumpkin and cowboys have mustaches of course!