Happy 40th Birthday!

I had a wonderful weekend celebrating my 40th birthday with my friends! We had lots of laughs and listened to some good country music. 

Here is half of our group!

Fritz's

Enjoyed a meal at Fritz's with friends along with trying the different flavors of soda.

 Ellie went with grape

 Wyatt had cream soda, so sweet he couldn't drink it all

 I tried Berry Pomegranate 

Christmas!

What a wonderful Christmas day! The weather was perfect, we had a relaxing day visiting with family and joined by some of our closest friends. It was a great day to celebrate the birth of Jesus with our loved ones.

 Uncle Matt is always a trickster when it comes to wrapping presents!

 At least he brought a drill!

 Can you guess who this present is from?

 These two are ready for warmer weather to use this tent.

Christmas Concert

Holiday party

Playing games at federation holiday party.

That's a big one!

Wyatt was pretty proud of catching this one!

Annie the Musical

Watching the musical Annie with the girls.

First Snow Day

It's not even Thanksgiving and we had our first snow day off school! The kids had a blast getting in it.

 Throwing snowballs into the pond.

Achievement Night

Monroe County 4-H Achievement Night. Each year the kids dread filling out their record books. After doing so, each year, they are rewarded for it. Golden Eagles also won top scrapbook. This group has been a great learning experience for Wyatt and Ellie.

Golden Eagles 4-H Club

Halloween

Basketball player by day, zombie player by night!

Calla and Ellie

Pumpkin Patch

Fun at the pumpkin patch!

Award

Very proud of Ellie for receiving this award!

Cahokia Mounds

5th grade field trip to Cahokia Mounds. 

 It was so hot, they were looking for any bit of shade!