This and that

 

Jacob loves to use the snow blower and he does a nice job with it.

Their annual tradition of sleeping by the Christmas tree on the Epiphany. They were looking forward to it since the start of Advent. :)

Christmas Day

Jacob and Timmy sit on the steps when we watch "scary" movies (like Anne of Green Gables, which, in Timmy's words, was "the scariest movie I've ever seen!")

We went to Galena on Dec 23rd because it was so warm out. 

Jacob wanted to know why the statue of liberty was holding an ice cream cone.

Mike wanted his picture taken with Grant.

Decorating the tree

Matching boys

Thankful for 2023

 We came across this idea online and decided to try it out for 2023 (though I changed it a bit). 

We started out doing it pretty faithfully every week, but that tapered off and there were times when we went a month or more without adding anything. I asked each of the boys what they were most thankful for. Here are some of my favorites:

Jacob:

-Going to church

-chocolate milk

-my beanbag

-our Dad

-Jesus being born

Timmy:

-God

-Lights when it's dark

-St. Joseph

-All the nice days we have

-My nice cozy bed

-guns for shooting deer

Michael:

-My Godparents

-The cow pen

-racoons

-the Amish silos

-ketchup and BBQ sauce

-our house but not the badger

David:

-My birthday

-outside

-dinosaurs

-the statue of Jesus

-my eyes and my mouth

-bunny rabbits

-babies