Year: 2015

Christmas Eve Sledding

Each year our family sits down and makes a list of activities we want to do that year.  The end of the year was coming and we were short a few items, one of which was sledding.  We got a good snowfall a couple of days before Christmas Eve, so when Kevin finally had a […]

Brace Face Billy

On December 23, Billy got his braces. The before … His orthodontist office does a lot of cute things, including a Christmas pajama party.  The staff was all in jammies and there was cocoa and cookies!  I had prepped Billy for a lot regarding getting braces, but not that an elf would be putting them […]

Olds Family Christmas Party 2015

Each year, Kevin and I host the Olds Family Christmas Party.  It is laid back with good food and just enough activities to make us laugh! This was our second year of playing carols on the bells.  It gets loud.  And some of us get into it a bit more than others! I’m not sure […]

A few more December odds and ends

  I own cats for multiple reasons.  Kevin owns cats for two:  one, because I like them, and, two, to cut down the mouse population.  We might get mice in our garage and attic, but never our house – at least not for long!  A mouse had gotten itself stuck in our air return and […]

Billy’s Christmas Recital

Billy’s Christmas recital is fun.   His teacher has students practice playing with singers by having the audience sing a long.  And it is always nice to recognize all the songs being played!  I’m really pleased with how well Kathy works with Billy – he may not like practicing the piano, but he does enjoy […]