Year: 2013

Good-bye, Daisy

January was not good for our Daisy girl.  It was just too cold and her body just wore out.  Maybe her heart just broke too much with missing Trouble. The vet said her one hip was completely shot and was grinding and the other had serious loss in its range of motion.  Her head was […]

Hugs

Billy is a hugger.  He is also a bald-head-kisser, but that’s worthy of a different post. He especially loves to hug Ricky.   Ricky’s not so fond of it. I think Billy thinks that it has something to do with his age because I heard him say, “You can still hug me when I’m 5!” How […]

Bird Houses

During our family white elephant party, Kevin won some bird house kits.  These were perfect since Ricky needed to build something for one of his cub scout requirements.  Billy got to join in the fun since there were 2 kits. Kevin was extremely busy (still is) with his work changes during the holidays, but he […]

Sledding and Weather

A couple of days after Christmas, we got dumped on with snow.  It was great!  We decided to take the boys sledding and Uncle Tony has a fenced in backyard with a good hill, so that is where we headed. Once we made it out of the drive-way. My van couldn’t make it.  That wasn’t […]

Christmas Day 2012

The boys slept in all the way until 6:30 on Christmas Day.  I know, you are all jealous. They did the customary line-up and parade into the family room to see what their loot would be … It wasn’t the biggest and messiest Christmas we’ve ever had, but the boys seemed really happy with their […]