Bye-Bye Bubs

Bubs and his family left today.  Bubs has some games to ref that he needs to get back for.  They packed up most of their stuff last night and were able to play for a bit before they left.  I'm glad they were able to make it this Christmas.

Lincoln & Abby

 Abigail

 Amelia

 Lincoln

 Ella

 Ella, Abby, Lincoln, Ange, Millie, Bubs

 Ange, Millie, Abby, Bubs, Ella, Lincoln

Mike had to put rails on this deck area.  The insurance people said if it wasn't done before January that they wouldn't cover us.  He has to do a few other things as well.  The most annoying one is cutting down trees that are not on our property.  They will wait until spring for that one to be done.  We are hoping they will change their mind, because really . . . couldn't we get in big trouble for doing that?

Mike

Mike was excited to work on his rope tow, but instead managed to get the van he brought up in the fall stuck.  We couldn't get it to move so we had to just leave it there.  Whoops.

 Bye-bye Bubs

 Millie, Bubs, Abby, Ella

After Bubs left I found a dead owl in the garage.  It is so cute!  I have never seen an owl in person before, not counting zoos.  I think it was a baby owl.  I felt so bad for it.  We put it in the birdhouse by the garage.

 Preston

Mike thinks it's hilarious to get pictures of my dad sleeping

Mike

Anne loves the movie Hercules.  Maysen showed it to her when she was watching her one time.  Anne always talks about the bad guy who hurt the baby's finger.  Maysen keeps trying to explain that the baby hurt the bad guy's finger.  Anyway, Anne loves that movie.  Especially parts with the bad guy.

Anne watching Hercules

Anne started getting a little fussy, so Maysen took care of her.  She was so sweet.  It was really cute.

 Max, Anne & Maysen

Maysen, Matt and I stayed up and played Dominion.  I demolished Matt.  It was great.