Hunting and fishing in December...

Kade's first pheasant!

They didn't catch anything.

Could've been because they were using gummy worms as bait but hey, they had fun!

First snowfall means sledding behind the 4 wheeler...

...3 days later

sledding behind the snowmobile!!

Kade's recorder concert.

Can you spot Kade?

Hint: the kid a head taller than everyone else

Basketball season is done.

Onto tournament season!!

But first...

Collecting their first place medals.

11-0 for the season!!!

Tyeson, Owen, Landon, Kelton and Kade

His baseball buddies also happen to be pretty darn good at basketball too!

They'll be a fun group to watch.

We made it down to the lights this year!

And the annual cookie bake is back after trimming it back last year for Covid

 

Thanksgiving

I'm officially losing my mind.  I sat down tonight running through the list of things to do in my head and it dawned on me that I haven't done a post in awhile.  And I mean AWHILE!!!  Almost 2 weeks?!?!  Between basketball and Christmas prepping and Mason in school (that's a whole nother post for another time--uffda) my mind is preoccupied!!

Anyway, back to the good stuff...

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving Jenna and I took the kiddos to a hotel pool for about 4 hours!

We basically had the place to ourselves, it was wonderful!

Mason and a chain saw...not the best combo! 

No limbs were lost and all blood stayed inside where it should!

Thanksgiving dinner!

Cousins and best friends

Friday after Thanksgiving we got to work decorating for Christmas!

Erik doing what he loves--Christmas lights!

(he doesn't love them.  Not one bit.  But he's a good man and does what I ask)

Boys helped hang lights on the deck this year!

Cowboy Mason and Lola getting ready to hang lights on the tree.

Erik and Kade stalling while Mason gets to work

Oh Bubba

 

Picture Catch Up

Kade got his first deer this year!  He got a small doe and then a buck!  He said his adrenaline was going like crazy and he didn't realize how small the doe was.  But from now on he's going to be picky and wait for the big ones.

Teaching his buddy Owen how to fry up some meat.

It was pretty cute listening to Kade give lessons.

Erik and I didn't even get to try it, those 2 and Mason devoured it before we even knew it was done.

Lola now sleeps in bed with Kade.

They both love it.

Basketball has started!

I told them to smile:

Tyeson dove under the table (he's behind Kade)

Kade and Owen went straight faced.

Kelton (in the middle) growled.

Boys.😒

Grandpa getting some loving!

The boys wanted these weird pictures taken.

They came out of their rooms dressed the same!

Of course I had to document it.

Kade's first "real" haircut, which was SOOOO overdue!!

Obviously he's had many haircuts but he's never had one where they had to shampoo him first.

At first he thought it was weird but then he realized he LOVED it.