Wrapping Up Christmas...

If Christmas is a season... then, we're well seasoned!  This weekend, we wrapped up the final Christmas gathering of the year... #5 of 5.  Not bad, I'd say.  We're pretty sure that Kaleb thinks that every third day we celebrate another birthday.  We've celebrated in Laramie, Greeley, Philip (with extended family), Sturgis and back at the Ranch again.  It has been a lot of fun spending so much time with family!  Pictures tell the story best, so here we go...

Christmas #3: Christmas Weekend at Home

 Kaleb made scrambled eggs for breakfast. 

 Followed by watch the classic "Christmas Carol". 

 That evening, a quick but very, very worthwhile trip to the living Nativity.  So thankful to have this opportunity as a family tradition. 

 Kaleb with his favorite girls at church ;)

 Discovering the presents under the tree. 

 Finally finished up our long overdue hand print craft. 

 Decorated a gingerbread house :)

 Stuffed ourselves on caramel popcorn :) 

 Opened presents...yes, we are crazy and bought him a drum.  The kid absolutely LOVES music!

 

Christmas #4: Ranch with the Berry extended family.   

 Here's part of the gang...

 Then, of course we had to make a trip to the barn to check on Patches. 

 And, we had our 1st real long pony ride on Christmas Day 2012.  Made a loop around the yard and partly down the hill.  Only one near buck-off.  That banana bread was so totally worth it!! 

 More presents from Great Grandma and Great Grandpa- they got me a toy horse :) 

 Then, we came home and pretended to 'sleep' and 'snore'. 

Because all this fun is exhausting!!  And, we knew that Christmas #5 was just around the corner. 

 Christmas #5- The Berry's at the Ranch

(this time Auntie Ashley and Justin we off work)

 

We sang Happy Birthday to Baby Jesus.  And, Kaleb blew out the candle.  It was an extremely comical event that I'm sure none of us will ever forget. 

 Then, it was time for more presents.... again :)

Grandpa picked out this cool tractor, its the same color as his too!

Kaleb was so excited he was sitting on it most of the time Uncle Ryon was trying to assemble it.  Way to be helpful kiddo!

What do you do when you have a new stick horse and a new tractor....?

 You improvise- ride 'em both!

We had a family coloring party too... it was fun!

 And, we helped feed the cows. 

 

 Ahh, this is the life!

 

Merry Christmas, everyone!  We're incredibly blessed and have had a wonderful season of celebration.  Thanks to all our family and friends for loving on us and being a part of 'us'. 

 

God Bless

Tis a (Crazy Good) Season...

Our life is busy and crazy and it seems like the ‘plateau’ of craziness is always around the corner.  But, we never quite get there.  A big part of this has been what has turned into Kaleb’s constant ‘crud’.  It started over hunting weekend in November.  We learned that Monday that he had a para influenza virus (and the croup)  and we spent the week at home.  We skipped our Thanksgiving plans L  Instead of buying gas to visit family… we bought a nebulizer.  Thankfully, Kaleb takes his medicine like a champ and didn’t mind the nebulizer too much.  Since then, we’ve been on a constant up and  down of a nasty cold, cough and fevers.  This past week, his coupe cough was getting worse again.  So, back to the doctor again.  This time, the high powered steroid shot to get those airways opening up allowing him to finally get over this crud.  And, since there was still an ear infection- another round of good old amoxicillin.  Good news- he’s starting to really, truly act like himself again.  Good thing, because we’ve got lots of Christmas going on! 

This weekend, we took off on a road trip adventure to visit the Roths for Christmas’ #1 and #2 .  LOTS and LOTS of fun!!  First stop was to see Grandma and Grandpa Roth.  Kaleb absolutely loved playing with his new microwave, playing the cymbals and doing flips with Grandma’s walker.  It was so great seeing them.  Here are some pics of all the fun… 

 Our legit, Little Drummer Boy! 

 Rockin' Roths

(World Premiere Performance) 

Credits: 

Bob Roth- Tamborine

Bonnie Roth- Triangle & Vocals

Kaleb Roth- Clanging Cymbals

 His beloved, new microwave!!

 And, a shhh, don't tell Grandpa Berry-  John Deere tractor.  

The best part, it even has the signature 'has a tough time rolling over' chug of a start. 

 Opening presents with Dad's help!

 Watching Charotte's Web with Grandma. 

 Hanging out with Mom :) 

And, look what Santa dropped off early for Wes!! : ) 

Then, we loaded up and headed to hang out with the RJNANS!  Cousins and Uncle Ryan and Auntie Jennifer- oh, how fun.  And, their house has two dogs.  What more could this kid ask for?  We had a great time hanging out, opening Christmas presents and watching a little football.  Kaleb basically spent the entire time chasing the dogs, chasing the big kids and playing on their cool electronic toys.  Check out the fun…. 

 All the cousins together!

 These days, joy comes in the form of a new fully functioning microwave! 

 The guys in their matching #18 jersey shirts. 

 Mac N Cheese...nothing beats it!

 His favorite task in life... cooking.  Its extra fun with Auntie Jennifer and Sarabeth! 

                                 Christmas is coming my friends!  Kick back, relax and enjoy.