Stitches and more

The week before Christmas and the day before our family pictures Rylie fell and cut her eyebrow open. She said she was getting her energies out and started running around the living room when she tripped and hit the edge of our coffee table. She was very brave and didn't really even cry. We tried to make it sound adventurous to get stitches and she liked that. Look at that smile during the sewing.

7 beautiful stitches right along her eyebrow, just like her Dad's eye.

We made these cute reindeer cookies before Christmas. They were really fun and easy.

PS-The kids are wearing their hats and jackets because we had no heat in our house for a week (the week it snowed everyday). It is finally fixed and now we Thank our Heavenly Father for heat everyday in our prayers. It was miserable. I had friends invite us over to their houses, but I had so much to do for Christmas I needed to stay home. The kids watched a lot of TV so I could keep them wrapped up in blankets to stay warm.

Zach's carseat-Hang onto him!!!

Thanksgiving

This is our wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with Jake and Bonnie in California. We had a great time just enjoying them at their beautiful home. Rylie watched movies with Bonnie; and Mason, well he was another story all together.He got the stomach flu the Saturday before Thanksgiving and was still sick the day we left. Each day and the every hour leading up to the time we needed to leave, Jacob and I kept saying it can't last much longer. He should be better by tomorrow or by tonight or maybe in a few minutes. Well we packed a throw up bucket for the 9 hour drive and pushed on.
The kids and I traveled a lot this summer in the car and we have a pretty good routine down. This however was THE WORST car ride I have ever had. We should have turned around 10 minutes down the road and stayed home, but we didn't.
This picture sums up how Mason felt the whole time we were there. Thankfully we didn't leave any germs at Jake and Bonnie's home and no one else got sick.
Bedtime stories with Grandpa Jake.

Rylie LOVED this little bike and Grandpa's back yard to ride it in. She was so warm and cuddly with Bonnie. It was fun to see how comfortable Rylie was with her and how freely she gave her love. Bonnie has ALS and is no longer able to eat or talk. That didn't matter to Rylie, though. She loved cuddling on the couch and watching movies together.

Even though it was a rough trip to California it was well worth it. Our visit with Jacob's dad and Bonnie was wonderful. The kids (well Rylie mostly) had a great time at their house.