Happy 1st Birthday Kaylee!

Yes, it's been busy around here and never ending.

In Novemeber, we had a nice visit with Aaron, Heather & the rest of the gang up in Pryor before heading off to Branson for a small vacation for Thanksgiving. Rob's parents joined us & we had a great visit, like we always do. Wayne, Charlotte & their kids even came up for a couple of days. We had our Thanksgiving dinner at the Dixie Stampede. The girls LOVE that place.

Black Friday, we proceeded to Mtn. View to visit the rest of the family. We had a wonderful meal on Saturday and a great visit with the family that was able to make it there.

The first weekend in December, the OK youth region reached out to the homeless where some passed out trays, others dished up food and many got to witness. I stayed home with 5 little ones. Not knowing how we would really be able to handle a baby and 4 toddlers that are very energetic, I thought it best to keep the smallest ones at our house. We had a lot of fun! From what I hear from all those that did go & experienced the event, enjoyed it very much. Life changing yet fullfilling to be doing the Lord's work.

And now, Kaylee's 1. She requires a little more time with me than the twins did. She'll play with the girls, but often wants me to hold her. The twins were too busy playing with each other to think of needing me to hold them.

We had a good turn out for not knowing many people in the area. We didn't plan much, just cake and ice cream. A guy Rob went to ROTC with happen to be driving through and got here just before the party started. Rob, Ben & Rich had a great time talking. After all, they spent about 3 years in school together. It was nice to have him drop in.

the cake

A pregnant Tabby holding Kaylee. Oh wait, I've not spread the news yet...

TABBY IS GOING TO HAVE A BABY! Ben and Tabby are very good friends of ours that we met in OH and Ben was in ROTC with Rob. She's now in her 4th month!

CONGRATULATIONS BEN & TABBY!

Okay, I'm just a little excited to be having another baby around.

Kaylee BEFORE eating her cake


Kaylee AFTER eating her cake.
I think she liked it.


It was so cute. She would take a bite & then give Rob and bite.
She likes to share. Hope it stays that way.

All who was there. Shyanne, Madison, Emma, Kaylee, Ben,

Sherry, Rich, Tabby, Rob & Me.

Emma

Madison

Kaylee

Kaylee

Emma, Kaylee, Madison

I love their kissing pics.

We visited Santa in the mall. Kaylee wasn't so sure about him with good reason.

Look at that beard!

So, we are teaching the kids the real reason for Christmas. They are in love the the Christmas story of Jesus and because of the Sunday School lesson Rob did with them, the girls are playing with dolls for the first time now. They both say the baby is Jesus. It's so cute. But the girls thought they still needed to go see Santa, so we did for a picture. Since Kaylee got a cell phone for her birthday, Madison has asked for a purple phone and vacuum cleaner. Emma, just a pink phone.

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We'll be passing through AR and staying for a day before making our way to FL to visit Grammy and Papaw Montgomery to visit for a week before coming home.

Hope all is well!