What a weekend!

Friday Night was Courtney's school's Lower School Winter Concert.The chorus is comprised of children in K-5th grade and they were fabulous! This is Courty singing "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth" which, in fact, are missing!




There was also an art show at the school, and Courty had a picture on display....






Saturday night we went to our neighbors party. She is a HUGE Christmas fanatic and every year Santa makes a stop! Liann was the only one of my children brave enough to visit with Santa



Then Sunday I was looking out in the back 40 and what a sight! We had some visitors.
Apparently someone shot 2 deer and didn't want them so they brought them to my brothers house. He gutted them in the field and so we had a bunch of turkey buzzards, a red fox, and a bald eagle stopping by. It was very entertaining. Courtney said "I love living near the woods"

catching up

We made it through Thanksgiving. It was very nice to have Lynda here and I hope she enjoyed herself as much as we enjoyed having her around.Jackson helped her peel potatoes while Courtney tried her hand at mashing them. Of course, Jackson had to throw one.....

And another thing I'm learning is that boys are WAY different than girls. Jackson is rough, he likes to throw things, he jumps off everything and is always surrounded by a mess. He does things I don't understand...with bologna, which he loves. That being said my little boy, that the orphanage director said was a "very quiet boy" and the guide called her to make sure he was ok because he didn't speak or do much of anything.....he loves life. He is joyful and funny and energetic and I adore every exhausting bone in his body. I admit, I'm glad when 7:30 rolls around and he's down for the night.