Monthly Archives: December 2013

We traveled up to Michigan again to visit family that lives around Kalamazoo and family that was visiting from out of town as well. When we left Granville the temp was 58 and raining. Which is much warmer than normal. We made it up to Kalamazoo and immediately had to head over to a Christmas Party that was planned for that day. It was good seeing cousins I hadn’t seen in 2 years and seeing their kids, who have all grown a lot in two years and one we met for the first time.  It was fun catching up on what everyone had been doing over the last couple of years.

The weather turned cold again that evening so all that rain was turning to ice. Everyone made it back safe to where they needed to be, but the next morning the signs, trees and mailboxes all had ice hanging from them and looked so picturesque, like you would see in a winter painting.

The kids and their cousins went sledding the following day. Zoey went sledding for the first time as well. Everyone had a blast and I wish I would have been there to see all the fun. Nikki took some pictures though, so at least I got to see the action even I wasn’t able to be there to hear the laughter and fun.

Cousins getting ready to sled

Zoey has the stick that everyone else wants

Jonny Survived the Ride

Zoey and Toby getting ready to have an awesome time

Jonny Sledding

Zoey having a blast in the snow

Everyone ready for a downhill run?

Zoey watching all the excitement

Chris wipes out and Zoey has to make sure he is Okay

Aidan sledding with Zoey and Toby

Shortly after sledding is over

Jonny was supposed to get his braces off on the 11th, but since they had a snow day today the dentist called and switched his appointment to today.  He was fitted for a set of invisible retainers and has to wear those for several more months, but you can only see them if you look real close.  He will have a nice handsome smile for all the pictures that will be taken around Christmas in the next week or two.

We got about 5-6″ inches of snow on Saturday and Zoey really likes the snow. She asks to go out all the time to play in it and eat it. She tries to catch the snow flakes as they are falling. She also enjoys running around with the kids as they throw snow balls at her. She’s brought a few snow balls back in the house and eats up them up quickly.

We got another several inches of snow this morning and it seems to have caught all the snow removal personnel off guard as driving in this morning was a lot worse than it should have been if they had any plows on the road. The kids started off with a two hour delay that turned into a cancellation of school.

They should be able to have some fun with Zoey out in the fresh snow again today. Maybe they can take her sledding this afternoon!

We ended up travelling to Michigan for Thanksgiving. We spent Thanksgiving day at the Barkers and then Saturday with the Lukins side. It was the first long trip with Zoey and she traveled much better than expected for a five and a half hour trip. We had a nice visit and got to spend some time with family which was nice. Zoey got to meet all the dogs and family members for the first time and swim in the lake, even though it was very cold with ice on the shore. We got back on Sunday and Monday morning we all got right back into our routines of school and work.