We gathered for our final Christmas celebration on Jan. 1 at my parents' place. It was a fun day spent celebrating not only Christmas but Levi's birthday too!
It's interesting to observe how the kids behave as they get older, they're always changing! This year was quite calm compared to previous Christmas's.
The boys each got a helmet from Grandpa and Grandma...which confirmed their suspicions about...
a Go Kart!
The chilly winter weather made it challenging to enjoy...but they certainly enjoy tearing around the yard in it!!
At dinner we celebrated Levi's birthday...which I failed to take photos of except for him wearing all his "spy gear" that he got from my sister's family. Hahahaha, look out world!
The annual January task - putting Christmas decorations away....it's one of my least favorite things to do. It takes the house from sparkly and some-what magical, to plain and blah.
Early in January, Levi had his first visit to the orthodontist.
It was a painless consultation to get photos taken in preparation for our next visit.
Ben and I made our way out into the trees to try and clear a few more dead ones out of the way...we didn't get as much done this winter as we hoped. But we always know they'll still be there next year!! hahahaha :-)
The boys kept us busy on Saturday mornings playing basketball.
There was one amazing morning when there were rainbows in the sky while I drove to work! Plus, dad's bus is going down the road. :-)
And then it was time for my work trip to South Padre Island! Yep. We actually spent a lot of time in meetings, but we also enjoyed the beach, the warm sun and delicious food!!
That's a palm tree stump. I just thought it looked fascinating!
And these tacos....they were perfect in every way. So. Good.
We stayed at a fantastic hotel (that we got a great deal on - we are Mennonites!!), right on the beach.
And we had some time to just relax the afternoon we arrived, ahhhh.....
Dinner on a dock.
Sunrise. Up and at 'em!
The elevator gave this view, going down....
One night we took golf carts out to tour the island with our resident tour guide Ana Alicia.
This statue of Jesus gives a blessing to all fishing boats that leave the island and return and all around it are names of boats and fisherman who haven't returned.
This little guy was growing out of the monument, nature can't be stopped.
This part of the island is built up slightly to protect the island from storms. Each year they bury their Christmas trees here to keep building it up!
This photo cracks me up...everyone was so busy with their phones!
A couple people wanted to get souvenirs to take home...some of us just took crazy photos of ourselves. :-)
See...we spent time in meetings...two full days...while the ocean was right outside looking lovely.
We did end early enough on the last day to take in a little more sunshine by the pool!
Back to reality! Noah and his buddy thought it would be a good idea to take the Go Kart out in the mud. Turns out when it's January the puddles are REALLY cold.
There were two warm showers taken and a lot of laundry done. :-)
I keep trying to make bread. Sometimes it's works. Sometimes it doesn't.
Fresh juice is so, so good!
See, sometimes my bread turns out!
The fresh juice? It turns out it's really, really good in a cocktail. :-)
Last basketball games of the season for the boys!
Noah's team lost by like 100 points, but I love this shot!
Levi's team lost by like 100 points too, but the special bonus was a pancake feed happening at the same school - woohoo, we LOVE a pancake feed!
The end of January brings Kansas Day and in 3rd grade that's a big deal! Levi represented farmers and baked cornbread mini muffins to share with everyone who came to see the displays his classmates made.
Look at these lovely vintage finds! I'm particular with my Harlequin purchases anymore, and all of these were quite exciting!!
Looks like some crazy Snapchat filter doesn't it? Nope. Just stickers...this is how he kept busy during one of the many high school basketball games we went to in January.
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