Is this FUN?

Jared had a friend invite him to Arkansas to hunt on a lease that he had. He and the dog had a great time!

Birthday Celebration

Jared celebrated number 38 this year! Wow! Nothing special, just a fun relaxing Sunday at home, with clam chowder and German Chocolate cake.

Joshua is IN THE DOGHOUSE

POLAR EXPRESS

We took the boys to the "Polar Express" again this year. It was fun, but it defiantly looses it's excitement after you have done it once. We had to do it on the 27th, so post Christmas makes it a little less exciting too. Our friends the Otis's and the Huber's came. It was a great way to wrap up the holidays!

CHRISTMAS

Christmas at our home never starts too early.....we finally got started about 8:00. We had happy boys all day!

And what would Christmas be without food....yummy breakfast and dinner!

CHRISTMAS EVE

We had a great party at our friends house Christmas Eve night. As you can see we were not hurting for food......

They had a fun game (I can't remember the name of it), but you had to control a ball around an obstacle course using your brain. CrAzY, but fun!

The older kids hung out and played Wii.

We ended the night at home with new pajamas (thanks, Grandma Swenson!)

Busy Boys

The Hunting Gang.....

As you can see the boys have been very busy over the holidays. Jared had 11 straight days off and most of those mornings were spent out hunting with the boys. I don't know who will go through withdrawals more, them or me! I have enjoyed the quiet mornings at home.

Jared has also been working on getting the scouts their hiking merit badge. They did two 10 mile hikes (more like walks along the river) over the holidays.