Nuggets Along the Trail: Christmas Day

Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Christmas Day

by Sarah

Christmas Day after we got home from church, we had a snack since we weren't going to have our dinner until 4:00.

Then we sang a few songs for Mom.

Kiowa was pretty excited to open gifts, so Grandpa entertained her while we sang.

Such a cutie.

Then we opened gifts.

Dad was pretty proud of his new leaf blower from Jacob.

Then our favorite gift…

tickets from Tori….

… to Disney On Ice!!

We also got Roboteers shirts which will come in handy at the next competition.

As you can see, the living room was sort of trashed by the time we were done. In this pic we were all watching Ben fly the drone. Ben had given the drone to Josh, but then kind of decided that Josh wouldn't be old enough for it, so he was the main driver of it. Then much to our amusement, he flew it outside; but then he accidently flew it out of range so it took out over the pasture by itself. It eventually crashed, so he had to go out there and get it.

After we had dinner, we played games.

Little miss cool dude found Uncle Jacob’s sunglasses.

We had snow cones for snack using Mom’s new ice crusher.

Kiowa was a big fan of it.

So that’s the end of this Christmas Day post. Have a great week!

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Mom-isms

When you've got a lot of irons in the fire, sometimes you're gonna get burnt.
Much gain comes to him who hustles while waiting.
Good intentions produce little.
Efficiency is utilizing effective but careful shortcuts for the sole purpose of making more time for the next productive pursuit or service to others.
Laziness is utilizing shortcuts, careful and effective or not, for the sole purpose of making more time for the next selfish or nonproductive pursuit or activity.
Never try to multi-task while giving haircuts.
Carelessness hurts.
I've never met a mess that can't be cleaned up.
God made dirt not to hurt.
When you go on a walk, take gloves and a bag for trash.
Shortcuts usually aren't.
A job done right has been done twice.
When sick children are almost better, we always regret taking them anywhere.
When sick children are almost better, we are always glad we kept them home.