January so far...

 Lazy cozy winter days soaking up the sun in the windowsill.  Max & Foxy

 James has a newfound love of building with Legos

 This is his worktable =)

 Another creation

 Bird watching intently

 Max had to explore this drawer of yarn.  He loves to find new comfy places to curl up in =)

Firewood so our house stays toasty warm on these below 0* days 

My chunky afghan I'm almost finished with!  It's going to be super cozy to cuddle in =)

Over New Years 2016!

 Table top hockey

 Reading

 The guys favorite game =)

 A horse game

 Birthday time!

 Seth's 16th Birthday and James' 6th Birthday =)

 A snow fort

 Sledding time!

Building legos with Gramma Ruth

We had a fun time up north! 

Bits & Pieces of our Days~~

I guess when you get this far behind in updating the blog, all you can do is share bits & pieces from our days over the last 2 months.  Here's a few highlights =)

 teasing the cats with Tweety. =)

 Jake & James "Build a Straw" was fun

 CAT work

 with a little helper =)

 Brothers playing construction--love it when they play together

Jake's nice buck bowhunting!

 The 3 gung-ho hunters!

 Climbing--not to worry, it's not 50' up in the sky ;-)

 Out at our land--target practicing

 Jake & Joe target practicing

 Meri turned 9

 My sweeties

 More out at the land view

Walking path at the land

 My kiddos cracking up during a photo shoot

 Me & my honey ♥

 Dells Mills Pond --we took the kids for a photo shoot where Joe & I got married at one day, more pics of that to come--then we stopped here--

 Cousins

 Went up north to Dad & Mom's for a raking / fun weekend kids got some bike-riding in and Meri finally conquered riding with no training wheels!!

 Jake & Joe got 2 bday parties!

 One of the bonfires up north after raking

 My little fire-bug--he loved stirring the fires & watching the sparks fly! 

 Then it was time to take care of all my apples!  Canned 14 quarts of applesauce!!

 And a whole LOTTA squash--put some in the crockpots overnight & it turned out fine--good timesaver

 Jake & Joe's 2nd bday party @ home

 We got 2 new kittens given to us and so far they have been indoor kittens.  This is Foxy-James wanted him

 This is Max.  He's super-curious and cracks me up daily =)

 Puzzle time

 Back to the applesauce--reheating & getting ready to can

 Jake's chainsaw and lesson from Dad =)

Kids & Grandpa Ben & Grandma Linda.

Pics are a bit out of order, but at least now there's a record of the past few months and what we've been up to!  It's been a busy time!  Hope all is well in your corner of the world. ♥