December 2021

As a family we try and stay active.  Here we are doing a core workout.  Everyone was sore the next day.  Kyle was our instructor.

Happy Birthday Makai!  Makai's Birthday is one week before Christmas and he gets so excited every year for his birthday.  This year was so exception.  Thankfully he is still happy with toys.  He was happy with Halo Legos.  

He's 12 years old!!  For dinner he asked for Burgers and his cake he wanted a chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting.  We love this kid, but I can't believe he is 12.  

While shopping for the boys for Christmas we found a huge shoe.  This thing is bigger than me!  I think it was a size 17!  Whoever wears these is a huge person.  

A boy in our ward organized a basketball tournament.  The boys were pretty excited to go.  They even dressed up like they were in the NBA and brought their clothes to change into.  Kids still know how to play.  They did well in the tournament.  

Another random picture of Tyler that was sent to me.  She drove half an hour to feed these boys dinner.  So sweet.  

I'm not exactly sure what came over me, but two days before Christmas we were sitting in the front room and I just said, "Let's go look at puppies."  I thought we were just going to look and see what was available as far as puppies go.  Then we talked ourselves out of it and decided to go look at fish.  We looked at some fish and then decided if we got a tank we'd want to get a salt water tank.  Then Kory said, "If you're going to go big than you mine as well just get a dog."  So, we started looking at a place to look for a puppy.  Monty didn't want a grown dog as you have to deal with behaviors from their past and it's fun to see a dog grow up.  So while we were at lunch I found a place that had a dachshund.  So we went to look at the dachshund.  We looked at all the puppies and when I saw this dog I can't lie...I thought she was so cute.  Long story short...I picked this dog for our family.  Honestly, I never would have got her.  I can easily talk myself out of trying something new, but Monty said, "We'll take her."  The boys all cheered because they've always wanted a dog.  As we drove home she fell asleep in Kyle's arms.  So far everyone is in love and she seems like a good puppy.  

 

She likes everyone!  And Everyone likes her.  We had 10 days to decide if she was a good fit for our family.  i went back and forth a few times.  No one else did.  As I write this 10 days are long gone and she is still here.  So...Meet Maggie--The Ferocious Beast.  

Trey and I took her to the Vet and at her first visit she was 2lbs, 12 oz.  Smaller than we thought.  We'll see how fast she grows.  

Christmas Eve...Pizza and Root beer floats.

Christmas was fun.  This year we got the boys 3 gifts each.  One gift that was useful.  One gift that was desirable, and one gift that would build your mind.  I've wanted to do it for years and we finally did it.  I didn't take any pictures of Christmas.  I just enjoyed the day.  Monty worked nights the entire week, so we didn't do Christmas till about 1:30 in the afternoon.  We didn't get snow, but it was super cold!  I can't believe we are almost the end of the year.  We did talk to Tyler and he had a good Christmas.  He was glad to have a night off.