Merry Christmas!

Wow, what a busy couple of days! Gage turned two on Saturday, and we had some of James' family in to celebrate. James and I took Gage to the Legislature Grounds to see the lights before supper. He was pretty excited, and kept saying "Look at THAT tree!". He had a pretty good time, climbed the steps of the Legislature with Dad, and licked the wall. (Hey, it's cold stone. I'll bet you've always wondered what it tasted like.) Of course, my pictures were mostly blurry with the shivering and all. But these two did turn out.





I went to the hospital after everyone went to bed that night, thinking I had something in my eye. Nothing except pink eye, just in time for Christmas.

Uncle Grant sent souvenirs from Las Vegas for the boys. I couldn't get a good picture of Gage in his hat, though he didn't want to take it off. I did get some of Nate and Jude in their bibs.





We opened some presents Christmas morning at home. James and Gage did most of the work. Nate did eat some paper though. He thought it tasted really good.



After breakfast, we went to the farm to see Grandma G, Grandma and Poppy. Kerry, Aaron, Sean and Connor were there, too. Poppy bought antlers for all of the boys.





Poppy had made a track in the (really deep!!!) snow with his tractor, and we went for a hay ride. Nate, Jude and Connor slept, but Gage and Sean stayed awake. Gage sat with James and kept saying "This is fun!" I think he had a good time. James said it was his first hay ride.



And my Mom is gonna kill me, but here she is, all dressed up for the hay ride.



After the hay ride, Gage and I played in the snow and I got a picture of him in his snowsuit.



Our trip home from the farm was eventful, too. We stopped not too far into the trip to give Nate a bottle. A short time later, my phone rang, we had left our formula and my purse at Mom and Dad's. Back we go, took the bottle out of Nate's mouth because he was asleep. Ok, we were on the road again, but I couldn't keep my eyes open. James drove for a bit and I slept, then James was getting tired, so we pulled into a rest stop and changed seats. Nate woke up, but we kept going until we finally decided to pull over and give him a bottle, which he didn't want. I decided to do a U-turn on this side road to get back onto the highway and all of a sudden we just sank. I drove right into the ditch, just the edge of it. I was about ready to cry, but James pushed us out. Nate cried the whole way home, but I was not going to stop again. I was about done, and the boys were all tired too. Everybody was crabby and then Gage pulled up his chair to the high chairs and fed his brothers their bottles. You just can't help but smile.



And so today we are going to take it easy, play with new toys and go for a walk. I think we all need the break, we all have a cold now.