Sunday Pot Luck

Gary and Karen had pot luck at their house today so everyone could see the Stocks. They are back home for a visit. Taylor came home with us after the pot luck so that he and Greg could spend a couple of days together. It was really nice seeing them again. We sure do miss them. Here are a few pictures from today.

Friday in Fort Wayne

Here are a few pics from our day together with my family in Fort Wayne. We left Friday morning and came home Saturday afternoon.

My brother, Kelvin, with their new dog. She is a white German Shepherd. He got her from our Uncle Terry who breeds them. I didn't get a picture of him with his wife, just his dog! oops! Sorry Holli!

Alec (Myron and Dawn's son) and Nathan wore the same jersey! Go Colts!!

Myron and Dawn

Bryan and Heather

I didn't get a picture of my parents either! They may be over for New Years so will try and get one of them then.

Our afternoon at Dave and Mel's

Had a really nice day today. Went to Dave and Melanie's house for dinner. Bill and Bev were there also. Nine of us around the table. Had a good dinner. We played "Apples to Apples" for a long time. The kids just got that game today. We leave for Fort Wayne in the morning to do it again with my family!

Allen holding up his gift...a gift card to Lowe's!

Greg got a clock...when you move it, it rocks, which then turns on the light and will also turn off the alarm if it is on.

Nate with another shirt! Good thing it's a Colts shirt!!

Mel got slippers that you warm in the microwave before putting them on your feet!

I got a neck wrap that also can be warmed in the microwave before putting it around your neck!

These two chairs were never unoccupied today!! Imagine that! The sun was nice to see today!

Allen and Sarah

Bev opening her gift

Coal relaxin with his new wiener dog!

Hammie came looking for some nuts this morning!

Hammie taking a nut from me

Hammie eating the nut. She is so tame now that it does not even faze her that I am there in her face snapping pictures! She ended up getting 5 nuts this morning and a slice of wheat bread!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

The kids have to pose for me every year with their presents so I can get a picture. They have learned that if I'm not happy with the picture, I will just keep making them sit there until I get a good one...this year I only took 3 pictures!!! They are getting better! Ha

Greg with the gift that he wanted the most....Fable 2

Sarah

Nathan lovin the new jersey...his old one was way too small!

So Nathan!

Sarah so shocked that I found a bathroom set for her miniature doll house. We have been looking for them for a long time now!

Greg

Copper opening his gift


Copper got dogie cookies

Coal opening his present

He took off with it before Nathan could get all the paper off of it once he saw what was inside!

A new Wiener dog!! This one was dressed like a football player with a helmet (which is already half chewed off) and a football.

old news

I was too sick to blog this when it happened, so will blog it now. Last Friday, when we had the ice day and didn't go to school, Sarah saw a strange sight out our living room window. I was in my bedroom and she came back and said, "Mom, there is a man outside with a rope and he is trying to catch a goat!" So I had to go see, I mean, we do live in town and it was hard for me to believe that there would be a goat outside our home. Well, Sarah was right, and it was a big white goat! I tried taking pictures of it, but they didn't turn out too well, but I will post of couple of them. Anyway, the man looked like he really didn't know what he was going to do. A lady soon showed up to help (I'm thinking the wife), but she really didn't know what to do either. I finally talked Allen into going out to help them. He really didn't want to though, because the goat didn't really look like he wanted to be caught! The kids all put on their coats and went to help, they thought it was great!

Well, they ended up chasing the goat to the front of the school and had it cornered by the front doors. When the goat saw that he was cornered, he put his head down and ran straight at the woman. She of course got right out of his way and he ran back to the spot he was before, beside our house in the school parking lot. When everyone caught up to him, he took off running again along the fence that separates the parking lot from the river. Well the fence ends at the end of the parking lot and of course the goat turned and ran behind the fence and then down the slope to the river! Allen said that the goat then ran right into the river and started swimming downstream. The man (owner) then took off running along the bank after it. That's when Allen came home with the kids, he wasn't about to follow the goat down river. We still do not know if they ever caught him or not. We think they (the owners) live one block over from us. They just moved in this past summer and we have noticed that they have ducks and chickens in their backyard, so it sounds reasonable to have a goat now too?! We wondered if it was going to be their Christmas dinner?! Ha

The goat standing over by the fence that separates the parking lot from the playground and also the river.

The poor man just standing and looking at his goat. You could tell that the goat did not want to be caught at all! He was 100% on the defense.

Here he is running back towards the parking lot after they had him cornered in the front of the school. All I was able to capture in this picture was his rear end as he ran past the tree that you see in the middle of the picture. Remember, I was running a fever and not feeling good at all, so I apologize for not going outside and getting better pictures! :-)

Here is when the goat ran into the woods and then the river. It is really hard to see the goat in this picture, but he is by the light pole that is just ahead of and to the right of Nathan. Nathan is the one still in the parking lot just getting ready to run into the snow.

Interesting Day

Well, this all happened before the goat chase, but I uploaded my blogs in the wrong order! Oh well! I had actually started this blog and then was feeling so lousy that I just saved it and went to bed. It was later in the day when the goat came around.

We had no school today because of all the ice that we got last night and this morning. Nathan, Sarah, Allen and I went outside to check things out. Allen and Nathan ended up playing a little catch with the football. Here is Nathan catching one of Allen's throws. Sarah brought Coal outside with her and walked him around. He absolutely loves the snow! He didn't seem to mind the ice either!

Sarah and Coal


Coal

This is a closeup picture of the road!

Ice pictures

Allen said we need to photo shop a little bird spreading salt on his front porch into this picture!

The tree beside our house on the school property that started loosing branches. In the next blog you will be able to see where they later came out and put orange cones around the tree because it was getting so bad with fallen limbs.

Our poor arborvitae, not sure if it will make it or not. The Nipsco man will be happy though. We put this tree here to hide the meters, but the Nipsco man didn't like it too much because now he has to go behind it to read the meter!

ice on the pine tree

Hammie was spoiled today with a not just some nuts to eat, but she got a peanut butter and honey sandwich too!


Allen, not liking that I took his picture.....

so he grabbed the camera and snapped one of me! And to be fair, since I posted his pic, I guess I should post mine too!