an admittedly lame update on december 2011

as with everyone, the month of december for us was a bit of a blur. so...here is my lame attempt to recap it in one concise post.

me getting some equine love

paw paw came to visit

hog hunting with friends

Christmas at the Lewallen's house

Christmas at Oma's

mackenzie communing with a sweet deer

'shrek the halls' ice show at the gaylord

jack-man turns four!

a pmf thanksgiving

the kids spent several days with their grandparents before colin and i made it up there for thanksgiving. they spent most of their days in the varmints' roost having a total blast.

they also had their run of the land and enjoyed cruising around on the scooters!

mark told colin than he could have as much wood as he could cut. colin spent most of the day on wednesday with his chainsaw in the woods. the above pic is only a portion of his haul.

this cute little guy was one of many created by leanne and was absolutely delicious! (strawberry cake balls are a weakness of mine).

mark grilled some steaks and mom made some sides to create a fabulous dinner.

although the aggies lost to the horns 27-25, they ended the long time rivalry in a classy way...

it was a wonderful, relaxing thanksgiving!

traditions

it is a tradition of the rothingtons to have at least one game each season that we attend as couples. we have been doing this for 17 years!

these guys have been friends since birth...and still like each other!

let it be known that one of the four of us reads, leaves the game to shop, and occasionally shouts out something during the game that usually makes no sense at the time but it is obvious that she has overheard someone else shouting it at one time or another. regardless, it is always great fun and something i look forward to each season.

as always, we won halftime! we also won the game vs. kansas 66-6. whoop!

bug hunters

these two crazies were heading outside about 9 pm one evening. i asked them what they were doing and they replied, "bug hunting."

don't they look cute??