Gramma's Helper

Ben was Gramma's little helper and helped decorate her tree while we were there.



Looking for just the perfect spot...

How'd I do Gramma?

Cousin Fun

Ben just loves getting to play with his cousins...and it's almost as much fun for us to watch them interact...brings back a lot of memories of fun times with all of my cousins!



Ben & Gavin - buds.


Uh oh...already plotting! :)



Ben, Gavin and little Miss Grace.

Ella brought her jump-a-roo to Gramma's so her and Ben tried got to get a little bouncin in.

Gavin was a happy little spectator.

Grace, Ben & Ella...nothing beats Gramma's cookies!




Ben, Ella & Grace supervising the farm happenings.

Grampa's little farm buddies.

Hugs bye...love you Grampa!

Happy Turkey Day

We spent Thanksgiving with my family with everyone home plus lots of my Dad's family so it was a house full and lots of fun.



Abby, Ella & Ben heading up the 'cool kids' table.

There were lots of sports fans in the house sporting their team colors...Ben & Uncle Cory.

Gramma bought Santa hats for the kids and trying to get a group photo with everyone looking AND smiling turned into more of a comical event than anything...but boy are they cute!
(Abby, Grace, Kenna, Gavin, Ben & Ella)

The boys.

Another one with cousins Megan & Hailey.

Makes a good elf huh?!

...even little elves need naps...and this one wanted the hat left on.

Ben & Aunt Jada.

Lovin from Gramma.

Ben said he wanted a picture with '2 Grammas'...so he grabbed his Great Aunt Darlene.

This picture is funny because Ben kind of organized it...he wanted 'all the Grammas' in the picture...good thing his Great Aunt Sue & Aunt Darlene are good sports! :)

Ben & Gavin with Great Gramma.

Ben & his Great Grampa.



Ben & Ella having cheeto snacks...and apparently good conversation too.

Time to wind down...Ben & Gavin snuggling in for a movie.

A little lovin from big cousin.

Slumber party with Gramma.

On the Farm

Ben loves going to the farm to see Gramma & Grampa and all his cousins.

Ben, Grace & Abby helping Gramma 'do chores'...

Burning the garbage.

Grace taking her load.

Ben giving Red the farm dog some lovin.

When you have a bunch of girl cousins, you're bound to get stuck playing barbies. :)

Kenna hooked everyone up with capes so we had a bunch of super heros running around.

Ben catching up with his newest little cousin Gavin.

Grace, Gavin & Ben

Shaners

Our buddy Shane doesn't get to town too often so we were excited to see him and have him out for a day of football and relaxin (and possibly 'recovering' for him and dad after drowning their sorrows with the Cat Loss)... and Ben of course had fun showing off and hanging with the 'boys'.

Big Game

Ben was so excited to have his Gramma & Aunt Jenny come stay with us for a couple days. They came to town to take in the big Cat/Griz game (we won't get into the details of the game :(

Ben & I both have colds so we only took in the festivities until half time then we went home, put PJs on and finished the 2nd half under a warm blanket!



Ben snuggled in with Jenny & Gramma. He was such a trooper between the runny nose and chilly weather!



Ben and Beth I believe scouting for Champ...Ben still likes to keep a close eye on him. :)



Darn cats.


One of Ben's highlights of the game was when the jets flew over. Our good friend Pat Murphy was driving one of them so he gave us a heads up they would be coming. We were at the top of the stands so they flew directly over us...loud enough for Ben's eyes to about pop out, but then he was all grins and cheers!

Snow Fun

Our buddies Bryce & Jane were back for a visit and while the dads hit the Bobcat game, we stayed home, but did venture out in the snow for awhile!



All geared up.

Mmmm...good stuff!

It took us awhile to pack through the deep snow, but we did manage to make it over to the playground. I pulled them on the sled for part way, but then they wanted to walk...which was a bit difficult with snow up to your waist!

My friend Melissa was out walking her pup so she stopped by and played with us for a bit.

Jane thought she would give it a go...not sure she made it very far. :)