wonderful and busy weekend

Christmas is almost here! I am so excited! Even though I am far from getting done all of the things I need to do before the day arrives I am still excited about how close it is. It is unseasonably warm for this time of year. We are having 60 degree days with rain instead of 30 degree days with snow. The warm weather is nice but it does not feel like Christmas weather to me. It is raining now as I write this. I made our family ornaments for the tree with the kids this weekend. This year we included my newest daughter Sam. She has been my son's girlfriend for a year now and she is like a daughter to me. My son Tim and daughter Caitlyn also made them with me. Doug, my husband, isnt real crafty so I painted his.  I think they turned out nicely.

Doug shot the biggest buck he has ever gotten on Saturday. He was floating on air for at least 2 days because of it. I am not sure if he is still floating today because he has not gotten out of bed yet but I imagine he still is. It will give us alot of meat for the winter and like Doug keeps saying over and over, it has a big rack! I am very proud of him for providing so much meat for us this year. He is a great provider. He said he dove out of his blind after he shot it. I guess it is a good thing that he wasnt in his tree stand, ahahaha.

My sister and her family came over alot this weekend, it was nice seeing them, especially at church and it gave me some more bonding time with my newest niece. She is so pretty and sweet looking in this pic. I wont mention how she was 5 minutes before the picture was taken, lol.

Hoping all have a wonderful and blessed day today! God bless you all!

~April