December

Sorry it has been so long. December went by so fast!! It was a very busy month. In the middle of the month most of you know about our big ice storm. The ranch did not have any damage and we did not lose power like we did in the last ice storm. We had some of our friends from Tulsa come and stay with us for the week. They have a little boy Ben's age and a little girl Bailey's age. Lizzy and Bailey had so much fun. I think they thought this was a permanent arrangement due to the melt downs we had when it was time for them to go home. They had lots of fun together and it was nice for Mom to have someone entertain Bailey for a week!

Next came my birthday and my Mom's birthday. Bailey had so much fun making a cake for my Mom's birthday and help plan my surprise party. For the next few days after the party anytime I came into the room she would yell SURPRISE!! Mom and I both had great birthdays!

Bailey loved getting to decorate for Christmas this year. We went to my Mom's house to help her put up her trees ( yes my Mom has 7 trees in her house). Bailey did really good at helping and she wanted her own tree...so therefore I am turning into my Mom and got Ben and Bailey their own tree. Bailey love going to sleep with her Christmas tree lights on and was very sad when I took it down.

For Christmas this year we went to John parents house on Christmas Eve eve and spent the night and opened presents on Christmas Eve morning. Then we headed back to our house and my Mom, Dad and Grandma spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with us. This year was so fun because it was the first year that Bailey got the whole Santa thing. We made cookies and set our carrots for the reindeer. Bailey was so excited the next morning to see that Santa ate his cookies and left her a note. She then found the play laptop computer that he left for her and the cars that he left for Ben!
Ben's favorite part of Christmas was all the paper!!!

After we opened all of our gifts, put everything together and played with everything it was time to start lunch. Bailey was in charge of the dessert this year. We had been talking all month that Christmas was Jesus' birthday so Bailey wanted to make him a cake. We all had to sing to him too. It was very cute!!