December Highlights

Merry Christmas! We really enjoy the cards and photos.

Sadly it was a snowless Christmas. That's the high desert for you.

The triple bunk bed was finished at some point and the three older boys "moved in."

Grandpa and Grandma came for a visit and we also celebrated Grandpa's birthday a little early.

Gingerbread crafting...

Snowless, but cold none the less

(which is why some are wearing shorts... and flip-flops!)

Yum or yuck... you decide.

Here's what a mattress from Amazon looks like after it's come all rolled up in a box.

It's pretty flat. 

Then it starts to expand once the plastic seal is cut open...

...the kids get a "lift..."

...and then it's full-size and ready for sleeping!!!

That's the end of 2016, with God's gracious provision and blessing over and over!

Family Photos, Thanksgiving & Birthday...

Great Grandpa and the Great-Grands... :-)

Even the mama gets a birthday once a year...

(and an amazing cake from Cold Stone Creamery!!!)

There will always be a few clowns in the crowd!

The beauty of fall...

We visited family in mid-November on the east side of the Rockies and enjoyed the beauty of one of the local lakes during late afternoon and early evening.

Bird footprints in the water...

If you took time to count the sequence of seeds and were able to measure the spirals, I'd reckon a guess that you'd find a Golden Spiral... the fingerprint of God in His creation.

If you're not sure what the fingerprint of God is in terms of the Golden Spiral or the Golden Ratio, then do a little search on the Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Ratio. It's everywhere- in our facial features and body measurement ratios, on snail shells, in sunflowers, on trees, on the stalks of plants... it's everywhere!!! 

The two groups of geese in the lake appeared to be having a face-off.

It ended peacefully.