Christmas/New Year

We went to Montrose/Grand Junction to celebrate Christmas. Kelsay got the stomach bug on Christmas Day. It didn't stop her from enjoying the scooter she and Maddy got from "Santa" aka Uncle John and Auntie Sherry.
Maddy and I got the stomach bug a couple days after Christmas. Then we traveled to Farwell/Lubbock for New Years.
Other news is that the girls got pets for Christmas. Maddy got a teddy bear hamster she named Pumpkin and Kelsay got a beta fish she named Kelsay. The hamster bit Kelsay on the finger so now Kelsay keeps her distance. She enjoys feeding the beta fish. Maddy loves the hamster. She is very particular about what kind of food it eats, what kind of bedding it has, it's environment etc. She researched hamsters for at least 2 months before she got her hamster. I really think there is nothing you could ask her about a hamster that she would not be able to answer. She even wrote a book about hamster care in a notebook. It has 13 chapters. Each "chapter" is only a short page, but still. When this girl does something, she is all in.

In other, other news, I slid the RAV 4 off the road going around a crub up to our house. Fortunately we were about a 1/4 mile from home and could walk up and get the truck to pull it out. Now every time I drive the RAV Kelsay gets super nervous. "Mom, you're going to go in the tank (snowbank)!"

Comments

Brittany said…

I find it slightly hilarious that Kelsay named the fish after herself. hahahahaha. I do not envy you driving in snow- I don't even like to drive in the rain. Yikes. Did I see a little peak of a bright color in your hair in one of those pictures??? I approve. Hope you guys are staying warm enough!
Brittany

January 29, 2017 at 4:36 PM

bee said…

Such a fun Christmas----except for that bug. BLEH! Sure love all the pictures. Lots of memories made.

January 31, 2017 at 5:00 PM

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