DECember 2017

At the beginning of December, Bailey & Jordyn asked us to go up to Cafe Sabor for dinner- Mike wasn't really up for it, UNTIL Bailey said there was a reason they were asking us...so then we went! They are planning on getting married this Spring & wanted our blessing- of course, we're HAPPY for them! Nervous, but EXCITED! I mean Mike & I weren't THAT young, WERE WE?!?!?! Yes, we were, but Jordyn is a GREAT guy for Bailey & is really good to her & hopefully she is good too him too- No, they seem to make each other happy, so we're happy. But they asked us about maybe seeing if Todd could marry them? Because Jordyn isn't active & he (they) want his family to be there for the wedding. So, I figured I'd better ask Todd some questions & get an idea-

Madi has had some REALLY rough weeks, with friends, getting in MAJOR trouble etc,

 so Bailey decided to fill Madi in on the BiG NEWS-

and then they went out & had a Girls Sister Night out & went to dinner & a movie (Wonder)

One of Ivy's new favorite spots in the garage

Bryan Flamm called Mike into his office one day & told him HOW GRATEFUL he was for ALL THE HARD WORK Mike had put forth toward the lawsuit & how he was able to have the EPA drop the lawsuit because Mike was SO awesome! SO they wanted to give Mike a $5000 bonus but instead of giving him money & having taxes taken out of it, they offered him to find something they would buy & he would just pay the difference. So, after MUCH deliberation he decided on a dump trailer-

Loved this post & wanted to remember it!

This was the puzzle at this years Candlelight Homes Christmas Party- 

if you can see, Dad is the boy on the right, riding a bike- 

(& funny or not, Bern is in the background in the Hazmat suit to the right)

G&G Gillett had the family up for a Christmas Dinner & a few games- Jordyn came this year too-
Jeff & Jamie and their family were sick, & Steph & Antonio weren't there because they're in Oregon but it was a nice night- filled with dinner & dessert, Bingo, prizes and the chimes- and naturally Mike was a HOOT as always!!! G&G had been sick & were still kind of sick but they did a great job-

Ivy all SNUG in his four wheeler sleeping spot

Bailey & Mom chilling out at home - and Tanner went to a Birthday party 

at the Space Center in PG for Allen Vawdrey

Me with my girls downstairs watching a Hallmark Christmas movie

 

 

Devan Huish commissioned Bailey to drawing & paint 4 pictures for his family of his dad etc- this was one of the four pictures. Its of Chelsey & her dad fishing when she was younger-

 And Bailey made this picture to give to Jordyn's family for Christmas

- Christmas Morning 2017 -

Playing one of our favorite games on Christmas morning after breakfast- LRC (Left Right Center) we played 4 rounds. the first two rounds was with 5 -$1 bills each, Tanner won the first round, then I won the second round, neither us wanted to trade in our $30 for a chance at the BIGGER Bucks- the third round we played with 3- $5 bills each and BAILEY WON that round of 18- $5 bills ($90)!!!! But then I didn't want to keep the money I won, so I threw it in the pot again & hoping one of the kids would win- once you win once, you can't win again. So dad WON my $$$, but he let Madi have it-

We had Christmas Orange rolls & breakfast casserole for breakfast- the Orange rolls didn't turn out the greatest because I made them on Friday, then froze the cut rolls for Monday morning. I'll try to remember to NOT do that again next year. The regular dinner rolls turned out good (Michelle's recipe) but the Orange rolls (Shelley Paskett's recipe) with moms spread recipe 

& icing didn't turn out very good-   

Ivy & Roofie are sometimes friends & sometimes NOT friends...

Tanner went to the Jazz vs Cleveland Caviliers Bball game on Saturday night

And Bailey & Jordyn celebrated the ringing in the New Year at his house...