Chip and I are enjoying a snowy, windy Christmas Day. This is our first Christmas spent alone. In the ten years of our marriage, we have picked Mom, Dad and Chip’s mom up and taken them to my brother’s family and celebrated with them. With my parents passing away in 2005 & 2006 and with Chip’s mom passing away this past April, we are not quite as willing to brave the wintry weather this year especially as the forecast is only for the weather to get worse.
One week of vacation is about over for me. We have managed to get all the hay into the hay yards, brought the sheep into the shelter belt and have fed the cows and calves. We truly are in a Winter Wonderland at the moment. That can all change with a Chinook wind, which is not in the immediate weather forecast.
We opened our Christmas presents from my sister on Christmas Eve. We had a great time opening John Deere Christmas Stockings full of candy, birdseed and dollar bills of which is translated to electric outlet covers in The New Shed. We saved as much of the birdseed as possible for our Hungarian Partridges.
Jake was so much fun to watch as I opened his present from Bandit and Chi Chi. He acted like he knew that was his gift. He was thrilled with his treat. I gave him another one this morning. He threw it in the air a couple of times and then ate it. He watched intently as I opened my gifts.
The phone has been ringing with Christmas cheer. We are thankful for family, and friends. We are also thankful for S.E. Electric for keeping our power going even when the weather has been very cold and poles have gone down. We also lost phone service for a while, but Range Telephone was quick to get it fixed.
Chip and I opened our gifts this morning. Chip decided that if I was going to put up a tree, he was going to put presents under it. One of these gifts is an indoor/outdoor flying duck hunt game. Sounds like my husband! We will have to try it later today.
My big gift to Chip this year is an all expense paid bear hunt to Minnesota provided he does draw a tag. My nephew Tim will be Chip’s guide this coming year. I am not sure what I am going to do with the bear after Chip shoots it, but guess we’ll have to put an addition on the house.
Just like our Christmas Past, our Christmas Present is truly enjoyed because of our family and friends and knowing that Jesus’ birth, led to His death and resurrection, which provides the way of Salvation. Knowing that He has been and is in control of all that is happening in our lives today makes for a peaceful Christmas.
One week of vacation is about over for me. We have managed to get all the hay into the hay yards, brought the sheep into the shelter belt and have fed the cows and calves. We truly are in a Winter Wonderland at the moment. That can all change with a Chinook wind, which is not in the immediate weather forecast.
We opened our Christmas presents from my sister on Christmas Eve. We had a great time opening John Deere Christmas Stockings full of candy, birdseed and dollar bills of which is translated to electric outlet covers in The New Shed. We saved as much of the birdseed as possible for our Hungarian Partridges.
Jake was so much fun to watch as I opened his present from Bandit and Chi Chi. He acted like he knew that was his gift. He was thrilled with his treat. I gave him another one this morning. He threw it in the air a couple of times and then ate it. He watched intently as I opened my gifts.
The phone has been ringing with Christmas cheer. We are thankful for family, and friends. We are also thankful for S.E. Electric for keeping our power going even when the weather has been very cold and poles have gone down. We also lost phone service for a while, but Range Telephone was quick to get it fixed.
Chip and I opened our gifts this morning. Chip decided that if I was going to put up a tree, he was going to put presents under it. One of these gifts is an indoor/outdoor flying duck hunt game. Sounds like my husband! We will have to try it later today.
My big gift to Chip this year is an all expense paid bear hunt to Minnesota provided he does draw a tag. My nephew Tim will be Chip’s guide this coming year. I am not sure what I am going to do with the bear after Chip shoots it, but guess we’ll have to put an addition on the house.
Just like our Christmas Past, our Christmas Present is truly enjoyed because of our family and friends and knowing that Jesus’ birth, led to His death and resurrection, which provides the way of Salvation. Knowing that He has been and is in control of all that is happening in our lives today makes for a peaceful Christmas.
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