Things are slowing down

I have enjoyed the quietness of January!  I think we had 3 weekends in a row that we were pretty much home.  We had things here and there, but 3 weeks in a row of sleeping in our own beds and not packing to go anywhere was awesome!!  The weather has been really crazy.  We will have some really nice days followed by some really windy days followed by some freezing cold days.  But now that January is almost over and February is a short month Spring is right around the corner....right????  That is what I am telling myself anyway!

 

These are a few pictures from the past few weeks.  I do see something missing from most of my pictures...Jenae!  Guess she is getting to an age where she does not make herself as available for pictures! 

 

 

Aubree had cheer camp practice.  They worked 3 hours and learned a really cute routine!

Aubree at cheer camp.

Kyle, Chip, Jenae & Hope moved cattle home from the corn stalks to work them.  It was a cold very very windy day!  The wind was out of the northwest and guess what direction they moved the cattle??  Northwest!  If I remember right the wind was blowing between 20 & 30 mph and wind gusts up to 50 mph.  They moved them about 4 miles.  

Aubree  loving every minute of her dancning!

L-R Trey, Aubree, Whitney & Jenae eating a snack/supper at the ball game after Aubree did her cheer/dancing. 

The highlight for Whitney at the game was going around and seeing all her little daycare friends!

Aubree enjoying blowing some bubbles on an almost 60 degree day!

Whitney enjoying the day on our swing set.  She is pretty proud that she is big enough to climb up and go down the slide all by herself!

Aubree swinging

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Oh my Aubree Joy!  We never know what she will come up with!


Aubree snuggling with the puppy.  We had a really nice litter of puppies.  We found nice homes for all of them! It is a sad day at our house the day the puppies move on to their new homes!

The girls all snuggled up in my bed!




Aubree put this outfit together headband and all!!



 

Forre Christmas

Still playing catch up with my blogging!  This is from the first weekend in January.

 

With the Holiday season coming to a close, Rodeo season is just getting geared up!  Kyle left early Saturday for the beginning of the Winter Rodeo season.  He started out in Topeka KS at a qualifier for The American.  They take the top 10 from 5 qualifiers to a semi finals then the top 5 out of the 50 qualify for the worlds richest 1 day rodeo!  It is pretty exciting!!!

 

The girls & I went to my Mom's Sunday to celebrate Christmas with my Dad's sisters and their families.  It was a fun time with lots of laughs!  It was super cold that day, a high of 2 and with 3 little girls and no husband along I was anxious to get on the road.  I was so happy to make it home with no vehicle troubles/flat tires!  Even though the temps were subzero the house was warm with laughter and love!  It was a great day, just went by all to quickly!

4E Christmas

4E Chritmas

Whitney an her Memory Bear.  Mom had bears made for all the grand kids and Dad's sisters from Dad's shirts. The girls loved their bears.  Aubree named her bear "Grandpa Dan"  It was cute!

Organizing a large group of kids for a picture.  This is an action shot!

 

Mom, Dad's Sisters and all the grandkids with their Memory Bears

 

Mom with Dad's sisters.

 

Whitney sound to sleep after a fun day.  She was snuggled in with her Papa Bear :-)

 

 

 

Between Christmas & New Years

Well here I am behind again!  We were so blessed to have a wonderful Christmas and the time off during the Holidays was awesome!  We had some really nice weather days right after Christmas, and we took full advantage of them by getting some time in the saddle.  I even found some time to get to ride.  I was great!  Jenae's roping has really come a long way over the Christmas break.  I think Kyle is really excited that she is finally excited to start roping! 





Jenae roping Re-Run  Kyle and lots of helpers on the 4 wheeler

Kyle roping on his 3 year old Ace.

Kyle and Ace

Girls and their 2013 Christmas Gifts

I try to take an annual picture of the girls by the tree with some of their gifts each year.  Of course I am not near organized enough to make sure every gift is in the picture, but I do my best to get most of them in.  

Aubree and her 2013 Christmas Gifts

 

 

 

 

Jenae and her 2013 Christmas gifts

 

Whitney eating some donuts :-)  Love this silly girl!!

 

Whitney's 2013 Christmas gifts--This was the year of Dora for Whitney!

 

The Whitaker Christmas

 

Chip & Marilyn hosted the big Whitaker Christmas the Sunday following Christmas.  It is always a good time.  The white elephant gift exchange is always the hit of the day.  Terry & Linda treated us all to Famous Dave's Ribs.  Whitney took a liking to Uncle Robert.  It was pretty cute!

Chip & Kyle's roping school

Whitaker Christmas 2013

Whitaker Christmas 2013

Whitney and Uncle Robert

Whitaker Christmas 2013

Whitaker Christmas 2013

The kids loved the puppies!

 

We had a very laid back New Years Eve and New Years Day.  We took the girls out for pizza and to the movie Frozen on New Years Eve.  It was the first time we had taken Whitney to the movies. We asked her if she wanted to go with us or go to Grandpa and Grammy's house.  She said "I wana go to the moovies!" So we took her.  About 2/3rds of the way through the movie she said "I'm ready to go to Gammy's house now!"  It was a little bit of effort to keep her content the rest of the time!  After the movies we went over to Chip & Marilyn's so the girls could watch the ball drop with them.  (It is kind of a tradition that they watch it together!)  It was way past my bed time so I had a really hard time keeping my eyes open!

 

New Years Day we state home all day.  The Husker's pulled out a win in the bowl game so it was a good day!

 

 

 

 

Christmas Day

Christmas was a good day.  I would be lying  if I said it was an easy day, but it was a good day.  I guess more than ever I just appreciated us all being together.  Thankful we were all under 1 roof and celebrating all the blessings we have.  I know Dad would not have been happy if would the day would not have been filled with laughter and smiles!  I did get family pictures of everyone, but I did not do a great job of getting snapshots from the day. 

 

We all got there around noon and had a nice dinner, followed by pictures, presents and more food.  We spent the day mostly visiting and hanging out.  Kyle, Dusty and Kevin went to the movies in Norfolk while the rest of us watched old home videos.   It was fun to see how much our family has grown and changed!

We headed home Thursday morning. 

 

The whole crew!

Lacey's family

 Danielle's family

Dusty's Family 

 My Family

 

 Whitney working hard on opening her gift

Brooke & Aubree in matching outfits.



PJ party!!

Christmas Eve 2013


We had a really fun Christmas Eve.  I worked until 3:00 so it was a little hectic getting girls dressed and hair fixed but we managed!  Whitney was sleeping when I got home so stayed back at the house with her until she woke up while Kyle and the big girls went over to Chip & Marilyn's to start celebrating Christmas.

We went to Church then back to Chip & Marilyn's for supper.  Marilyn fixed a yummy prime rib with all the fixings. 

The kids had a great time playing and opening gifts. 

 

The Whitaker Grandkids on Christmas Eve.

Trey & Aubree



Trying to keep the kid occupied before supper

Not sure what is going on with my blog, but sometimes I can not post the big picture.  It is very random as to what size it will post. 

                                                                                        Whitney eating her supper

Chip and the Grandkids

Chip & Marilyn with the grandkids

Time open presents.

Aubree got a vollyball

Jenae roping the new dummy Chip and Marilyn gave the girls.  It has been a really fun Christmas gift.

 

 

Jenae & Trey with the puppy

Whitney with the puppy

Aubree and the puppy