BITTER COLD & Sick to start to the year...
January didn't roll in with sunshine and good health. In fact half of our family was still sick, fighting off colds and on antibiotics. I decided I didn't need antibiotics and tried to tough it out. All I had was a head cold. In the mornings I would cough and other than that felt fine, but it just lingered on and on. So did the cold temperatures. The temps stayed low and in the negatives for the first week in January. The wind chills got down to -30's. It was just bitter. It was so cold we let Daisy in the garage. That didn't seem enough, she was shivering, so I put a heating pad under her and covered her in a blanket. I did this for several days. She is too old for this kind of cold. I know she appreciated it and felt a bit pampered. Tuff and the cats would help keep her warm too. The 7th of January, we finally got our heat wave and it felt so refreshing to be outside. It go up to 38 degrees!! Praise the Lord for a break in the bitter cold. In Iowa we rejoice in warmer weather like this.We managed a few days up in the 30's and then it dropped back down again. January 11th we had our first winter snow storm. It was small and mild. We didn't get much snow, but the wind was viscous and bitterly cold, schools and activities were cancelled...except when youre homeschooled.
Horse Road Trip To Oklahoma, 1 of 2...
January 4th, Mark Jake and Jayden took a road trip to Oklahoma with Ace. Luke and I stayed home. The trip was to take Ace to a barrel horse trainer to 1)see if he would be sound enough to run, 2)could do some training, 3) give Jayden some lessons, and 4)see if Ace can improve running barrels. I stayed home in the cold and did chores in the cold. While home, Luke and I went Thursday to get hair cuts and went to takedwondo. Friday I took him to see the movie Ferdinand along with my parents, what a cute movie.
Baby Boy Birthday... We celebrated Levi's 1st birthday. I took the kids Saturday morning to Wade and Carina's for their little party/. Everything was decorated so fun and cute with wolverine, lumberjack, grizzly bear decor. Levi is such a cutie and he is already a year old. It was fun to see him dig into his birthday cake and play in the sink afterwards for his hand washing.
January didn't roll in with sunshine and good health. In fact half of our family was still sick, fighting off colds and on antibiotics. I decided I didn't need antibiotics and tried to tough it out. All I had was a head cold. In the mornings I would cough and other than that felt fine, but it just lingered on and on. So did the cold temperatures. The temps stayed low and in the negatives for the first week in January. The wind chills got down to -30's. It was just bitter. It was so cold we let Daisy in the garage. That didn't seem enough, she was shivering, so I put a heating pad under her and covered her in a blanket. I did this for several days. She is too old for this kind of cold. I know she appreciated it and felt a bit pampered. Tuff and the cats would help keep her warm too. The 7th of January, we finally got our heat wave and it felt so refreshing to be outside. It go up to 38 degrees!! Praise the Lord for a break in the bitter cold. In Iowa we rejoice in warmer weather like this.We managed a few days up in the 30's and then it dropped back down again. January 11th we had our first winter snow storm. It was small and mild. We didn't get much snow, but the wind was viscous and bitterly cold, schools and activities were cancelled...except when youre homeschooled.
Horse Road Trip To Oklahoma, 1 of 2...
January 4th, Mark Jake and Jayden took a road trip to Oklahoma with Ace. Luke and I stayed home. The trip was to take Ace to a barrel horse trainer to 1)see if he would be sound enough to run, 2)could do some training, 3) give Jayden some lessons, and 4)see if Ace can improve running barrels. I stayed home in the cold and did chores in the cold. While home, Luke and I went Thursday to get hair cuts and went to takedwondo. Friday I took him to see the movie Ferdinand along with my parents, what a cute movie.
Baby Boy Birthday... We celebrated Levi's 1st birthday. I took the kids Saturday morning to Wade and Carina's for their little party/. Everything was decorated so fun and cute with wolverine, lumberjack, grizzly bear decor. Levi is such a cutie and he is already a year old. It was fun to see him dig into his birthday cake and play in the sink afterwards for his hand washing.
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