Winter Fun

Last Saturday we had a day full of surprises and fun.  First, we went on a sleigh ride.  It was about 35 and sunny with no wind so it really wasn't bad at all.  We were pulled by two horses.  The sleigh ride lasted about 20 minutes.  We went all through the woods and when we would get to open fields the horses would run so we would go faster.  It was a lot of fun and the boys loved it.  They sang "Jingle Bells" a few times during the sleigh ride.  When we were done, we went in the little cottage and they gave us homemade chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate.  We enjoyed our treats on a screened in porch that had a little fireplace.  Here are some pics!

Getting ready to start the sleigh ride.

 Keegan and I during the ride.

 Daddy and Landon.

 With the horses when the ride was over.

 Eating their cookies by the fire.

 Our next stop was ice skating.  Again, since it wasn't real cold that day it was perfect to ice skate outside.  We had so much fun and had some more hot chocolate when we were all done there. Here are some pictures from ice skating.

Landon and I just starting out.

 Keegan playing in the snow outside of the rink.

 Daddy and Landon

 Cute pic of Keegan

 Landon getting much better...

 Landon skating all by himself!!!  

 All the boys….Keegan just went skating in his boots :)

 Mommy and the boys

Mommy and Keegan

It was just about dinner time when we were done skating and since we were already downtown, we decided to head to "Little Italy" for dinner.  It was delicious!  What a fun winter day!!!  :)

Bruce Christmas

On Friday after Christmas we went to Lincoln to have Christmas with my side of the family.  On Friday afternoon, everyone came over to my parents house.  We had dinner, open presents and got to hang out for a little bit . That night we stayed at my parents house and so did my brother's family so we could have Christmas on Saturday morning with my immediate family.  It was a lot of fun for all of us to stay there…just like old times!  Not everyone got a lot of sleep, but it was still a good time :)

Granny got Landon & Adelin chef outfits for Christmas.  They loved playing chef together and they looked absolutely adorable!!  

Here is a pic of all 10 of us!!

 Grandma having a dance party with all of the grand kids!

 Landon, Adelin and Chloe excited to open some presents!

 Ade & Chloe with their new fishing poles from Papa….they will be ready for the lake this summer!

 Landon super excited about his presents!!

 On Sunday we went to church with Mom & Dad….here is a pic of all of us dressed up!

 The boys and I with Mom & Dad

On New Year's Day we stayed in Downs with my brother and his family.  Here are the kids eating a snack and watching a show right before bed!

Thank you so much to both of our families for helping us have another great Christmas and for letting us invade your houses for over a week. We loved being able to spend time with all of you over Christmas and New Year's. We are blessed to have such wonderful family!!

McQuality Christmas

We headed to Illinois on Christmas Day after we got done doing our Christmas here.  We got there about 6:30 that night, so it wasn't too bad.  On Thursday, we went to Taylorville to celebrate with Matt's family.  We took some family pictures there.

Grandma & Grandpa Sherline with all the grandkids and great grandkids.

 All of us

The 7 of us with G&G Sherline

 Cara and her boyfriend, Nathaniel.

 Landon all dressed up to play with Nathan.

After Taylorville, we had Christmas in Sherman that night with Matt's immediate family.  Here is Keegan showing off his new Oscar crocs….so cute!

 On Monday (Dec. 30) we went back to Sherman and had another Christmas with Marcia K (Matt's aunt), her husband Stan and his great aunt Laurel.  Keegan was asleep and Landon took a picture of the rest of us!

 Landon getting tickled by Aunt Cara and Nathaniel.

Cute pic of Landon when he was trying not to smile :)

 Landon put on many shows for us with his new microphone.  He sang songs and told jokes.  Here he is being a rock star!!!

 Keegan trying on the star glasses!

Cute pic of Keegan!

Monday night we watched the Santa Clause 2….here is Landon being Santa with his hat and red coat!  

On New Year's Eve we asked Landon what he wanted to do and he said bowling.  He had never been bowling before, but we played two games and had a blast.  Sometimes Landon used something to help him roll the ball down the lane and sometimes he did it himself!

Papa helping Landon

 The boys singing songs on the steps with Papa

 Landon & Keegan pushing the ball down the lane.

Here is our traditional Christmas picture in front of the tree.