Wrestling

 Will is a high school wrestling coach.  They just finished the season and had a great year.  He enjoys the sport, as well as helping the athletes succeed in life.  These photos were taken at their district tournament. 

Ice Fishing

 Will and I ventured out into the frigid cold a few weeks ago and went ice fishing with some friends from church.  It was very cold.  We had fun.  I'm glad the sun was out and shining because that helped us stay warm. 

 We caught bluegill, trout, and bass.  It was a fun day to be out!

Mexican Christmas

 We went to Mexico for Christmas!  It was so awesome!  We had such a great time together.

 We visited Tulum ruins

 And we did some fly-fishing!

Christmas Time

We got our Christmas tree up last weekend.  I have really enjoyed having it up all week so far and will continue to enjoy it this month.  It's already December 1st--wow!

My Christmas tree is an artificial pre-lit tree with white lights on it.  Nothing fancy.  It's a hand-me-down tree from my oldest brother.  It has worked very well for us.  It is a "Memory Tree", meaning that the ornaments are mostly all just ones we have collected over the years and growing up, and from places we have been on vacation, etc.  Ones that have special meaning to us.  For this reason I love decorating the tree because I get to unwrap all my ornaments out of the box and remember each and every reason that I have them, and where we got them, or who gave them to us, etc.  It is so fun!

Thanksgiving Weekend

 My sister and her 4 kids, and my parents came to visit for Thanksgiving weekend.  We took them to the shooting range and did some target shooting.  Uncle Mike and cousin Kylie were there too.  I think everyone had a fun time and the weather was beautiful.  Probably the warmest Thanksgiving weekend we have ever had.

 I was very shocked that my sister Wendy was so excited to go shooting.  I never knew that about her.

 Don't mess with Nicole.

 Love the Henry rifle.

 A little friendly competition with Uncle Mike.

 Heidi shooting the .45.

 We had a fun time together!  We don't get guests very often so it was so nice of my family to come visit and stay with us. 

That night was the Festival of Lights fireworks and lighted parade.  It was awesome!  I especially enjoyed the fireworks.

Game Playing

We got to play some games with family this week.  We had a really fun time!  We love to play card games, as well as physical games like basketball.  Will's brother and family have been here visiting for the past week so we have been able to hang out and play with his family.

Costumes

Our Halloween costumes!  For some reason I can't get the photo to turn upright.  We went to our church party where they had dinner and some games for the kids, and a "TRUNK-OR-TREAT".  Heidi helped with one of the games called "Pin the face on the pumpkin".  It was a blast!