12/31/23, Went to church , picked Kenzie and Rehyvn up, went to Vikki’s, home for a nap, back to Vikki’s and Rody’s for New Year Celebration, Watched Ball drop and went home. Happy New Year!

  

These pictures are in reverse order, but I didn’t want to move all of them

Peyton got it good!!!

Evan getting hit in the pie in the face game

Evan getting his candy after getting a bingo

Isaac picking his candy out

Ha ha, Bill thought he earned lots of candy when he spun the bingo balls

Isaac helping me figure out what to do with his new Christmas present.  You can see a screen of a computer and you just touch it in the air with your finger and it takes you where you want.  So weird it can do that.  

Evan, Isaac and Jack

Max, Vader, Bruce and Rody

AT LEAST THESE LAST PICTURES ARE IN THE RIGHT ORDER

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM US....DIDN’T GET A PICTURE OF RODY AND VIKKI

SO HAPPY KIMMY SENT THIS PICTURE TO ME

Happy New Year!  We went to prayer, than church.  Great time of prayer and the service was great too.  We prayed for people at the end of the service, then visited before leaving to come home.  We ate, than I took the truck and went to pick Kenzie and Rehvyn up. Travis put the car seat base and then car seat with Rehvyn in it in the truck.  It was raining, but when I got to Kenzie’s it turned to just a mist.  We loaded Kenzie’s stuff in and headed to Vikki’s. I dropped them off and helped haul stuff in.  I went home for a while.  Bill and I read our Bibles, then took an hour nap.  Then we headed to Vikki’s with our ham roll ups, Christmas cookies and cheese.  We stopped at Jacks to get extra Hickory Stick because Vikki was afraid she might run out.  When we got to Vikki’s, she had all the food prepared and it looked beautiful the way she had it set out.  I wish one of us would have taken a picture.  Melissa and Bruce got there soon after us.  Peyton’s 3 friends got there around the same time too.  We sure missed Kimmy and family.  We called them to see how they were and let them know we missed them.  Also told them to answer their phone when we call at midnight.  

We ate, then visited with Mia’s mom and dad.  They didn’t want anything to eat, but sat at the table and visited for a while.  The food was delicious.  We played candy bar bingo after we ate and had so much fun.  The kids all loved it and so did we adults.  At the end, we did a cover all for two winners.  The first winner was Isaac, so he won the money and a candy bar choice.  One of Peyton’s friends was the second cover all winner.  Then we played the phone game.  After that the kids played the pie in the face game.   Then they came back in the living room and they and  Melissa played Apples to Apples.  Kenzie joined in after a while.  Everyone had so much fun.  We all had fun holding Rehvyn too.  He is just the best and sweetest baby.  We each got a cup of our favorite flavored grape juice and went in to watch the ball drop.  We counted down, then the kids all had horns they blew.  Were they ever loud.  We wished each other Happy New Year and then called Kimmy and family to wish them Happy New Year.  We sure had fun.  Thanks Vikki and Rody!  Very nice party.

Saturday, 12/30/23, Hailey and Peyton were up by 8:30, Vikki picked up Peyton, went to Frankenmuth,, Kimmy, Jared and family made it home safely, watched the Lions game,

Peyton packing up her stuff 

Frankenmuth

Burgers at T Dubs with Debbie

Hailey and Peyton got up at 8:45.  I was making coffee and Hailey scared me when she came around the corner because I wasn’t expecting her to be up so early.  I made chocolate chip pancakes for them and a few plain ones for Bill.  Kimmy, Jared and the boys were exposed to COVID, so they can’t come to our New Year’s Eve celebration at Vikki’s tomorrow evening.  Bummer!  Praying they don’t get it and Jared’s parents don’t get it.  

Hailey left after breakfast to go home and shower then meet friends.  

Peyton and I had ice cream, then watched a you tube video.

Vikki shopped at Kroger, then she came to get Peyton.  She had a couple of pancakes when she was here.  They left, then Bill asked me if I wanted to go for a ride.  I said yes, so we went to Bronner’s to look at Christmas trees. Afterwards, we met Bill’s sister, Debbie, at T Dubs and had burgers and fries.  They were so good.  We had fun visiting and tried to pay for hers, but she knew the waiter so he gave her the bill. We tried to get it but couldn’t get it.

The lights were pretty on the way home.  We read more of our Bibles when we got home.  Then we watched the Lions game.  It was a good game until the refs made some bad calls.