Last Post of 2021

 As my last post of 2021 I thought I'd post about something super exciting...the weather! 

We didn't expect any snow in Breckenridge this Christmas, and when we arrived it looked like this. 

Surprisingly it started snowing just in time for Christmas, and it snowed a lot!

The picture on the left was taken Christmas Eve morning, and the picture on the right was taken Christmas morning! 

And it was in the 80's today here in Texas... so that's fun. 

Ice Fishing

 Kyle told me I had to blog 2 more times this year, so I guess I better get after it.

The only thing the boys would give up skiing for is fishing, and that's just what they did.  I'm not sure anything looks more cold or less fun, but they loved ice fishing. 

They caught 24 rainbow trout so they were happy, and JR and I stayed home so we were happy too! 

Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas from The Ingersolls that JR "doesn't like enough to ski with".

We did force him to take a Christmas Eve picture with us last night before church. 

None of us are wearing shoes so this is how tall we all are in real life.  

Santa brought stocking presents this morning.

Chloe was very concerned about which stocking was hers. 

Everyone took a picture with their favorite present.

JR picked his gift cards, which wasn't even a Santa present, but a Granny Sherry present. 

Reed picked his screaming goat. (Yes, it's a goat that screams like a person.)

And Kyle picked his magnetic stacking cats, while Chloe models her new elf outfit. 

Christmas Weather Update

 The weather has been absolutely gorgeous since we got here.  The snow hasn't been so great, but I'm ok with that in exchange for perfect weather. 

 Others in this family might disagree, but I'll take bad snow and a sunny day! 

But today it started snowing and it's supposed to snow until Christmas day.

What a difference!

And yes, JR is here, but I haven't actually seen him on the mountain.

Flipping Out for Christmas Break

How we feel about Christmas break starting! 

Basketball Season

 It's basketball season and the thing I love most is that Reed has to dress up for school on game days!

They are 2-1 and he's the point guard this year, so it's fun watching him bring the ball down the court. 

And it's exciting they've already played 3 games and I think that's the total number of games they got to play last year! 

Someone Else Ready for Christmas

 Chloe got herself Christmas ready, and she couldn't look more beautiful! 

Ready for Christmas

 My Christmas tree is up and looking as cute as always.  I only have 1 decorated tree this year, which I'm totally fine with! 

Sam the Elf showed up last night so he'd be ready to be found this morning.  Kyle is in charge of him again.  The kids were excited to get their chocolate Advant calendars this morning, even JR ran back from backing out of the driveway to get his! 

Thanksgiving Week

 We had a nice relaxing Thanksgiving week. 

We went to see Pat Green and sang along with every song. (that's the back of JR).

We celebrated Jason's birthday (on Thanksgiving day this year).

And we went to the Texans game. 

Outdoorsy Things

Lots of outdoorsy things happened this weekend.  All of which I tried my best to avoid. 

I think Kyle saw a few doe at the deer stand, but other than that I think raccoons were the excitement.

Jason tried to make me feel sorry for him for all the time he spent in the deer stand.  I was under the impression he loved hunting and enjoyed sitting in the deer stand, so I'm still confused about why I was supposed to feel sorry for him.

He also got caught putting in lots of "hard work".

Reed had better luck in the deer stand.

And everybody had lots of luck catching fish.

Friendsgiving

 Kyle went to a little friendsgiving celebration with his diving friends last weekend.  These kids dive (at least) 5 days a week together, but they still want to hang out with each other.

It's funny to see them all dressed up and not wet.  This is about as dressed up as I usually see them...when they're at the gym doing dry land. 

And speaking of diving, Kyle's been working on a double in pike.  He says he's made up for all the spankings he deserved from slapping in to the pool. 

Not to be Outdone

 Not to be outdone by everybody else in the family, Reed also had a big week last week.  He found out he made the basketball team which was super exciting.

And his pole vaulting is going great, he'll definitely be ready for track season. 

5 Better Pirates Than JR

 Jason and I went to see JR's show Saturday night, but the show I really should have seen was Friday night.

JR starts the show in this tent.  He pops out and tells the audience about how to behave during the show, is chased out by security, and then doesn't return until intermission and the 2nd act. 

During intermission he shows up and starts passing out programs to his own show.  He also takes pictures with the audience and basically gets everybody to get back in their seats.

The programs (totally his idea) were hysterical.

Coming in to the show during intermission and pictures during intermission

Friday night (which Jason and I missed, but thankfully MawMaw, PawPaw, and Granny Sherry saw) Spongebob dislocated her knee cap at the end of the 1st act. 

They needed to stall the show so her mom could run home and get a knee brace, so they sent in JR.

JR entertained the audience for about 10 minutes.  Everybody thought it was part of the show and had no idea he was coming up with it on the spur of the moment. 

Part of the bit he did was "the 5 pirates better than me".  Paraphrasing from what I've heard, he said,

1. Blackbeard the Pirate- the most famous

2. Johnny Depp- the best looking 

3. Tom Brady- though it pained him to say it, he talked about him being a Buccaneer

4. Kenny Chesney- the country music pirate flag founder of no shoes nation

5. Keith Richards- who really isn't a pirate, but looks like one. 

Doing his bit.  

Looks like he's on #3 Tom Brady, which would explain the face he's making. 

When the show starts up again, he has a solo about pirate prejudice

And then is chased away by security again

In the very last scene he literally bursts through the set to take selfies with the cast and sing the last song.

It was the perfect part for him, and I can't imagine anybody else doing it!