Pretty, Pretty Lights

Heath did such a nice job with our lights!  Merry Christmas!

*Chores*

We are very thankful for our farm light!

It is crazy doing chores in this snow as the drifts are knee high!  It is super fun taking the dogs out with me in the snow.  The cat even joined us a few times.  I ended up carrying him back from the corrals though.  I think he was in over his head, literally!  Quite a fun crew!  TEAMWORK with Heath and I both feeding and checking on our livestock both morning and night, just depending on when we get home/leave the house.  All the animals are taken care of and all of our heated waterers are working!  PRAISES!  :)

One Car, One Cell Phone

Today, my little SUV was the only vehicle~not stuck or buried in snow~to get us off the farm this morning.  Thank goodness for my Honda!  Heath and I rode to town together early this morning.  Heath drove us to his work and once we got his Pepsi truck all warmed up, I made sure he could get rolling before I left.  Then, I headed to the Y to swim.  WOAH, it was slick out today.

About midmorning, Heath stopped by to tell me that he did not have his cell phone.  He thought that maybe it was in his car at home.  He had tried to get out in it this morning before finding out that it would not be able to clear the snow drifts.  I offered him my phone since I planned on being in the office all day, but he said he didn't need it.  By about 4 pm, I started getting worried.  I was just about to call his office headquarters in Alliance to see if he had left yet and then I planned to head down to Gering to the warehouse where we were this morning when he came walking in.  He was able to get a ride from someone who was on their way home.  Talk about perfect timing!  Thank you Lord!

And It Snowed....

My car buried in HUGE drift.

Woah, *S*N*O*W*!  We woke up to a winter wonderland and LOTS of huge snowy drifts.  Heath, bless his heart, brought me breakfast in bed while he did chores and got the pickup warmed up so he could take me to work today.  I am so incredibly blessed.  Thank you Lord for such an amazing man you have entrusted to me!

Heath went out to help Garry load out his wheat today and also to hang out with him on his birthday.  When Heath got his pickup stuck in the snow, Garry let him borrow his truck to come pick me up from work.  When we got home, Heath was running through our driveway with the pickup, opening up the drifts that had settled in with the wind this afternoon.  On Saturday, our tractor blew a solenoid which they went to town to get replacement parts for but haven't had time to fix it yet, so it was out of commission.  Both of our cars were buried under several feet of snow, so my work began.  (Oh, I forgot to mention that he helped 3 or 4 random people get unstuck today!)

While he was opening the drive, he went to turn around and we hit our irrigation ditch and high-centered the pickup.  He dug and dug and dug dirt out from under the pickup, but nothing.  Eventually, he came back up to the house and I was just beginning to unbury my car and he got in it and we tried to use my Honda to get the Ford unstuck.  It didn't work and I didn't know how else to help, so I went to get the fire going in the house and then worked on getting his car unburied.  He finally decided he had dug long enough and came in and we ate french toast together before retiring by the fire to read.

Sunday!

Kid's Christmas Story Play at Church

Today, was our day to cook for the college kids.  Until about a week ago, this was just a date on our calendar and then ended up being a very crazy, but fun morning.  We found out the children were having their Christmas play during Sunday school, Stella, my swim coach would be joining us for church today, I would be taking family photos, and we were cooking for the college kids.  Heath and I went grocery shopping this morning and then hit the Christmas play before he went to the kitchen  to start cooking and I met up with Stella for church.  He basically cooked for 27 people by himself!  We had to give Pastor Wayne a hard time because this was the first time in a while we had gotten out before noon, so we rushed Heath a bit.  Once church was over, we found out there were only two college kids, so Heath asked me to go recruit some families to join us for lunch.  We had a great turn out and really enjoyed the fellowship with the families that were able to join us.  After lunch, I went to take family photos.  We had fun and I think the turned out great!

Heath cooking for the college kids!!  Homemade Chicken and noodles, salad,
Hawaiian rolls, mixed veggies, and Barb's chocolate cake.

We got home this afternoon and I took a two hour nap before rising to make Debbie Huffman's famous sugar cookies.  I have to admit, Debbie's taste alot better than mine and one year at their annual Christmas party, I hit the all time record of eating 17 Christmas trees!

In the beginning....

Following instructions....

Final Product = Debbie's Sugar Cookies!  :)

Frosty Morning, Happy Birthday Garry, and 10th Round

I got breakfast in bed this morning after we got to sleep in a bit.  Then, Heath went to the Men's Breakfast at church with his dad while I rested some more before 'playing house.'  It was a pretty frosty morning.  The Lord brought us a beautiful winter day.

At 1 pm, we had a birthday celebration for Garry.  Fuzz and Barb came out to join us as the men were already working on the barn after their class.  Barb did all the cooking, all I had to do was set the table.  It was a delicious roast with veggies, a salad, and angel food cake with ice cream.  Great food and fellowship!

As evening approached, Heath and I got ready to go out for our second night in a row (to the same place as last night, different event)!  Tonight, we had been invited to an event called "10th Round" which was to watch the National Finals Rodeo final round, taking place in Vegas.  We were with a bunch of other rodeo enthusiasts which made it fun.  There was a live auction as well as a silent auction going on.  We were able to donate a praying cowboy and some hooks for the silent auction.  It was a fundraiser for the Cowboy Crisis Fund which helps support rodeo cowboys while they cannot compete due to injury.  Heath and I decided that we could afford to go if we made enough money at our craft shows and sure enough, we did.  Thank you for the blessing, Lord.  We got to sit next to Connie and Ernie which was awesome fellowship.

We had a nice evening.  I will have to admit though, I must be getting old because when the rodeo was over and the band started to play, I was ready to go home and go to bed.  Granted it was 11 pm by this point, but in college I wouldn't even go out until at least 9 or 9:30 pm!  LOL!  Heath is always such a trooper, up for anything.  We have so much fun together.  I was asleep before we got home.  ;)

And We Danced!

21st Century Christmas Party

....And We Danced!

Thank you Tricia for this beautiful dress!

We had an AMAZING evening tonight at my 21st Century Christmas party.  It was an absolutely lovely event.  We are guessing there were around 240 people there.  This was the party for the north region stores and they are having another party tomorrow night for the south regions stores.  The prime rib was the best I have ever had, the company was great, and the dancing was the *BEST* part!

Heath danced with me to the Dueling Pianos from Denver, Colorado all evening.  One time when the song "Jeremiah was a Bullfrog" came on, Heath tried ever so politely to tell me that we were the only ones on the dance floor.  I told him it didn't matter, nobody was judging us, just have fun.  Turns out shortly after having this quick conversation, "The lady in the black dress and the man in the red shirt, please come forward."  We could not deny they were talking about us!  We had to go in front of the whole crowd with one other couple and do the hand motions to the song, some of which were not entirely appropriate.  My face was the color of Heath's shirt!  Then, we had to stand behind each other and do the "all the boys and girls" to each other.  Watch the link below for the true motions, pay particular attention to the "all the boys and girls" part and use your imagination of us up in front of a couple hundred people....now think what a good man Heath is!  Don't get me wrong, I am not embarrassed to be on the dance floor dancing, but these motions made me blush!  ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF8VsH3e0N4

WONDERFUL Husband

I brought the beautiful flowers from Heath to work so that I could enjoy them all day this week!  Thank you Honey!