Merry December!

How is it already December, folks? I'm hoping to get the blog updated over the next few weeks. Life may be settling down some. I keep telling myself busy is good. 

Until I can update, here's a glimpse of our Christmas card this year. Family pictures didn't take place this year due to poor planning, wind and sickness so I opted for a little year in review {plus trucks with trees, kittens and tartan}.  Hope to be back to blogging more often soon.

The Polar Express

During Thanksgiving break this cute crew got to travel on the Polar Express to the North Pole with their Mimi and Jim-dad.

Mimi and Jim-dad have six grandsons. So you can only imagine how rowdy this crew can be but they do great with them! Mimi is the best boy-grandma!

We wanted to get some pictures before they headed off on their adventure. As you can imagine, it was quite the ordeal.

Don't they look darling in their matching pajamas?!

Smile boys :)

Brother towers: Kallahan and Keeler

Brody and Bryon

#themBakerbros

The cutest cousins

 and then they were off...

 Mimi and Jim-dad were great about sending us pictures throughout the evening.

 I'm sure they spent a small fortune on souvenirs but they sure made some little boys feel special.

 Keeler told Santa that he wanted a kitten. Kallahan told Santa he wanted farm toys, just like Bryon did.

Thanks Mimi and Jim-dad for such a fun adventure. They have talked about it nonstop for days.

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see." - The Polar Express

November Highlights

Here we are another month is almost gone.  What have we been up to? It's been so busy it's almost a blur but I'll share some of our favorite highlights from the month.

Tyler and the boys have really enjoyed some hunting on the farm.

Keeler enjoyed having Mimi, Jim-dad and Granny at his school's Grandparent's Day.

My boys are beyond blessed in the grandparent department.

Keeler got to stay home after lunch on Grandparent's Day so he helped me put up Christmas decorations.

This is such daunting task. I try to get our stuff up mid-November that way it's up and ready when we return home from Thanksgiving. I feel like we get to enjoy it longer. 

I did more online shopping throughout the year than normal {and tried to cut back some} so I knew I better go through my stash before Black Friday. While it was all out, I convinced Tyler to help me wrap. He's such a stud! 

We celebrated uncle Troy's birthday this month! He's the best. My boys look up to him so much.

Keeler enjoyed Pajama Day at school on the day before Thanksgiving break.

And then wonderful Thanksgiving Break. I'm always thankful to have some of my favorite ladies by my side. We couldn't get there fast enough.

Thanksgiving Day was great. We had a delicious meal at Mimi and Jim-Dad's.

Tyler bonded with Phoenix and we enjoyed visiting with family.

Black Friday was a success as always. Starbucks, my favorite ladies and shopping. What's not to love?

I even managed to win a gift certificate in the mall.

The boys has just as much time having cousin time while the big boys went golfing.

Kallahan LOVES his Jacey. 

Saturday, Mimi & Jim-dad took the boys on the Polar Express {post coming soon}.

While we were there, I shared with Tyler's sister our recent loss of Kitty Whiskers. Before we headed home, she helped arrange getting us these two adorable kittens from one of her girlfriends.

On Saturday, Keeler told Santa he wanted a kitten so we had to make this happen. We didn't plan on getting new kittens so soon but it all worked out.

The kittens are feeling right at home.

The little cowboys have been great helpers with them.

They've named them Bud Trigger and Blizzy (short for Blizzard) Bloom.

It's been quite the month.

Kitty Whiskers

You may recall that we babysat our Aunt Ronda's kitten back a couple months ago. Well, we fell in LOVE with this little kitten and just couldn't give her back. Ronda was sweet and knew that she would be safer at our house than out on the farm.

Even Koko liked her.

I started buying her outfits and she became the little girl I always wanted. I kept thinking, I'm NOT a cat person. What am I doing? But she won me over. She won us all over.

Everyone that came over was in awe over her gentle demeanor. She was so calm and just loved the little cowboys. She was so good with them.

Unfortunately, last week Kitty Whiskers passed away. It was a complete accident and I wish so much that we could have her back.

This is the last photo I took of our sweet girl. We only had her a couple of months but she opened up a special place in my heart. RIP