The Simple Life

Monday, December 25, 2017

Christmas 2017!

We had a very merry Christmas this year. We spent Christmas Eve with Robert's family. We played games, had a great dinner, had a talent show and a live nativity story with the grandkids.

Bruce was the narrator, so he's not in the picture.
Linda was Mary.
Claire was a horse.
Jane was an angel/star.

Jane played the piano for the talent show.
Linda played the violin.
Claire did a dance with her cousin Audrey.
Bruce did the worm in the Scott Thompson family skit but managed not to be in a picture again.

My kids are so funny. They've been trained well by their mother not to be morning people. :) So, we set the alarm for 8am so everyone could get up to see what Santa brought. The kids loved their gifts and have had fun playing with everything since.

Merry Christmas!

We're ready for the new year now.

Monday, December 4, 2017

Thanksgiving Festivities

This year we went to Dan and Michelle's house for Thanksgiving with the Thompson side of the family. We had some great food and the kids played donut on a string and Kahoots. It was nice, and even nicer not to have to do a bunch of cooking and cleaning.

The next day we went to Palmdale, A bunch of Robert's aunts, uncles and cousins met up at Patty and John's house. Robert, Bruce, Linda, and I went shooting(the bruise on my arm just healed), and Linda and Claire stayed back for a turkey/candy hunt. That night we had a bbq around a fire. It was a lot of fun.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Our First Teenage Girl!

Linda is officially a teenager! She turned 13yrs. old on the 22nd. We had strawberry shortcake for her birthday cake. She got some new clothes, a riding helmet, a necklace, purse, boogie board, and all kinds of fun stuff.

We went to Medieval Times to celebrate. The kids really loved it and it was fun to see the knights and all of the beautiful horses.

We love Linda so much. She was born a lady. She has a compassionate, kind spirit. She loves horses, babysitting, reading, and being creative. She has grown in to a beautiful young woman. We're so lucky to know her.
Here is her yearly birthday picture with Grandpa Thompson.