Happy Holidays

Christmas has come and gone and I cannot believe it. Kade was so excited this year for Christmas. We counted down the days to Santa's arrival and made sure he had a snack for his long journey. Kade made Christmas a lot of fun this year. He wanted everything he saw on TV this year. Santa tried really hard to fulfil his every need, but he was unable to find the crayon maker. However, he did leave mommy and daddy some money so that they could buy it later. LOL
The biggest surprise of Christmas was Kade getting a puppy. We surprised Kade on Wednesday by taking him to a farm and allowed him to pick out a blue heeler puppy. He was so excited. He said, "I love puppies." He had a hard time choosing one at first, but he finally picked out Troy. We bought Troy from a family by the last name of Troyer, hence the name Troy.

Our nieces Talyn and Hadley liked Troy so much they convinced their parents into buying them each a puppy. Talyn named her puppy Bo and Hadley named her's Luke.

The Christmas season brought out something new this year. Ryan became an actor. We both took roles in our Church's Christmas program entitled, "Virgil's First Christmas." Ryan is still the talk of the town and everyone wants an encore performance. Below is a picture of Ryan and I as Mr. and Mrs. Tishwater.

Our Christmas festivities ended yesterday at Kathy and Rodney's. So now it is back on the diet. I have gained 5 pounds of the 13 lost back over a two week period. Time to buckle down and stay away from the buckeyes.