Journaling my Journey

Keller's final Christmas gift this year came a few days late. He has wanted a pet for so long and decided at 7 he would be responsible enough to help take care of it. So, we went to the Norman Animal Shelter and adopted a 2 year old( so they say, we think he is closer to a year) yellow lab. Keller named him Flash because he runs as fast as The Flash (the superhero for all you non-geeks😜).  I'm sure there will be more adventures of Keller and Flash to come. Stay tuned!

We hosted Christmas Eve at our house this year. Joli, Gene, Alayna, Stuart, Rita, Robin, and Todd were all here. (Adam, Ingrid, and Kari's were in Florida. Tanner and Jessica were in West Virginia.) Look at all those presents! Most of them were for Keller and Alayna! Before bed Keller had to go out and sprinkle reindeer food in the yard for all of Santa's reindeer.  Santa came and brought Keller a new bike and lots of Star Wars stuff in his stocking ( The Force Awakens just opened).  Then we went to Nonnie and Papa Todd's in Edmond to open even more presents! Finally, at the end of the day I was able to get a photo of our little family!  It was an exhausting 2 days with lots of Christmas celebrations and we are already looking forward to next year. 

I keep telling Keller jack is going to get fat if he doesn't stop with the sweets. This morning Jack was at it again, decorating and eating Christmas cookies. 

I can't believe Keller is 7 this year! Where has the time gone????? For his birthday this year we enjoyed a nice quiet night at home with just the grandparents and is. I'm  I cooked Keller's favorite dinner, chicken and rice, and made him a Darth Vader cake. After school we went to Target and he picked out these Darth Vader Pajamas that he then insisted on wearing the rest of the night and we had a nice after-school treat at Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt.