After grocery shopping this morning...it was just too nice out to go inside, so we made some fun in the sun in our front yard (the back was in shade)
...pretty sure it'll hold us all...
...."me too?"
...the boys are more persistent than the girls...read on to see if they made it up. 
Olivia likes to run everyone through their paces periodically...gotta keep in shape! Here the kids are doing some pushups, bicycles, crunches & wall scaling.
Malcolm had a chance to crawl around outside today...he discovered a twig!!
Sabrina was mixing drinks for us, because we got quite thirsty in the hot sun!
Olivia, as she likes to do, was showing us some of her dance moves...very artisitic!
Noah... just before he climbed the light standard; impressive!
This morning, I dragged myself out of bed to mix up some sweet raisin fritter batter (otherwise known as portzelky or new years cookies or oly bolen or any number of other names). We had "seen in" the new year with my (Vange) brothers & sisters, consequently I was greatly tired, but rise to the occasion I did! Rick assisted me, and by 9:30 AM I was back in bed while the batter rose. (I'll spare you THAT picture). Back up @ 10:30 to start the deep frying......
...actually, Rick did the frying & I did the dough-drops into the oil. This is the pot with various stages of doneness....
...and this is the finished product! They may not look like much, but are they ever tasty dipped in suger! Not to brag, but definitely my best ever! It was a good start to the new year. Now, sadly, it's almost time to take down all the Christmas decor and start looking forward to next Christmas :) HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! MAY WE ALL EXPERIENCE GOD'S GRACE & PEACE IN THE COMING MONTHS!!
Dec 29th found us at Rick's parents' place for the extended Falk family gathering...I can honestly say, I did NOT get tired of turkey. It's always good (especially when Mom adds her yummy cabbage rolls to the menu)
We had to wait until Dec 28th this year to have our own little family christmas celebration, but it was well worth the wait. We are SO blessed with our children & grandchildren!!
Dec 26th we spent @ Ron & Viv's with the Boschman family (at least most of it) Good times!
Santa did not disappoint! We missed Greg, Becky & Noah who were in Summerland :(
