Trevor

"prudent, discreet"::"gift of jehovah"

"For the Lord God i s a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."

Psalms 84:11

Happy 19th Birthday Trevor!

Enjoying the Cold Weather!!!

The one benefit to all this cold weather is it keeps the pond frozen!!!! Over the holidays we spent many days ice skating. After the snow last Monday we had to get the snow off the pond so we had a lot of work to do :-( We spent most of the day Tuesday sweeping the ice with occasional snowball fights and breaks.

John came out to entertain us for awhile.

Taking a break!

Snowball Fight!!

With the snow swept off we were ready to resume ice skating!!!! As you can tell we got a good size area swept off but NOT the whole pond!!!! By Wednesday afternoon our cousins from Nebraska had arrived and the kids spent all day Thursday and Friday afternoon on the ice.

Brady, Katie and Josiah

The pond was even thick enough to bring out the 4-wheelers!!

Ryan giving Brady (a cousin) a ride.

On Saturday afternoon Dave, Miah, Ben, Jesse and Matt Busenitz came over and joined our group for a game of hockey. With the boys busy playing hockey, Kara and Bethany got to ride the 4-wheelers with their cousin Amanda, but the photographer forgot to take some pictures :-(

Family Christmas

Everyone insisted we take our family picture outside since there was snow! What you don't see is our teeth chattering ;-)

Braxton's First Christmas

How many people does it take to make coffee?!!!

Justin was showing us how one of his christmas presents (a coffee press) worked.  Ryan and Kara said it made really good coffee!

John loves his new blanket ;-)  You will notice by all the pictures of John that he received a lot of  "John Deere" items.  He has quiet a collection of tractors, combines, & trailers... and yes, they're all "John Deere"! :-)

John and Braxton with their matching balls!

Ryan's gag gift to Kara!!!

Bullet earrings! The boys say they are 223s! Kara says they are way too heavy to wear, so don't expect to see her wearing them ;-)

So WHO ate all the peppernuts?!!!!

Braxton's famous face... he loves to sing. :-)

Playing a new game (a christmas gift).

     

Isaac Christmas

On Christmas morning we ventured out at 6am and traveled to Meade to visit my Grandpa & Grandma Isaac and family. We had been concerned the previous day that the roads may be bad, but the Lord granted us good roads; although it was very windy!! Of course, the day was full of playing table games - a favorite pass time for the Isaac side of the family.

Some of the uncles and boy cousins are playing "Settlers of Catan".

Uncle Bill brought a box of puzzles that he challenged us to put together. Unfortunately, he forgot the solutions paper and some didn't get solved!

Visiting around the table after indulging in a scrumptious mashed potatoes, ham, & turkey dinner.

Matthew volunteered to clean out the jello pan!!! Kara made her famous rainbow jello salad that was a big hit!!!!

The younger cousins enjoying Christmas dinner!

Some of the cousins and uncles playing "Risk" and "Carcazone."

Starting at the left: Todd Isaac, Dayne Taylor, Uncle Rick, Charisma Isaac, Matthew, Uncle Bill, Ryan, Tyler Isaac, and Mark

Us girl cousins playing "Dominoes."

Megan Isaac, Melissa Taylor, Ashley, Kara and Bethany.

The aunts and grandma even squeezed in a game. They played a new game called "Ticket to Ride".

Ok, can you tell we like German games;-)

Josiah and Tyler Isaac.

Everyone gathered to sing christmas carols.

Charisma Isaac and Emily

Christmas Celebration

This past Sunday, we had our annual church Christmas party which involved a lunch and a program of music.

Mr. Smith, our wonderful chief! 

Bethany, Kara, Susanna Kientz, & Leah Kientz.

Ethan Busenitz & John wearing their matching cowboy bibs that Kara made for them.

(Going clockwise) Ryan, Miah Busentiz, Kyle Beeson, James Beeson, Luke Kientz, Josiah, Micah Kientz, & Mark.

Hannah Smith, Angie Beeson, Ashley, Emily Beeson, Traci Beeson, & Emily