We love our pets. And they are spoiled. Buster went from a backyard only dog to the couch.

 Grandma Ann's birthday!

 Grandma Pat's Birthday!

 Truman and Kwynn with their art creations from school art class.

 Truman having breakfast and watching Star Wars in his PJs.

 For Amelia's birthday, she wanted to have a sleepover with friends. Several of her classmates were sick so she invited Faith, Addi, Brooke and Adrianna over.

 Supergirl cake for a super 8 year old.

 Pinata bashing in the basement.

 On Saturday the Kern's invited us to go to Pratt to go skating for a Trolls themed skate morning. Then Dragon's Den for lunch.

 More puppy snuggles.

 Amelia and I had a mother daughter date night at the Crazy Mule to hear some live music.

Puppies!

Travis and I both were invited to the Rural Leaders Retreat in Valley Falls last week. It was a great time away, brainstorming good ideas, making further plans for the Big Kansas Road Trip and getting to know better other Kansas Ambassadors.

I had a great birthday. Again this year, Amelia planned a party for me. At first, she wanted to have my friends over for a sleepover but with the help of grandmas, settled on dinner with the Petty's, mom, dad, Ray and Pat.

I have learned a few songs on the ukulele and had taken it over. When I started playing, the puppies went silent and just listened.

Taught Amelia how to play speed card game the other night. We had lots of fun. I remember Ashley and I playing probably hundreds of hands.

Happy New Year!

We rang in 2018 at home. We had some friends over for dinner and to hang out. By 10pm, it was just us. We watched the ball drop in New York at 11 then waited until 12. It was the first time the kids remembered being up until midnight on new years.