Ice Storm Fun

Wednesday morning we woke up to a blanket of white....





It finally warmed up to a toasty 25 degrees so we bundled up and went out to play in the cold! We dug out the insulated coveralls and snow boots and we were ready to play!


Nanny Papa and Izzy



Nanny and Jessie


Papa and Jessie sliding on the ice!

After about 30 minutes we headed back to the house and warmed up by the fire!

2009 Ice Storm

The weather man predicted we would have an ice storm this week! Monday as I left for work it started to mist lightly, by noon we had a heavy mist that was sticking. A I headed home it was a light freezing rain and temperatures were dropping. At 10:00 pm we had a thin layer of ice over everything. Tuesday morning we woke up to freezing rain, then sleet, some snow, then back to sleet, which lasted until late Tuesday night. Of course schools were closed and so were the major business. We mainly stayed in by the fire, but Papa got out for a while to take care of the cows! Late last night the sleet stopped and we woke up this morning to 9 degrees and a white wonder land. There is an inch of ice on the power lines and about 4 inches of sleet on top of a layer of ice. The sun is shining so it is suppose to warm up to 25 degrees so we are going to bundle up and go out and play on the 4 wheelers!


It's sleeting!


Still sleeting........


Papa heading out in the sleet to feed!


View from the front porch Wednesday morning.....

View from the back porch Wednesday morning...

Jessie Makes the News

This is the article that appeared in the Allen Advocate this week.


Jessie entered a poem in the Creative Communications poetry contest. Poems entered are judged by poets, writers and educators for its literary merit, creativity and social significance. Out of thousands of entries Jessie's poem was found worthy of publication and will be published in the anthology A Celebration of Poets.

OSU Papa?

It is OK all you OU fans and Sanders family, it was only for one game. Mike says he wore the shirt to honor the new "doctor" in the family! (Perry got his Doctorate in Education recently) Looks like Mike wearing the OSU shirt put the kiss of death on OSU with their lost to the Ducks! The shirt will now be used as a grease rag!!

Christmas Trees

This year we decided to start a new tradition and put a tree outside as well as inside. Mike and Jessie took the 4-wheelers and went looking for the perfect tree for the front porch. We put lights on it added a few other decorations and had our outside decorations for the year!

Outside Decorations



Indoor Tree

Merry Christmas

The house was a flurry of activity Christmas morning! Michael, Cathlena, Jaymeson, Caitlin, Jessie, Papa and I opened our gifts and spent the day enjoying snacks.


Caitlin, Jessie and Jaymeson looking for the "pickle" on the tree. The one who finds the pickle gets an extra gift!


Michael, Jaymeson and Papa work on putting Star Wars legos together!

We went in to Allen to spend some time with Nana and everyone had a great day!



Nana, Caitlin, Jessie and Jaymeson

Jessie Update

The youth group at church had a Christmas party and everyone was to come up with a costume that depicted a part of Christmas. Jessie went as a Christmas package! The package on her shirt and her socks had flashing lights on them! What a package!





Jessie was invited to attend the Calvin Christmas dance. Her friend Kyla came out and did her hair and Cathlena and Caitlin help with her make up. She looked beautiful!