Our Holiday Card
What can I say? It slipped through the cracks… 🙁
We always send out a holiday card with a family picture… something to show how we’ve changed and how the kids have grown. In the past, we’ve included farm animals, the barn, our Christmas tree, Shaleigh’s doll that she called her baby brother and made me carry around in public, cute smiling kids… so many things. This year, not so much. We’ve been busy… the month got away from me… does the Covid excuse still work?! I don’t know… and I can’t list all of the excuses. Holiday cards is one of my favorite parts of this season… I love to see all of the families and scenery and I love to hear from people that I don’t get to hear from at other times in the year. I don’t have a card this year. I’m sad about it, and I’m sorry… but hopefully this post will work as a substitute.
The alpacas and Bridget 
Shaleigh and Bridget 
Oh look, Bridget and the alpacas again! 
Shaleigh took horse lessons down the road from us in the Fall and loved it! It was so fun to watch her be brave. 
Braden played soccer this year after not playing because of Covid… here’s an exaggerated smiley pre-game picture of Shaleigh and Braden 
Pretty sky on the homestead 
Shaleigh helped at the birth of a mini-schnauzer litter and here they are feeding the runt of the litter, Laci 
The schnauzer litter 🙂 
The babies grew so much week to week 
Some of you might have guessed that we ended up bringing one of the schnauzer babies home – Meet Mary Clare (aka Mare) 
Shaleigh says I’m Mare’s Grandma… I guess if Shaleigh is her mom, then I am her Grandma, but… ummmm… 
Waiting for the babies at the school bus stop – the biggest development in our year, we have school school kids, instead of home school kids! 
Christmas tree hunting… the kids were super grumpy, but we ended up with a beautiful tree from our friends’ tree farm in town 
So pretty! 
A winter-y homestead
3 Comments
Riley E Martin
Well, you started calling me Granny (and it stuck when the human Grands started coming…)bwhen your first grown-up pup, Curry, was a baby, so it follows that you’re Granny to Mare, B! Loved the FB Holiday card! Can’t put it on the fridge, but still fun to see your beautiful photos. Merry Daze, Sweets!! See you so soon!! 😘😘😘😘, Mama
stevenshomestead
You became Granny to Curry when I was 28, and you were 51… I guess that is not much older than my 46, but lots different than Shaleigh’s 10. And she’s already taking about how I’ll be Great Grandma to Mare’s pups. 😳
Kathryn Lamoureaux
Oh how I loved to see your 2021 holiday “card”!!! I miss you girl but am elated you all seem happy and healthy living your best life🎄Happy Holidays to you and yours🎄