Papa babysits

  Guess papa had to hide the pop tarts I bought so Sibley could cook the kids breakfast in her toaster oven. He said he wanted them to eat lunch! Render said papa shot him in the " leg pit" (behind the knee ) with the nerf gun. Haha!

Spinach soup for dinner... Wasn't as good as I hope!

Cold babe after bath

Great Horned Owl

Some of our favorite neighbors, the Carlisles, called because an owl had been stuck in their fence. They were able to cut it loose but the barbed wire was still in the wing. First a mite flew from the owl and unto Cory... Hehe! The first time I saw this was in vet school when I was working on a buzzard. It was gross then and its gross now!! 

This creature IS AMAZING!!!!! 

Apparently they are mating this time of year and cool fact... They are nest thieves. They particularly like the hawk nest best. Also they lay 2 eggs days apart. That's why if you never see a nest the babies are different sizes. 

We were able to remove the wire and get him comfortable until he could hitch a ride to Auburn. 

The plumiforms, "ear tufts", aren't actually ears and the purpose is unknown. Their real ears are asymmetrical, one ear high and one ear low, to help locate prey. They also adjust the little feathers in the facial disc to adjust their hearing. But the eyes... Now this is cool ... Are fixed into position... That's why they rotate their heads and can rotate up to 270 degrees!

AMAZING!!!

Sleepy heads

Boone in his chair... Render on the sofa... Gaitz in our bed after his alarm clock was blaring and I found him asleep on the sofa with his book. Girls still snoozing upstairs. 

Proud big girl

Santa brought bed rails so she gets to sleep with Sibley. Merritt was proud and Sibley was motherly. I will never know the true extent of secrets and laughs that will be shared in this room for the next 12+ years ... That is just between them but I do know the thought of it warms my heart. 

T'was the Night Before Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

Untraditional Christmas Eve

We spent the night spreading Christmas cheer in a very untraditional way. Ready for church when Cory received a call from Georgia Power. These storms had left some of our neighbors in Hamilton without power and a service truck had gotten stuck.... Real stuck! 

To spread the cheer we brought the GP guys cookies, fudge, sweet tea and apples. 

The kids and I played by skipping rocks in the puddles till it got dark, then watched Charlie Brown's Christmas, then sang and danced to Christmas music on the radio.

 

   

 

 

It took a very long time but then we could see the

lights creeping through the trees!

Cory pulling them every inch of the way.

These guys... Oh God Bless Them!! Christmas

Eve and they were headed to 3 more calls in the storm so that

all of our Christmas Tress could shine brightly!

Thank you Georgia Power Guys!!

 

We saw our own version of fantasy in lights on the way home... Never did make it to moms for dinner because Merritt started throwing up again. (BUT sweet Bamps delivered me some lasagna... I do mean just me since nobody else in the house could stomach it) 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Day

Someone loves her new headlamp

 

 

 

Nerf gun war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas At Papa's

Render whispered to santa for a very long time!

 

 

 

  Some serious game of operation happening!