Ranch Lainhart ~ Home of the Wild!: Clogging and Snow!!!!

Janel and I had our clogging performance at the Festival of Trees on Thursday night. It was held at the Shiloh Inn. Janel and I were actually excited to perform. The week before Janel video taped our dance routine at class for us to practice. We PRACTICED and practiced and practiced. I think Kyle was tired of our practicing. We practiced up stair in the toy room since it had a wood floor. Janel has been clogging only a 3 weeks and me 2 months. We had fun wearing fun matching shirts and such.

Janel and I are in the front row. I am the third girl to come in and Janel is the 5th girl to come in on the front row. Enjoy!!!!

Kyle attempted to shoot an Elk again and didn't get one. He has until the 30th to shoot one before the season ends. Please PRAY he gets one so this never ending hunting trip can be OVER!!! I sometimes think he does it on purpose just so he can have an excuse to leave me and camp.

I attempted to be creative with the kids and made homemade bird food. I got a recipe online and tried it out with my turkey shaped pan. It got burnt in the oven and really didn't stay together. It sucked really, but the kids all had fun. They all got a different ingredient and we sat on the kitchen floor and they all added it to a mixing bowl. We are just going to put the concoction in a bird feeder and hang it from the huge pine tree in the front yard. To add to the kid entertainment....Gideon has been dying to play hide n go seek. So, we obliged him and played the other night. Now mind you we play with most the lights off. So, when it was my turn to seek Kyle acts like Spiderman and is at the top of our closet. He got all mad about it though because Blake gave his position away! I managed to take a picture. It is funny to see the funny places the kids hide. I have great memories of playing Hide N Go Seek around the house or Ghost in the Graveyard around the Block. Fun Fun!

Bird will eat Bird!

We ended up making this Bird House to put the bird Food in beacuse the turkey kept falling apart!

Kyle's hiding spot!

We have had snow the past 4 days and man is it snowing. We have at least a foot of snow and this morning I went out back and saw the HUGE snow drifts up the door and stairs. YUCK! Jared/Keri and their family are here visiting. We love them coming over and staying. It is a little chaotic with 9 KIDS running around screaming at various times of the day. We took the kids to a park by our house that has a bunch of hills in it. The did some sledding....actually all of if took turns. Even Kyle, Janel and I. I like laying on my belly with one of the mats and letting one of the kids ride on my back down. Cami and Anna really like to do that. Blake and Colton liked riding on the sled. Poor Hannah didn't really like much of anything...she was just too cold! Luke and Gideon loved using the mats and were up and down in no problem. They didn't want to go, but we still had to cook diner and the other kids were cold. It was too windy to stay long, but the kids had a good time. hot chocolate when they got home!