Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

This year was a very different Christmas. We got more snow a day before Christmas, which meant that family wasn't able to travel to our place for the feast. I was up at 8am to make my 14lb turkey. I was going to still make turkey even if everyone couldn't make it. My mom (Janet) was able to make it over to our house. So we were able to celebrate Christmas with some family. Logan got some great gifts from Santa, he really enjoys opening presents. Much better this year than last year. Thought maybe once the snow stopped falling we would be able to do some after Christmas shopping, but that was a no, the wind came up and kept me from going out.

Sunday the weather was better and the family was able to come and have Christmas. We saved the turkey from Christmas day to eat. Which was awesome! We had Steve, Shar, Kevin, Angie, Zack, and Jeff over for supper and presents. What fun, Logan got to see his grandpa Steve. With all the snow that Nebraska and Iowa has gotten we were not able to make it to Iowa to see our grandparents who live in Alantic, IA. Maybe we can make it sometime in the new year.
I'm sorry I didn't take as many pictures this Christmas as I have in the past, but we do have some pictures of Logan playing with his favorite toy. Bowling.. We even have some short videos.




On the 29Th I got to babysit for my friend Amy. Her son Wyatt was born July 6,2009. He was a blast to have here. Logan was a great little helper, I have a few shots of Logan with Wyatt. It was a great day and I really enjoyed babysitting. I was pretty tired after the day was over, but it still was great fun and it was nice to earn a little extra cash for us.

Tummy time for Wyatt

Logan looking at Wyatt, wondering who this little person is. He was not here when I went to bed last night?

Logan giving Wyatt his Binky.

Well I'm gonna end this post with some pictures of Logan with daddy's shoes & hat on. He really enjoys walking around the house with daddy's shoes on. He is getting pretty good at it.




Hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year!

The Big Storm

Currently Lincoln is getting hit with lots of snow. I believe we could get 8-14inches. We will have blizzard like conditions now til Wednesday. We are snowed in for today and most likely Wednesday as well. Doug took Tuesday off with all the snow we are to get. So before the wind comes up we took Logan out to see what he would do in the snow. Logan is not a big fan of the snow, he really didn't want to be standing in it, but after some help he did start to play in it and seem to enjoy it a bit. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy! Short and Sweet post.

Turkey Anyone?

Look out! Thanksgiving is over, then its Christmas. This year we spent Thanksgiving in Henderson with Steve & Shar as our hosts. Glenn, Sue, Vic, Shirley, Kevin, Angie, Zack, Doug, Logan and I were all there with empty tummies.Jeff was there in spirit, we all missed him and wished him safe travels when he does get to come home again. It was a wonderful day for turkey and family. Shar did a wonderful job (like always) making us a great meal it didn't take long and we were full of food. The day was filled with lots of laughs, great photos taken. Logan always haves a great time with grandpa Steve. He was able to go outside and play with Steve & Kevin, while the rest of the family talked about how fast the year as gone, played with Zack (who growing like a weed). I have to say that I'm thankful for my great family. Now with Thanksgiving over its time to get ready for my most favorite holiday Christmas. I want to take Logan to see Santa, we tried last year, but he was to little to really see him. This year will be better. Wonder if he will be scared? I will end this post with pictures from Thanksgiving. Enjoy, hope to see everyone before the end of the year.

Its the Great Pumpkin Logan Michel!

Today was a big day. We took Logan to the pumpkin patch. We went to Roca Berry Farm, What a fun filled evening this was. Here is a list of all the things we did and then bring on the pictures. Seen some goats, pigs, chickens, a rooster (Logan tried to make the rooster call), a pony, a donkey, walked through a fun house, went to jail, climbed up straw bails, looked for bunnies in a bunny farm, rode a trike, went down a couple slides, took a hayrack to the pumpkin patch to find the best one. Logan didn't care to much for walking through the pumpkin patch, to many vines and rotten pumpkins to trip on. He did stop once in awhile to look at everything around him and always to see where daddy was at. After playing in the pumpkin patch we rode back to the barn and got a wagon to find some more pumpkins. We left Roca Berry with two big and two Logan size pumpkins, three gourds, and two mini pumpkins and tools to carve our pumpkins. I have to say it was a good way to spend part of the evening as a family, looking forward to move seasons like that. I don't know who had more fun, Doug, Me or Logan. Hahaha, I tried to take as many pictures as I could, but its pretty hard when you only got like one second before Logan is off doing something else. Here are a few of our favorites. Enjoy!














Some up coming events, Husker football tonight, Go Big Red! Saturday and Sunday we plan to finish looking at houses in the Fall Parade of Homes (this all depends on what mother nature brings us. I have heard snow), Monday Logan has his 18 months check up, which will include regular shots, and a regular flu shot, and depending on how he feels after the doctor we may drive to Henderson to spend time with grandma and grandpa Michel. Enjoy some last minute pictures of Logan dressed up in daddy's coat and Husker hat. What a cutie.

Thanks Mom (Janet) for reminding me that I need to post something new. My plan is to give a run down of our vacation, but since we took over 300 pictures this may take sometime. Alright here it goes...
July 13 (Monday)- up and out of the house about 7am to make the long drive to Estes Park, CO. I was somewhat worried for Logan this would be his first long car ride..When we drive in town, or to Henderson he does fine, but 7 1/2 hours worried me a little. We made some extra stops to get the kinks out of our stiff bodies. We stopped at a rest area in CO to have lunch ( I made ham sandwiches). It was a really nice day. By the time we hit the mountains I was not feeling all that well. I don't do well with the mountains the first day. We checked into to our cabin at Glacier Lodge, unloaded the car. While I rested Doug took Logan around to look at things on the property and then we went to get dinner.


July 14 (Tuesday)- we had planned to sleep in and rest from the long car ride, but Logan had other ideas he was awake at 6am (same time all week) and ready to start the day. Once we were up and dressed we went up to Prospect Mountain to feed the chipmunks. This would be the first time Logan got to see chipmunks this close. He did a great job and really enjoyed watching and talking to the chipmunks as they were running around us. There were sometimes where he was not happy to be put in the stroller. The chipmunks are pretty tame if you sit long enough they will run right on you to get a peanut.



After Prospect Mountain we headed to Rocky Mountain National Park to see some sites there. We walked around Bear lake, found a little cave perfect for Logan. Also walk around Sprague Lake.

Hiked up to Alberts Falls, which was a nice hike. We took Logan's little stroller and he fell asleep on the way up. We took a picture to show that Logan was there.

July 15(Wednesday), we went to Moanitou Springs, Co and took the cog train up to Pike's Peak. Which was a real cool way to travel up. It was slow, but time didn't seem matter with all the cool sites you were able to see on the way up. Logan did pretty good while we were up there. He got a little crabby, but toddlers are that way right? I didn't want to be up so high, my head felt real bad and I didn't want to do anything, but sit with my head on the table. We couldn't get back down fast enough for me.

After Pike's Peak we went to Garden of the Gods, and Cave of the Winds.
July 16(Thursday)We took the Hwy up to Trail Ridge road, made many stops on the way to look at the sites. I can't believe how great it is there. We seen lots of wildlife on this day.

July 17(Friday) went back up to Trail Ridge Road and the west side of Rocky National Park. We went to Grand Lake and Adams Falls. Lots more wildlife was seen. Here are some of our many pictures of wildlife seen during out vacation in Estes Park, CO



On Saturday, we got up and made our long trip back to Lincoln, which was very sad. I always hate when vacation time is up and you have to go back to the real world. Well I better end this post and let you all see it. This is not anywhere close what we did on vacation, but I can't write and post all the pictures we took. So next time you see us just ask to see the our photo album from our Estes Park, Co vacation and I will gladly show it to you.
I'm sorry it has taken me nearly 2 months just to get this posted, Logan keeps me pretty busy.
I will end this with a few updates.
On August 5, we welcomed Zackary David Michel to our ever growing Michel family. This is Kevin and Angie's first boy. Zack and family are doing fine, it took some doing to get little Zack into this world, but we are so proud to welcome to our family and proud of Kevin and Angie, they will make great parents.
Husker football started on September 5th. Go Big Red! Lets have a wonderful season.
September 23, Doug and I will be celebrating our 9Th wedding anniversary. I'm sure we will go out to dinner and maybe catch movie. We will have to see if we can find a set of grandparents who would want to sit for us.
Well thats all for now. Enjoy! Thanks for following our family blog. I will try to post more often.