So we noticed our heater was starting to make a lot of noise and began vibrating the floors and walls in the house. We knew we needed to get it checked out. Well early Monday morning (2:20am) I woke up and noticed a new strange noise it started to make. Come to find out the fan busted. Kenney disassembled the whole housing unit hoping we could get it fixed quicker and easier. By 4:30 we were back in bed with extra blankets on everyone. The next day we called the heating people and hoped to get a part in before Christmas, and I took the kids to Childress so we could be warm. The part got ordered; now we just had to hope it got in and they would be able to install the new fan. Late Tuesday we found out the fan was installed. I picked up the fan and brought it home expecting us to have heat that night. Kenney put the housing unit back in, hooked up all the wires, and it wouldn't turn on!! UGH!!!! Then he noticed it was missing a 3amp fuse. One little fuse!! Somehow it had been pulled out. Of course all the stores in Wellington were closed, and the Dollar Store didn't have one. So we were stuck without heat once again. Before falling asleep Kenney noticed some of our friends had a rough week too and got a stomach bug on top of all the other bad things that happened to them. He said, "I would much rather be cold than be throwing up!" Well little did he know that at 2:20am (a horrible time I've decided) Radley would start throwing up!! You have got to be kidding me!! So now we had no heat and the stomach bug!!! Thankfully only Radley and Kyler have thrown up and Kenney was able to find a fuse Wednesday morning here in town! We now have a working heater and (fingers crossed) a healthy family!
Damon said he wasn't feeling good, so he fell asleep with his head in a bowl, just in case.
Radley fell off the couch and hit a table giving him quite the goose egg!
It swelled up so fast!
The night a really bad cold front came blowing in, the condensation on our windows froze. There was solid ice on the inside of our windows when the heater was working!!
We've spent a lot of time looking at these wires lately!!
See that purple fuse with a "3" on it?? that was not there when we got the heater back from the repairman! That one little $.75 part kept us cold for one more night!!
This has nothing to do with the rest of the post, but here his what Daddy does to try and keep this girl happy at church! She has become quite the handful during church. We'll do what ever works!
The best part of the holidays is getting to play with all the cousins!! The boys are in heaven when everyone comes to play! I'm not the best about getting the camera out when everyone is around, but here are a few things that kept the kids busy and happy, which means I'm busy and happy too!
This has been the favorite thing to do at Nana and Papa's house lately. All of them gather around the TV and play the X-box.
Look at me Mom!
Running around getting into everything!!
Papa & Damon
Lately there has been a phone in Bentley's hands at all times!
Damon always wants Bentley to sit with him while she drinks her milk.
Bentley likes the camera on the phone.
One day at lunch Papa came home from work and brought a bounce house for the kids to play in. They were so excited!!
Kids jumping everywhere!!
Static hair!
All those crazy boys and Bentley!! She doesn't look too thrilled to be with all of them.
Bentley wasn't so sure about the bounce house, but her hair sure was cute!!
Radley was having a rough time saying cinnamon roll!
This year we had a lot of Kenney's siblings come celebrate part of the Christmas holiday with us and made it so much more fun! Sunday night we did the Keys Christmas complete with a Nativity and presents. The kids had a blast!
2 Shephards
All the Shephards
Classic Bentley
Someone's excited!!
The cutest little Joseph I've ever seen (aka Bruce)!
Mary (aka Gentry), baby Jesus, and Joseph
Radley waving to his buddy Bruce. Apparently Joseph and the Shepherds were pretty friendly!
The Shepherds visiting baby Jesus
Just waiting for the Nativity to be over so she can open presents.
The Wise Men presenting gifts to Jesus
The whole Nativity crew
The Kenney Keys' Kids
The Payne Kids
Cary Shane Family
Kevin Keys' Kids
16 of the 19 grandkids with 2 more coming soon! Can the crazy get worse???
Bentely with her big present!
She thought it was better as a step stool
The boys were super excited about their remote control cars. It was funny because 6 of the boys got these cars, and they all opened them up one right after the other!! It was funny because every time another one was open they would all yell, "It's the same thing!"
Here is the Nativity in full if you want to watch it.
I was so excited to watch the boys' school Christmas programs because Kyler was sick last year and missed it. They were both so cute and knew all the words and actions to their songs. They seemed to really have fun and enjoy their programs. Daddy was even able to come watch which was exciting for the boys.
Damon looking thrilled to sing!!
The entire Kindergarten class at the elementary school.
Here is Damon singing Jingle Bells.
Damon singing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
We laughed so hard when we saw Kyler walk out onto the stage because no one told him how to wear his Santa hat. His hate looked like a sailor's hat rather than a Santa hat, haha!!
The entire 1st grade. It still amazes me how small this school is even though I went to a really small school.
Look at Kyler get into these songs!!
Hahaha!!
Kyler singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
Kyler singing Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (I think that's what it's called).
I have really wanted to get a bigger and nicer Christmas tree, but I figured this would not be the year. Bentley is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to destruction!! She is so much worse than the boys ever were. I sincerely cannot keep up with her if I need to get anything done. Usually multiple rooms are a huge mess by the time I finish whatever I am doing. So I decided to put off the big tree til next year when Bentley will hopefully be much less destructive. However, the kids had fun no matter the size of our tree or the look of our ornaments!!
Kyler was really good about putting the breakable ornaments at the top since he can reach the top of our tree.
Radley took this very seriously.
Cheese!!
Damon was trying to make sure there were decorations all around the tree.
I love the colors of Christmas!
Bentley made sure that she wasn't left out. She also redecorates the tree daily!!
"Oooo, look at this one!"
I thought it would be fun to record what each of the kids wanted for Christmas this year. Damon and Radley's responses change frequently, but they usually involve a dog, even though neither of them mentioned that in the video. Side note: Bentley looks like a homeless child in this video; I promise she is very well taken care of!
