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Happy holidays from the Honeckers

Christmas Eve day the kids and I volunteered at our town’s Community Support Shoppe while Andy was at work. We greeted people as they picked out free toys, clothes, housewares and lots of food! Our church helped with the free give away and it was great to just love on people. Afterwards we delivered cookies and jam to neighbors. And that evening we headed to the candle light service at church. Ben brought his battery operated flashlight candle he’d picked up at the Support Shoppe :)

We ended up having a white Christmas after all as it’s been snowing the past two days. Just enough to cover the grass but not make roads horrible.

Christmas morning before the kids were unleashed. Everyone actually slept in until 8, it was perfect! I knew we’d get there some day!

All smiles.

We read the Christmas story from Luke 2, opened stockings and then the kids started in on the presents.

Lamest parents ever…Cassidy received a booster “big kid” seat. She was SO excited though, haha!

Jack was not as excited and just wanted breakfast.

Kids got a few combined gifts like a set of magnatiles.

They’d also picked out a few gifts for daddy at the Support Shoppe. These included Christmas bracelets, tacky ornaments and a USB game controller for a windows 98 computer :D

When you’re an adult and order your own Christmas presents, you act surprised when you open them Christmas morning!

I was surprised by this awesome industrial desk lamp Andy made me. He’d been super sneaky working on it the past few weeks. The LED “filament” is all twisty and neat too.

Another present, I love stormtroopers!

Cassidy got to work building a magnatile castle.

And Ben spent some time with his new legos.

Ben’s big present was a Nintendo DS. It’s his “upgrade” from the Leap Frog video game he’s kind of outgrown.

Snuggly Christmas Colby during our Star Wars movie marathon. We got to stay home in our pajamas all day and it’s been awesome to just relax and enjoy each other’s company.

Merry Christmas!

From the Honecker family to yours!

Mother’s Day

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Today we met my mom, Paul, Kate, Brielle and Elloree at Kelkenberg Farm in Clarence. I was doing updates on their website and saw they hosted a Mother’s Day event. I told Andy *that’s* what I wanted to do for Mother’s Day :)

We met Charlene the owner for the first time too (we had never met her in person before).

Our first activity was the wagon hay ride.

We rode around the farm, through the woods and even past a cemetery. It was here Cassidy exclaimed “That’s where zombies live!”

Handsome fellas!

Next, the kids picked their favorite colors and got to make jump ropes.

Ben took his job very seriously.

Then there were the ducky races!

The gentlemen (minus Justin who had to work).

Brielle and Nonna watched the kids make their jump ropes.

Elloree snuggled with Kate for a bit.

Cutest matching ladies!

We headed into the barn to meet some of the animals. Kelkenberg farm makes their own honey and these were some of their bees. I’m so fascinated by the intricacies of bees, but it’s definitely too time consuming a hobby for me right now.

Bunnies!

Cute little baby.

Fuzzy poof.

Baby whose mama is a dairy cow on the farm.

These two farm dogs were the sweetest. The white one had flopped over to get belly rubs from kids and the black one trotted over to say hello too.

Surprise, Ben found a cat…

Love my little beasties :)

We saw some turkeys in the next barn.

The tom enjoyed strutting about.

Elloree kept saying “Turkey!” It was really cute.

There was a huge sandbox the kids could play in too.

And then they each got a pony ride.

Ben was a little unsure (his equine interactions can be counted on one hand).

Thanks for the photo, Paul!

We had a delicious picnic lunch including “Kelkenburgers” made from their own angus beef.

Kids exploring the cracked corn after lunch.

And then lawn games before we headed home.

Fun with Poppy.

I’m so glad Paul got this photo too, I didn’t get any others with myself and the kids. It was such a fun morning spent with my people, I’m so happy it worked out!

Happy Mother’s Day. Humbled I get to be called “mama” by Ben and Cassidy. Thankful I could share the day with my mom! Missing my step mom Leslie and mother in law Judy this year. Overall it was such a lovely day :)

Baby chicks

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Cassidy’s friend from school got baby chicks last week! They invited us over to meet them, 15 in all. The group included Welsumer (will lay dark brown eggs), Brown Leghorn (white eggs) and Olive Eggers (olive green eggs). Miranda and her mom showed Cassidy how to hold the chicks and that they like to snuggle up to feel warm and safe. The girls and “the girls” were just the cutest!

Miranda’s brother Garrett was playing mother hen. Ben had a full day of school so he didn’t get to meet them until we popped over a week later.

So sweet!

I have lofty plans for chicks next year (after all, why else would you buy a house in the country?) I really want to get the garden up this year and deal with some other projects before jumping into chickens though. Looking forward to learning more about them!

Say hello to my little friend

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We have a little friend living in one of the trees in the front yard. Andy noticed him one morning as he was waiting for the bus with Ben. Neat :)

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Christmas and a cat rescue

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We had our Christmas get together with my mom and Paul this weekend. The kids were busy coloring and looking at the Christmas village when we heard a little “mew” from the sliding door.

This little fella was outside, shivering and trying to get attention.

After going back and forth on what to do with him, my mom and I hopped in the car and headed around the corner to ask a neighbor if she was missing a cat. She wasn’t. My mom then called a friend who was involved with a pet rescue, amazingly she said she could get a home for him if we could catch him.

Armed with meatloaf and Paul’s gloves, I headed outside and coaxed the little guy out from under the deck. I missed him the first time I tried to grab him, but was successful the second. My mom helped get him in a cardboard box and we brought him inside.

Warm, fed and ready to go to a new family for Christmas!

After THAT adventure, we got down to the business of dinner and presents!

The kids loved playing with the real cameras too.

Cassidy still loves her duckies!

Such a memorable Christmas get together :)

Spring time!

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Taking a break from sharing our Hawaii trip, there are still so many more photos to go through!

Before we left, we had the chance to go to Bristol’s open house. It’s a lawn and garden center that holds a spring event every year for families. The kids loved it, I thought it was pretty cute too. There was a bounce house, crafts, animals and of course all the cool plants and flowers to look at.

Scribble and Scrabble

Category Archives: Furry Critters

Happy holidays from the Honeckers

Mother’s Day

Baby chicks

Say hello to my little friend

Christmas and a cat rescue

Spring time!