Mountain Mornings and the TICKLE MONSTER

The 2nd half of Christmas break (after the 24-hour flu bug in the middle) was spent in Scofield. 

Linaya slept fairly horribly and was up before the sun, just about every morning. 

The only perk to that........... Seeing a gorgeous SUNRISE! 

and.......... being the first to turn on the Christmas tree lights each day. 

 This year's tree just MIGHT be the prettiest ever. Perfectly shaped! 

Luke was back and forth a lot with work..... and one of those days I went with him to take Adelia and Linaya to the doctor, each getting diagnosed with ear infections. Oh they were sick!
But we did manage to find some time to play in the snow and have some good old fashioned Scofield fun. 

My dad was sure to read "The Tickle Monster" book for all the grand kids several different times.
New Years Eve was no exception.  He donned the fluffy gloves and read the book before tackling each kid to give them their tickle. :) My kids just eat it up!

 Even the babies weren't spared!

We couldn't resist showing off our beards for my side of the family. 

New Years was fun....... we had my Great Aunt Katherine and Uncle Ken up to the cabin. We sang some songs, told some fun stories of holiday's from the past, played games, ate lots of treats... had a divine steak dinner, sipped sparkling cider and got midnight kisses from some pretty cute girls and one handsome dude.  It was the first year letting the older 2 girls stay up... they were just having too much fun to put them to bed. okay, I take that back. Around 11:45 Adelia hit the end of her fun but we just let her rest because really, what are 15 more minutes at that point?
Anyway, happy new years to all of you! So far this year I have already had more doctor visits than I have in the last 5 years total with one illness after the other, but here's to a healthy remainder of January and on through the year!