Dad got a Charlois calf and a Jersey milk cow for our Christmas! Here's the baby.
Molly's been giving about 2 gallons of milk a day after feeding the calf.
We were so happy that Molly took the baby...she treats it like it's her own.
Isn't she adorable?
Let's see...we'll call her ____ (any suggestions?)
On Christmas day we went to Grandpa & Grandma Tomlinson's in Cincinnati. James and Craig were sick so they stayed home with mom. We had a nice Christmas with them, stayed the night and went to Indiana to ski the next day.
At Perfect North Slopes putting our lift ticket tags on.
Dad leads the way to the ski rental.
Almost ready...
Geared up and ready to roll
Ooops
Lydia getting ready to ski down the beginner slope.
Bradley and Paul gliding on the snow
On Saturday as mom and I were traveling to Indiana for a performance we saw a lot of interesting Christmas lights. We found this one after making a wrong turn...it was AMAZING! We couldn't capture it all with the camera.
These lights were right across the street from the house that I played at.
Here I am playing for the special Christmas party. It was about a four hour drive one way, and we had to go home that night to play for a local church in the morning. Next time I think we'll plan to stay the night. Richmond is such a unique town.
This was on Sunday night while playing in Louisville. I joined these three Brazilian guys on the harp as they played classical guitar, cello and piano. It was a lot of fun.
After the performance I took mom and Jen out to dinner at Ruby Tuesday's. We had a special time.
"In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary."
"And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women"..."And, behold, though shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS."
"And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem...to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child."
"And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night."
"And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people."
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger."
We were on our way to Russell Springs (1 1/2 drive) on Thursday for Deanna to play at a dinner. Here we are at an Amish store helping the chef.
Bad boys and girls eating pears off the Christmas tree!
On Friday after playing at the Springfield Nursing home, Deanna had her picture taken with Santa on his 3-week-old motorcycle!
The church pulled us carolers on a wagon with the tractor around town as we sang. This is one of the last houses we went to and we all got off the wagon. Deanna's on the right side playing violin.
Here Deanna is with Jacob Settles from the church
After caroling we all congregated in the fellowship hall for some hot soup!
One of the greatest gifts of all
James cleaning the chalk board...now is that clean or is that clean?
Waiting for his wife...and waiting...and waiting...
Yesterday we took music to a community luncheon in Mackville. Here the kids are singing Christmas carols with some of the other children there.
Deanna played the harp during lunch.
Here's our reindeer, Caren Carney. She helps to organize this event.
Here Deanna was accompanying Keith on the violin while everyone sang along.
We all enjoyed a little gift exchange afterwards...Here's one of the lady's daring to be mean.
Deanna was mean and took Mitchell Burns' chocolate.
And he got a broomstick decoration in return.
Here James is on the swing.
climb, climb, climb
weee!
Miss Lydia
Craig says to tell you, "hi"
Here are some of the Mackville lights
Mackville Christian Church did a live nativity on Saturday night in the freezing rain and weather. They did a nice job.
I'm thinking that these goats kind of resemble the wise men in most nativity sets. Look at that wise looking beard.
Yep, there's the donkey
And for the third wise man...hmmm. "Nanynanybooboo" just doesn't seem very wise. See the other two in the background trying to talk him out if it?
