Happy Birthday Tyler!

Tyler turned 20 on December 27! We took him shopping and out to supper and then came home and had cake and presents...

We got him the Mario Winter Olympics for the Wii and spent the rest of the evening trying our skill at Bobsledding and downhill skiing...

Hope he made a good wish....he blew them all out!

Winter Morning

What a beautiful morning!! A perfect winter scene outside!

Christmas pic

I thought it would be fun to take a family picture in the snow today...the snow that I have been praying for...I got a new tripod for the camera so we could just set the timer and all be in the picture!

Merry Christmas from the Leppert family!

Christmas Snow

First Snow

The first big snow...enough to go Sledding! We picked up Ryan and Reed and hit the slope! Nice thing about homeschooling...everyone else was at school so we had the whole hill to ourselves!!

Trying out Ryan's snowboard

I think we all had fun...I even went down a time or two on the saucer....

The end vote was that Alex's sled was the best one!...at least for this kind of snow!

Christmas Tree 2010

A Productive Saturday

Bryn worked outside this afternoon.....putting up all the outside Christmas lights...I am pretty sure she is having fun, but wishing the boys were home to help out!!

Jeff has worked on cars alllllll day...he had to replace some part on the Subaru this morning and this afternoon he is working on taking the power steering pump out of my van!!!!!! I don't think it will get done today..but it is started and that is A GOOD THING!

Putting up the tree....

Jeff is our light man..he puts the lights on the tree just right!
















Bryn..waiting patiently to start putting the decorations up..












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Bryn and Alex worked together getting all the ornaments in the perfect spot

Fall Sunset

Making Christmas cards...

I was looking online and saw some really cute Christmas card ideas and wanted to try making my own...this is what I came up with.

It's whats for Breakfast!

Egg Nog Upside Down French Toast


Ingredients

2T. Corn syrup

1/2 c. butter, melted

1 c. brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

1 1/2 c. AE Egg Nog

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/4 tsp. salt

ground cinnamon and nutmeg

French bread

AE Whipping Cream









Directions

Combine the corn syrup, butter and brown sugar and melt over low heat. Pour into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan. Slice French bread into 2-inch thick slices and place on top of the syrup mixture.



Mix the eggs, egg nog, vanilla and salt together and pour over the bread. Sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg. Cover and refrigerate over night. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Serve with freshly whipped AE Cream, sweetened to taste.



Makes 4-8 servings

Moving fence

Freedom.

Jeff liked this picture...bryn didn't...

I was busy documenting the day while Jeff and Bryn were out moving fence...we had put up some new fence and had to wait until after harvest to put the rest of it up. It wasn't the nicest day to be out working on fence....cool, breezy and a little rainy....but it was the only day Jeff had!

The horses are all in one BIG pasture now and I think they are liking it....after they established the "pecking" order!!!

Feeding horses

While we were out last weekend working on some fence, Emily and Alex were feeding the horses some corn...

I thought it was a cute picture...

A November ride

Since this was one of the last gorgeous days we are supposed to have....we cleared our calendar and went riding in the timber! It was a beautiful day!!

We rode til it was almost dark...the sunset was incredible tonight! I rode Dash...he was almost perfect..highly unusual for him!! ;-)

Jeff and Bryn went on one last ride and I stayed with Alex...don't know if you can tell..but there are about 15 deer in the field... I don't remember when I have had such a pleasant afternoon!!!

Helping Grandpa

We rode over to help Grandpa load up a bunch of wood he had cut...

We picked up all the wood....

...and threw it into the back of the pickup!

What a gorgeous day to be outside!!!

Some pictures for Alex's room...