Christmas Catch-Up

Can you believe it's almost the end of May and I still haven't gotten Christmas pictures up? I can...

I'm notorious for not getting pictures up in good time. Frankly it was a miracle that I got my graduation pictures up only a week after it happened. Maybe now that I've finished school I will be a little better about that kind of thing. Maybe. We'll see... :p

Anyway, on to the pictures from Christmas! Technically these are from New Years, as we didn't have Christmas until January, but most of them are from the present opening day.

Jackson! My most adorable nephew! He looks so little here! He's already so much bigger than this, and it was only like 5 1/2 months ago! What happened?

Presents 2017

The fam.

Aunt Ruth made us all new cowboy boot stockings to hang above the stove downstairs.

This one is mine. :)

Baby's first Christmas. :)

Christmas Paparazzi. :)

Literally. :p

Grandma and Jackson. :)

I have a feeling that most of these pictures today are going to be Jackson. :p

Did people get bored waiting for Jackson? :p

Jackson needed help opening everything. I got him these two books, but I think he enjoyed the colorful wrapping paper even more. :p

Daddy and Jackson. :)

Eva gave me a Mr. Rogers mug for Christmas. :)

His sweater changes color with heat!

I got a bunch of books for Christmas too. A Doctor Who Cookbook from Shaina, as well as a Doctor Who history book and the Atlas Obscura from mom and dad.

I tried to do a selfie with Jackson, but it wasn't entirely successful. :p

Okay, it was kind of successful. He's so stinkin' cute. :p

Grandpa and Jackson. :)

I found these pictures on one of my devices after most everyone had left. :p

And of course, the last pictures of the day were Jackson as they were leaving.

He's just too cute.

I have some other pictures from around that time as well, but I'll save them for another post. We'll see if I have some time tomorrow. Stay tuned! :)

Clowns

So I’ve been hanging on to these pictures for a long time. I keep forgetting to post them, but tonight I am FINALLY getting to it!

These are all pictures from our trip to the PBR challenge. They are of the semi-insane clown, Jester, and the two bullfighters who performed the same job as a rodeo clown, only without the makeup.

He danced a LOT.

It’s a good thing he’s a clown because without that face paint on, he would quickly have been dragged away by the men in white coats.

Apparently people weren’t appreciating his dance skills loud enough.

Being the head clown apparently means that in addition to being the only clown allowed to speak to the audience, you can also force the other clowns to do the dangerous stunts that could possibly get them killed.

Killed?

How could playing on a teeter totter possibly be THAT dangerous?

Easy.

Set a wild bull free in the arena and let it charge at the teeter totter.

Getting frustrated with the antics of the impudent clowns, Ferdinand changed tactics and tried to kick them down from their seats.

After this went on for several minutes, they finally let the poor bull go back to his pen and get away from the bouncing men in cowboy hats.