Post Holidays at Pickwick

A Different End to the Year...

The picture above is very descriptive of the way our visit to Pickwick was this year after Christmas...VERY calm, quiet and a little on the lonely side. It has become an annual tradition for us to host all of our friends for an extended weekend of four wheeler riding, camo wearing, mud stomping, bon fire roasting, chili simmering, beer drinking, kind of time. It is a perfect end to the hectic Holiday Season if you ask me. But, this year it was just our family and our siblings families. Since I am behind posting this, I can explain to you now, that it is because of Judson's upcoming surprise 40th party. Since our friends have plans to come up next weekend for his party, everyone opted out on New Years. That is also how I was able to convince Judson to take me to Stuttgart, AR duck hunting for New Years Eve.  Some of our Sanderson couple friends planned an all adult New Years Eve, something we haven't done in about oh ten years or more. More to come on New Years Eve, Stuttgart and Judson's Surprise party! 

This picture was taken at Ginny and Pop's new Pickwick House. I absolutely LOVE it! They did a fabulous job on it. Ginny and Pop had us all over for a meal while we were in town. This picture is of us all gathered around Ally watching a funny video! 

These next few pictures are hilarious...well, maybe you had to be there...We took NO LESS THAN 25 pictures to get a decent one. The person standing on the right end of the log kept sliding off just as we snapped the picture. We all thought it was just Joseph at first. So then I made Oney stand there...guess what...he slid off too! 

After that, they all started sliding off. We just gave up on getting a perfect shot! Actually, I think this is the perfect shot:-)

Here is Daddy always to the rescue of stuck "mudders"! He would never admit it, but I think he loves feeling needed by the kids. It gives him something to do!