poke it with a stick. image gallery: October 2025

Cabin Time! 2

Aaron is itching to go get some dinner!

Aaron is not too impressed with the restaurant choice...

Neither is Dusty...

Jon is too busy telling us about his crazy life to even notice the restaurant!

Putting on our happy faces!

Game time!

Cabin Time! 1

The meeting of the minds in Aaron's driveway.

Lunch at Ruby Tuesdays. I really love their salad bar!

Rocking out on the two track path back to the cabin!

Jon and I in the back, eagerly awaiting our destination.

A quick stop for firewood. Now we are all set for the night!

South Bend Christmas

Me, the pup, and all the presents!

Tavish tearing open his gifts!

Barbara is always the gift elf, handing out the presents one by one.

The boys spent the morning playing each other in different tablet games.

The whole family gathered around for a big delicious Christmas meal!

Night Before Christmas 2

Diana was pleased with her gifts as well! Here she is opening up her new pair of wireless earbuds. Wiggins isn't very impressed.

Laying on his new mattress. Yeah, it doesn't look very comfortable right out of the box...

One of the things Ledger got was a bowling game. It's pretty cool- instead of a bowling ball, it has an air hockey like puck that glides down the hall and bounces off the walls to hit all the pins! We got a lot of laughs out of this one!

There we go, now the mattress is starting to feel a little more comfy...

The new bed, all set up! He was pumped to have so much space in bed now!

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The tree looked great and was filled up with presents!

We baked some Christmas cookies before we started. They were a delicious treat in the middle of all the gift giving, and they make the house smell so good!

Ledger could hardly contain himself as we told him he had to wait a little longer while we set everything up for the evening.

Finally- time to dig into those wrapped boxes!

A really cute plush star with hilariously long arms and legs- he loved it!

A new hoodie from one of his favorite shows: Chadtronic!

Brinkmas '24

Chad and his son chatting with each other.

Diana playing Hot Wheels with the boys!

Ledger showing his cousin the latest funny meme.

Present time!

All the opened gifts strewn about while Mema looks for more prizes to hand out!

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A happy boy- and his dog!

He's so sleepy!

Safe in his little nest!

Wiggins tried out a couple Halloween costumes.

What do you think, does he look better in the grey ones or the green ones?

Our little furball doesn't seem too interested in the football game. Don't worry buddy, I'm not either...

Nussled up in his cozy bead!

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Ledger was very pleased when his specially made Dr. Retro toy finally arrived in the mail!

He made a special candy meal for Dr. Retro!

Trying his hand at being a chef, Ledger made pancakes for the whole family- and they turned out really well!

Chowing down on a late night snack at the table while watching his tablet.

Ledger agreed that it was time for a new hairstyle. Diana didn't really feel qualified to change it up, so for the first time in quite a while, we went to a professional. It turned out well! By his next cut it will be grown in enough to achieve that perfect new style!