Dec 27-31 Junction

We left the house about 7:15 and took Maggie to stay at Moms. Then we headed to pick up Kerry in the Woodlands and off we went. The weather was nasty at first but then quit raining and it became a much nicer drive. We stopped in Chappel Hill and had a late breakfast. It was cold and got colder, arriving at Junction it was 32 degrees.  We got unloaded and I built a fire and we just chilled the rest of the night.
Thursday morning I got up and built a nice fire.It was still about 30degress and a very slight mist.. Later after Susan and Kerry got up I fixed us some breakfast.  Around 11, I ran into Junction to pick up a few groceries.  After getting back I rode around picking up a little firewood and the shot one of my guns to make sure it was on. I hunted that evening and saw 5 deer. When I got in Regan had made it here.  We had a nice evening.
Friday morning I hunted the Tower Blind. It was overcast and You couldn't see till About 7:10. By 7:28 I had seen 3 Bucks and 4 Does plus Bambi. I killed a real mature Buck. 9 or 10 pts depending on how much one kicker was in length. I had to go back to get Regan to help load it. He had stayed in and watched the deer at the house.  Susan:s back was really bothering her and she had to just rest most of the day.  Regan and I put out feed in the feeders. On our evening hunt we both saw only one deer. We had a good supper and watched some football on tv.   .
Saturday morning hunt I saw 7 does and 1 Buck. He was a nice young buck except he was missing one brow tine. Reagen didn't see any animals at all. We watched a little football and worked on some feeders. Susan had another miserable day with her back. we hunted that evening and I saw only one deer going to the stand. We came in early as we were going to the neighbors for Supper. We had a really good time there.  Sunday we are heading home hoping to bet the bad weather that is coming in.

December 26 Mckennas Birthday

Mackenna turned 14 today. Time flies by and she has grown to be a young lady. I still want them all to be young children. We went to their lakehouse today to celebrate. It was a miserable rainy cold day. Mike Z, his brother Chris and I put up plastic sheeting all around the porch to give us a wind break. With a portable propane heater we could keep the temperature fairly comfortable. All the kids pretty much stayed inside the game room and played ping pong. Susans allergies were terrible so we left before supper and headed home. If she doesn"t feel better we might not go to Junction in the morning. I didn't get any pictures of Kenna just too much going on. Susan went to bed when we got home so I wont load the truck till in the morning in case we don't leave.

Aleeta gets the girls

Kristi gets the dogs

Dec 25 Christmas Day with the Girls

Christmas morning we headed to Kingwood.. Susan picked up donut and kolaches for breakfast. Kristi/Mike and the girls are not living in their house right now because of all the work going on downstairs. They did spend the night at home as no work was going on. Kristi had told the girls not to come out of their rooms till 8:00. Not a problem for Kenna and Ashley but Sammi was ready to rock and roll. Adam and Andrea came over also and we had a good time .Sammi is into panda bears and she cleaned up.  The big ticket item was they got tickets to a Taylor Swift concert in September. When we left there we stopped by Jamie and Belinda's house for a little while. They have a come and go dinner all day. After that we stopped at Mom's house and visited her. When we finally got home we were wore out, but it was a good day.

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Dec 20-22 Christmas in Bryan

Susan had a birthday on Wednesday. She went and picked Kenna, Ashley and Sammi up.They spent the day shopping. That evening they met Adam  and had supper.  Thursday morning I came in early from the deer lease. I cooked breakfast for the girls and then took them to meet Mike/Kristi so they could go see the new Star Wars movie . On Friday we headed to Bryan to have Christmas with Peyton and Luke. We picked my Mom up on the way up there. The weather was still warm when we got there about 75 degrees. While we were there it dropped to 55 degrees and drizzling rain. The boys had fun opening all their presents. It was to wet for them to go outside. On the way home we got in front of the weather and it was 77 degrees again.

Luke & Peyton

Nana & Peyton

Peyton practicing digging

Checking out a big coloring book

Mom & Kyle

Peyton is in his shark snuggle bag

new pj

Luke is checking his package out

Ready to open gifts

 Peyton likes his digging machine

Dec 9- 17 Things Just Happen

After I got back from Kenna's basketball game on Saturday I decided to cut a little firewood since our furnace was out. I cut for about 30 minutes and my saw just quit running and would not restart. Oh well I figured I had enough wood to last till Monday. Our fireplace has been doing a good job along with an little electric heater in our bedroom and Susan's sewing room. On Sunday I had a flat on my tractor and couldn't" use it to haul wood. Susan got a new sewing table and Jamie came over to help me put it together. It turned out to be so easy, we just couldn't believe it. It takes two people but it was well designed. On Monday I called early and Kelly's had someone out and our furnace fixed by 9:30. It was a solenoid that went bad on blower motor. I then headed to town to get my tractor tire fixed, about 1 mile down the road my alternator went out. I turned around and went home. It was just replaced back  in July when we were on Lake Waco. I called the business in Waco and it was under warranty with Tech-Net. They located a shop near me and I called them to set up a time to bring my truck in..  I then loaded the tire In Susan's SUV and took it to town to get fixed. While I was in town I went by Moms to visit. Kelly was there with Tilly and Hugo.This was the first time I had seen Hugo and he is a good baby.  Tuesday I got my truck repaired and then we went to Kennas basketball game. It was the last one before the holidays. They started rough and were down 9-0 before making a comeback. It was an exciting game and we won 27-26. Kenna has been the high point scorer in all of our games this season. Wednsday I finally headed back to the deer lease. it looks like it will be just me and Max till the weekend. I made the rounds checking stands and putting out some corn. Looked like lots of activity. I checked my game camera and all the deer pictures were still at night. This has been a terrible season for us. It was supposed to start raining Saturday evening and since I was going home on Sunday anyway I left a day early. I didn't see any deer in the daylight hours. Susan was wrapping presents and sewing , trying to finish up for Christmas. She has been making Christmas presents for the last 3 months. I moved machines around so she could get things back like she wants it.  Sammi was sick last weekend which was her birthday. She is in love with panda bears this year so she got a lot of panda stuff. We are meeting them tonight for a late birthday supper.

Just me and Max

Sitting in a tree above Mack Creek

Mackennas game

Sammi and her Panda

Sammi wore her Panda suit to school

Watching TV

Susan is sewing 

This is her new table, it has a motor which lets you raise it up and down and also tilt it.

Room rearranged again

This machine headed back home. It was borrowed so Susan could learn how to run it

Dec 1-9 Cold Weather and SNOW

Not much to report at Mack Creek. It has been just John Callahan and me most of the time. The weather was much cooler but the deer were still moving mostly at night. We got news that Mackenna was picked to go on an educational trip to Washington DC. She is excited about that. Also her basketball season has started and its been fun watching. Okay, the Big News is that in snowed in East Texas. Some places got as much as 5 inches. Kyle sent pictures of Peyton and Luke playing in the snow in Bryan. It was pretty at the deer lease. It didn't stick on the ground where there was dirt but the grassy pipelines were covered. On the coldest night of the year we were at a basketball game. Sammi was supposed to come home with us but she got sick and didn't. I teased her that she needed plenty of clothes as it was cold at our house. Well, when we got home our furnace wasn't working and it was cold.  Of course this happened on Friday night so it will be Monday before someone can look at it. We just used a electric heater in our room that night. When I got up Saturday morning it was 29 outside and chilly in the rest of the house. I built our first fire in the fireplace this year, once the firebox got hot I turned the blowers on and warmed up the living room and kitchen nicely. I put another electric heater in Susan's sewing room so all was good in the world. I guess I wont be going back to the lease until the furnace is fixed.

John chilling by the fire

These students were selected to go to Washington DC

Ole Ranger covered in snow 

Woke up to a little snow

The trees were pretty

Luke and Peyton in Bryan

David connected on a big ole hog on snow day

Kenna is ready to jump ball for tip off

playing a little defense

Riverwood got 3rd place  

Nice to have a fireplace