Taking out the Wall
Poor BJ had to do all the electrical stuff. He only made one phone call to Uncle Bill(thank goodness for an uncle that is an electrician) and did really well.
Counters and Floor are Gone
We took up the old floor and the under layment. The kids loved pulling nails and tearing up the floor. It went faster than I thought it would. Jeremiah Lamb does a great job and is great help. 
Living thru a Remodel.
Newest Project
On January 10th BJ, Gideon, Josh and I hitched a ride with Mike and Cody and picked up Emily then we headed to The Battle at the Barn. What an experience! I have never been to a race like this one, ever. It was a small track ( it took the go carts 6 seconds to make a lap), and there was motorcycles, old and new, go carts, lots and lots, 3 wheelers, and 4 wheelers. There was a lot of wrecks but not a lot of injuries. Thank goodness. Kurt was the only one racing but I think once we got there BJ really would have loved to race too. Anyway, Kurt got first in his first heat then got bumped by another 4 wheeler in his second and his chain fell off. So for the next couple hours they worked on fixing that. In his final race he started in the second row in 6th place and by half way he had made it to secondplace. He pulled in front and for the last 4 laps he led and won the race. We were all very excited!
It was a really long day but we all had lots of fun.
Fixing the chain.
The boys all got a really nice bow and arrows set. Gideon has to get a little stronger to pull back the strings so he has been working on his chin ups and push ups lately.
Christmas at Mom and Dad Boenders
Johnathon, Rachel and Gideon all got very fuzzy, soft jammies.
Rachel got a Barbie and her very own scrapbook with stickers, embellishments, and paper. Yeah!
John and Gideon got new combines! 
Don't these go great with his Jammies? It was all we could do to get them off before bed. They were also the first thing he put on before we left in the morning. I told him he would probably get a little cold in just boots:)
Call me crazy but this is one of my favorite Christmas traditions since I've been in Iowa. We all got to church on Christmas Eve and then quickly go home and go to bed. In the morning on Christmas Day we all get up at 6:00 and head for Grandma and Grandpa Leaverton's house. Sometimes we get them out of bed:) After we all get settled Grandpa reads the Christmas story then we sort out the gifts. We go in order from youngest to oldest. After the gifts are open we eat cinnamon rolls and watch a movie. Mom always makes a good dinner so around noon we eat dinner. After dinner we all take a much needed nap. Thank you mom and dad for another wonderful Christmas!
Aunt Kay got Gideon a remote control Tarantula. Wow, he has had a great time scaring everyone!
BJ got a doe this hunting season and he got a really good recipe from my sister Kelita's fiance Ben. So he made the recipe all by himself with the backstraps of the deer. He only had to call his mom once with a question. I was proud of him and enjoyed having him cook. It was really really good and I am really bummed that I didn't get an after picture:( It was so good we hardly had any leftovers to take a picture of when I finally thought about it. Oh well, maybe next time.
The Steve and Jan Boender family.
The Gene Ferguson Family
The Grandkids
the boy table
The girl table
