Christmas in Sanger: Part 1

I must break down our Christmas in Sanger to two parts; this is mainly because we had lots of fun besides just Christmas Day. We loaded up and headed to Sanger the Friday morning after Christmas. We made it just in time to eat lunch at Chuy's in Denton with Stormy, Tabatha and Adley and to remind me how much I wish we lived there so we could see them more often! Then, we headed to Mom and Daddy's to get settled. First things first - the BABY GOATS! In the week up to Christmas, including the last babies being born on Christmas Day, they had 10 little baby goats (1/2 boer goat and 1/2 Nubian) (7 bucks, 3 does). And they are so tiny and sweet and precious! They still had all of them penned up with their mama's, so we went right in to check them out. I was very anxious to see how Atticus would respond to them. Of course, it takes him a day to warm up, but by the time we left the following Tuesday morning, he'd had plenty of time to go into the pens and the pastured, feed them, water them and catch baby goats as best as he could. He constantly wanted to see the "dotes" and the donkey and the calves. The last night, we disbudded most of the babies and he wasn't quite as fond of listening to their cries as their little heads were burned, but still couldn't get enough of seeing the dotes.

Also, the night before we left (Monday night), my aunt Milly and Memaw stopped by on their way back to Frost from Wichita Falls and came inside for awhile to visit. It was probably 8:00 or so and Mom wanted Memaw to see a baby goat. Of course, it was too cold to go outside in the pen, so naturally Mom just brought one in the house. Vic has heard stories of us bringing in babies, on occasion, when they needed a little warmth or special TLC, to the house to stay overnight. Now, I'm not talking about goats running through the house jumping and playing and using the restroom. I'm talking about little day old babies who need to stay warmer or a baby who had surgery. And, they stay in the bathtub just long enough to be ok to put outside. And, this baby that was brought in was a week old, I think, and was too big to stay in the bathtub. But, she did walk around the kitchen and living room, supervised for just a few minutes. And, she was adorable! And while Vic was still very entertained by this, I see it as completely normal and a possibility in our future when we have our own little goats one day! Anyways, Atticus loved it. I loved it. All was well.

Grace probably didn't love the goats nearly as much as Atticus did on this trip. But, she was prepared in her little rubber boots to go out and check on them. They are a lot bigger than her, so I can see her hesitation. It won't be long before she will be chasing those goats too!

We just loved, loved, loved seeing Atticus and Grace with the goats and I honestly believe that Vic can see this more and more in his future all the time!

Vic and I also left the kids with the babysitters (Mom and Daddy) and met Ana and Charley for drinks and dinner in Downtown Denton. It was SO fun to have a double date with them and we had the best time with the best food. However, the place we went to was in an old house, called Guiseppe's (sp?). It was romantic and nice and not necessarily a super quiet place, but we were talking a lot and laughing a lot. And apparently, we got ugly looks from one couple who left who must have wanted a silent eating experience. I would never ruin someone's dinner on purpose, but we had such a good time! Also, on Monday, we went to Molly's (Vic, myself and the kids and Ana and Charley) to hang her pictures on her wall to decorate her apartment. She had lots to hang but needed tall, strong men to do it. So, I bossed around; Ana and Molly took care of kids; and Vic and Charley hung pictures. Then, lunch at Mellow Mushroom for pizza.

It was just so much fun the entire time! Vic and I felt relaxed and it was a great way to end our Christmas traveling!