Focht Family Blog

Two weeks before Christmas equals two guinea pigs named Dawn and Twilight. The kids loved their cousin’s guinea pig so much that we had decided to buy them one for Christmas. After reading about them we decided that it would be best to get two so they would have a friend. We were going to give the kids the cage and all the stuff that goes with it on Christmas morning and then let them pick out the pet the day after Christmas but they were going on sale and we were worried they would be sold out or picked over so we surprised them tonight and let them have that gift early. Here is a picture of Dawn and Twilight in their new home….

I still have a lot to go back and update but my mother is pestering to put pictures up of her new home. When we arrived in Atlanta my mom’s truck camper had a corner of the floor rip out again. She decided that God was telling her that she should look for a new home sooner rather than later. We started looking at some of the dealerships near Atlanta and found a beautiful 36′ Montana High Country. As soon as both of us walked in to it we knew it was mom’s. It just looked like her.

Here is her new living room. Her whole truck camper could fit in the living area.

Here are her comfortable recliners and her desk. I came over to visit a lot the first few weeks just to nap in her chair…

Her big TV and her fireplace…

Her kitchen…

Her bedroom…

Her dresser…

Her bed…

AND her bathroom with a REAL shower and a vessel sink…

Now for the BIG surprise…. we bought a new truck and traded the RV for a new fifth wheel toyhauler last week. I will try to put pictures up tomorrow.

This year Nathan was put in charge of pirate weekend at the campground. We hid treasure boxes throughout the campground and people chose which maps to follow and had to find the treasure boxes. Once they found the boxes they would take one jewel from the box. Once they had collected one jewel from each of the boxes they took their jewels in to the office and exchanged them for some pirate coins. Everyone had a fun time. Nathan decided to shave his head and decorate it for the occassion…

Needless to say I was thankful that he was able to wash the sharpie off of his head by Sunday morning. I was starting to worry about sitting next to him in church.

My mom requested that I post a picture for her friends of the family dressed up for 60’s weekend. My mom, Samantha, and I were all in matching dresses. I found a t-shirt for Timmy and only recently realized that the reason it is so big is that it is an adults shirt. Joshua is in tie-dye as well but his is because I acidently put his pants in bleach.

One of the big reasons we decided to visit New York was so that we could celebrate Samantha’s and Timmy’s birthdays with my in-laws and Nathan’s older sister and our niece. Nathan’s younger sister and her friend came to visit at the same time so we had a huge birthday party. Since we celebrated Josh’s half birthday this year we decided to add him to the mix as well. I arranged for us to go to a place called Young Chef Academy where everyone learned how to make pizza dough and then we all made our own pizzas. Then we decorated cupcakes. I wanted to find something that Josh would enjoy but that wouldn’t be boring for Samantha and Alex. Even the adults enjoyed the night.

Here is a picture of Samantha showing off her goodies from her bag. I bought all of the kids a personalized apron, a chef’s hat, an oven mitt, a spatula, a rolling pin, and a pizza cutter…

Here is a picture of our niece Alex and her dad Jim…

And all of the kids sitting down before we got started…

Here is Joshua helping to mix the dough…

Here is a picture of everyone that I could get in one shot…

Here is a picture of the biggest “kid” rolling out his pizza…

Samantha and Alex working on their masterpieces…

And the bigger kids finishing their pizzas…

Another picture of the kids while their pizzas were baking…

Now for the cupcakes…. I took a picture of each of the kids with their cupcakes that they frosted themselves…