2009, Here we come!

The summer of 2008 wasn't the best thing in the world but it could have been a ton worse. My sister in law, was on bed rest in a hospital for a month during her pregnancy.... everything turned out great and I have another nephew, Hank. Gavin broke his femur while on vacation in Washington and had to be in a full body cast. The third thing, my dad broke his ankle and his tibia while at work and is out of commission for probably three months. So, the three bad things have struck, and I am ready for the new year. (Hopefully, not as eventful... just a big move!)


Gavin first week in his body cast after his femur break.


My dad recovering. Happy New Year Dad!

The talking helmets

Gavin was a storm trooper. He likes his helmet but likes Connor's much much more.


Connor is Optimus Prime! With his cool helmet, he actually sounds 100% like Optimus Prime too.

Gingerbread House

Ron's mom sent the boys a gingerbread house kit. This is what it is supposed to look like when you are all done. We will have to see what ours looks like tomorrow when we are done. WISH US LUCK! It may become a new family tradition for us too!

Picture Gavin took

Gavin, three years old, loves taking pictures of us around the house. I actually thought he did pretty good on these pictures. He even was telling me to say "Smile" and "Cheese."


Silly close up!

Gourd Snowmen

This blog goes out to my mom. She had this great idea for my students to paint gourds and make them look like snowmen. They came out awesome and everyone that saw them while visiting my classroom was very curious to know what they were. So, besides teaching the kids, I guess the adults learned something new too.

Who's looking at you? LOL

Snowmen gourd made my class this past week.

"Winter Wonderland"

One of the many beautiful sites we saw yesterday when we were searching for the right Christmas tree.


Another beautiful winter picture

Oh, Christmas Tree

Connor and Gavin helped us with the choice of the tree. (Good picture, except my eyes are closed)


This year was my year to cut the tree down. It took only about 3 minutes and it was down. (Probably because the tree was frozen and a small trunk.)

Pulling the tree to the four wheeler.

My Little Angels

Today while playing in the snow, we got some amazing pictures of the boys making snow angels. Can you see it in the picture?

Dog Mushing

I wasn't able to pull my camera out in time for the picture with all the dogs and part of the sled but this is actually the dad mushing his dog. The other is the six year old that has started mushing a two dog team.

icicles

Last week we had a warm spell come through and ended up with icicles that were at least 4-5 feet long. Sure made sure I broke them before I walked out the door.