Merry Christmas!!

I finally got my tree up!! Yes only 10 days before christmas but its up and its beautiful. I finally got a big beautiful tree. I have wanted a huge tree for a long time and I finally have room for it this year!! YEA I am so excited!

If you cant tell the tree touches my ceiling, I dont even have room for my angel-so I had to put it on the little trees Sydney gave me. Thanks Sydney.

I Love Christmas and am so grateful for the blessings in my life!! I am feeling especially grateful this year!!

Thanksgiving!!! Oh what fun!!!

So my Mom pulled a recipe exchange, for any of you who don't know what that means its an OOPS when you are trying to cook a good meal, like Cinnamon in your hamburger when you are trying to make tacos or throwing pomegranates all over the kitchen! So my Mom dumped her banana cream pie all over the floor when she was trying to put it into the fridge! She didn't even say a curse word!! I would have been swearing like a sailor! But no worries, she picked all back up put in back into the pan and covered it with whipped cream, you wouldn't even know it had been dropped, then we sent it home with my little brother Joseph, HOPE HE LIKED IT!

Wow time flies....

Well I am home again for a few days. I happened accross a couple of pictures that are not that old and relized my baby is getting BIG!!

My cubby little baby!!

I missed my computer!!!!!!!!!

I have been gone to Burley for the last 4 days......I missed my computer, I could go to my sisters and use hers but I didn't even have time for that. We are working on a big remodel over there, and I am Brian's unskilled laborer. So I got to scrape popcorn ceiling, take off wall paper (word to the wise NEVER EVER put these two things in your house!!!) and caulk holes and clean up!! I am actually enjoying it if you can imagine having fun while you work. Shelby said to me "Mom you and Dad should work together more often, you laugh and talk more!!" I couldn't help but laugh cause it was true, we were having a lot of fun working on the house. We even put Shelby to work, she was floor sweeper and hole caulker, she was having fun with that one. Where else can a kid learn construction during her school day? My wonderful sister and sweet niece had my other two little people a couple of the days, otherwise they just got to stay in the trailer and be bored. I am home for a few days and then back to it. So I will be going back and forth to Burley for the next month or so being Brian's little gofer!!! I will post pics when we complete it. It will be so pretty when we are done.

FEEDBACK LADIES: Do any of you struggle with lack of visual progress in your days? I finished scraping the popcorn ceiling this week looked at it and went mmmmm I can see my progress of the last couple days. Now don't get me wrong, I love being a Mom and seeing my girls progress when they learn something new or just do something nice without my input etc. But I guess I kinda miss the work world where you get a pat on the back for a job well done or can see your progress visually. So am I the only one or is this a normal struggle?

You all know this is just my way to get comments on my blog!!! :) Just Kidding!

Done camping for the year....

I am very excited about that. I am about camped and fished out. If I could go motorcyle riding without kids more I would go do that but I always have to drag at least one kid, waiting for Shelby to catch up or hoping Ashley doesn't fall asleep on me before I get back to camp. Of course Kailey is too little to go at all so Brian or I have to stay behind at camp with her. So I can't ride too far away since I am scared of getting eaten by wolves or bears and I dont want to get lost. Maybe in a few years Brian and I will be able to go for a little longer rides. Without kids or be able to give them rides with us.

Anyway enough whining from me, I am too blessed to be whining so much, We are all healthy, Brians business is going really well, our house is beautiful, my garden did very well for a first year effort, and we actually got to go camping.

Couple of pics of my goofy, cute kids!! What can I say ya gotta love um.

I have 20 MINUTES to MYSELF....

So I thought I would post the "Fruits" of my Labor of this last week! Needless to say it has been a very busy week!!

I am learning to LOVE fall...

I got an over abundance of Cucumbers from my garden...... I got it in so late, (I was busy with a new baby, new house, trying to get a yard in ect.) I didn't think I would get anything this year. But my cucumbers proved me wrong. So what do you do when you have this many cucumbers????? I called my grandma for her yummy pickle recipes. I got five quarts of dills and a gallon of refrigorator pickles and I still gave two walmart bags away to family!!!
My corn also proved me wrong!!! I got enough corn to freeze 8 quarts!!!

I use to hate fall.... I ma slowly changing my tune!