Boots and Barstools.... and Pigtails

Ok well that title almost sounds like a country song title or something. Anyway we got some new stools for our kitchen and I love them. Thought I would send a picture. It's really nice when we have company we don't have to sit on wheat buckets now!!

Also I LOVE my new boots Chas got me for Christmas. The other picture didn't do them justice so I thought I would post another one! I wear them everywhere and just love them.

It is STILL snowing here, I feel like I am back at home in Canada. It was even -7 last week. I love the snow though and it is so beautiful outside! The kids and I made a "hill" for them to slide down the other day, we tried to make a snowfort, but I just can't make a hill big enough with a shovel. Too bad we didn't have a fourwheeler! But oh well the kids had fun none the less. They love playing outside, I love the hot chocolate when we come in!

And I had to throw in a picture of Emmie's cute pigtails! Her hair is long enough, but there is not much there. It's fun though and I think they are so cute!

Emree

Completely Computer Challenged!

Ok so I am a total dork and didn't know this whole time I have been blogging the complete hard way, no wonder it wouldn't let me do anything! So my friend informed me today how to do it the right way and now maybe I will post more regularly! Thanks Rachel!!! She also put up some cute background and changed it all around. It looks 100% better. Thanks so much!!! So if you for some reason wondering what happened to all of the pictures that were on there, they are now gone. And I am starting fresh, except for some of my favorite ones!

Vovo's Pj's

Thanks Vovo for the nice pj's! We love them.

Kids

Well my good friend told me the other day that I really need to post more often. I told her nothing real exciting has been happening, she said well if we only posted when something exciting happened, none of us would know anything about any of us. So I have tried to think of something to write about and this is what I came up with. A couple funny things that the kids have been doing lately:
I was making chicken enchiladas the other day and Brady came in the kitchen asking what was for dinner, so I told him. He replied, "Ohhhhh I love chick-a-ladas!" So when you here us talk about chickaladas you will know what we are refering to. It was pretty cute! Emree is becoming quite the little cheeseball. If any of you remember Brady when he was this age, they are exactly the same. You can tell her to smile for the camera and she comes up with the cheesiest grins. She is hilarious. She is becoming quite the bully and was picking on a 2 year old the other and knocked him down, he was not impressed. "This baby is mean to me!" was his response. I guess thats what you get when you are child number 3 or any other one down the line! Brooklyn is loving school and learning to read, she read a paragraph out of her Laura book the other day! We are so proud of her! She can call Chas at work, dial his extension and when he is not there she will leave a5 minute message that goes something like this, "Hey Dad. I guess you are not there, you are probably back talking to Ron again, just seeing when you are coming home for lunch. I am starving. Love you. Bye." I guess I need to stop giving Chas a hard time about never working and always in the back talking to his friends!! Which he insists is almost always work talk! We know better! But after reading specs. who can blame him?!
Well hopefully I will be able to post some pictures with this, but it hasn't been letting me lately. Hopefully I can figure it out! Anyway there is my spiel for the day!

So much for new piano...

Well ya, so much for shopping for a new piano this weekend as we never ended up going to Boise on Friday. So hopefully sometime in the next few weeks we will get one somewhere. Chas informed me that he is not buying one in Idaho since then we would have to pay sales tax, which is true, but we never get up to the Tri-Cities so I guess we will have to make a special trip. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later. My poor students are freezing having lessons out in the garage! I am already getting spring fever and its only January. I think its mainly because my kids really need somewhere to run around that is not 2 feet from me!! Going Crazy!!! Plus I can't wait to get my garden going again. Anyway not much new here... Maybe my next post will be a little more interesting.....

Piano Shopping

We went to Brooklyn's "winter program" last night as they couldn't do it before Christmas. It was fun to watch her singing her little heart out. She did a great job, but of course in our rush to get out the door, we forgot the camera. Our poor children! Hopefully I can get a copy of it from one of the other parents. We are so looking forward to one of my brothers moving to Boise this week. We are going down to help him unpack on Friday and then will go piano shopping on Saturday. Yep, you heard me!!! Chas has agreed to get a piano, a newer, lighter one than the one we have been using. Although that one has worked great! A bunch of the keys don't work and it's out in the garage 'cause theres no room in here for it, so I have been teaching lessons out there! Pathetic I know! Anyway I got a few new students so we decided to get a piano that would fit in here! I am so so excited!!!! And then next week my sister and mom are coming down to go wedding dress shopping that will be so fun!!! This is my first sister to get married so I am stoked!!! FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!

Well since all the holidays are over (boohoo) we are trying to get back into the swing of things. We had a nice surprise yesterday though and got one extra day off of school. It has been so windy school got cancelled because of snow drifts or something like that. So that was nice to have another day before getting back into the routine of things. It has been so windy we haven't ventured outside for a couple of days now and it has been nice to just stay at home. I finally started the quilt I have been meaning to make for Brady for awhile. He stood too close to the fire the other day and now has a few big holes in his old blanket, so I thought I had better get on the ball and get this new one started. Brooklyn was very excited to go back to school today, she misses her friends. I am so glad that two of her best friends are also in her primary class which makes it very nice for play dates and I know she is hanging out with good kids. Anyhow here are some pictures of Christmas, we had such a great time!