Tree farm fun

Well as you may know, we now live on a tree farm. We have about 2000 trees on a little over 2 acres. We went out to take our Christmas card photo today (no you don't get a preview!). After taking our family pictures, the kids and I went out in the trees to take some more pictures and ended up playing a little game of chase mama through the trees. So much fun, ducking and weaving through them, all of us screaming and laughing. It is so fun to just act like a kid! We had a blast and got some cute pics out of it too.
Who knew Christmas trees could be so much fun!

Look what came in the mail

I opened my front door this morning to let the dog out and there were these strange round things sitting on my front stoop. They are coconuts! From Hawaii! My parents are there on vacation right now and sent the kids Cocograms! So cool.

Wet Ducks

Aw to be a sports fan, you do just about anything to enjoy the excitement of watching your favorite team play. We were not alone in that joy yesterday, there were somewhere in the neighborhood of 50,000 other die hard duck fans watching as the Ducks won the game against Stanford. We all had on our best rain gear. Some have better rain gear than others, some go all out in full water proof rain gear. Others are more in to the fashion side of it and were just in jeans and sweatshirts. But you know what I don't judge, that may have been the best water proof clothing they had......

It was a wet one, I would say one of the best rain storms of the season so far. We were completely soaked by the time we walked from our car to the game, so sitting on wet bleacher really made no difference. We stayed out in the pouring down rain until halftime, then we followed the rest of the heard to the Mo Center, the teams indoor practice field that they make into an HUGE indoor beer garden and food court for the games. It has live music and TVs all around the room. We watched the Duck dance team perform, Caymus made friends and played some ball, we tried to dry out but that was not happening, so we ended up heading back to our car at the end of the 3rd QTR. It was an experience for sure. I think we all had fun though.

Just A Little Wet!

Oh my gosh, he can walk on water!

Piggy

We got a pig......well actually our friends have 5 pigs and one of them is ours. They are raising it for us and then we will, well you know....

We helped them build a pig pen a few months ago and they just got the little piggies about 2 weeks ago. They grow so fast and are super messy. They will be ready for butcher in January. They will be about 250-300 lbs by then! Crazy! All they do is eat, eat and eat. Pumpkins are a favorite and since Halloween is over the grocery stores have loads left over so our friends got loaded up with them and are feeding them to the pigs. Aw what fun.

My Office!

My office is finally complete! I hung stuff on the walls last night and took some pictures. It turned out so good. And we did it all ourselves.

I think we learned a lot during this project, insulation, drywall, mudding, texture, painting, putting up trim and base boards, laying carpet.....It was fun and now we can really be proud of what we have done.

Technically its my office....but I am so kind to let Marshall have his desk and stuff in it. No, it is really our office I just take up more space than he does. We did manage to fit both our desks, a bookshelf, file cabinet, organizer and my sewing table all in this small space.

I painted the walls blue because I have heard that the color blue is supposed to stimulate your mind and helps you think more clearly.....we will see if that is true or not. Any way I do like the color blue.

Locks of Love

I am writing this entry with great pride in my loving and giving daughter. She has faithfully been growing her beautiful red hair out for 2 years, 3 months, and 5 days. All for this reason. She is donating her hair to Locks of Love. A non-profit organization that makes wigs for children who need them. http://www.locksoflove.org/

This was her idea and we have supported her throughout. She set her goal as to where she was wanting to grow it out to and she made it there a few weeks ago. She then decided that sinse she was going to be Ariel the little mermaid for Halloween, she would wait until after Halloween to cut it. Well Sunday morning, when it came time to brush out her hair, and it was full of tangles and some sticky stuff (I am assuming it is candy? Left over from Halloween?) she said "OK, lets cut it!" and I said "well don't you want to wait until I can take you in to a beauty salon to have it cut?" "Nope, I want you to do it, TODAY!!!" So we washed it and brushed it out and there you have it!

She ended up with a 13 inch ponytail!

We are so proud of this girl, with her big heart and unbelievable dedication!

Happy Halloween!

The much anticipated Halloween pictures!

We had a really nice day, Marshall was home and we got a lot done around the house. Lucy had a party at her school in the afternoon that Caymus and I went to. Lucky boy, got to go party with the big kids! I was a helper mom for her party. I love helping in her class. She has really sweet kids and they are all getting to know me and vice versa. I am known as "Lucy's Mom" I love that title! Anyway, we had loads of fun and loads of candy. Then it was home and off to a nap.

Oscar the Monkey, Kaden the Reaper, Caymus-Power Rangers Jungle Fury, Karson the Devil, Lucy the little Mermaid

We had a disgusting dinner at our friends, the Ward's house, mummy dogs, witches brew, and slime with bugs and dirt for dessert. So fun. They have 3 boys around our kids ages. It was really fun having a pre-trick or treat party and all the kids got to get ready together. We then went out to a nice Halloween friendly neighborhood to trick or treat. Neither of us live in "neighborhoods" so we had to find one that looked like it would be good. We were success full. The kids had a blast. And were very good.

Here is a glimpse of our fun.....

Caymus on our way to Trick or Treat, he was so ready!My little MermaidThe boys, Papa Smerf and Power RangerMeowwwwww, pussy cat and her kittens.

I made them stay together as a team, they did really good. At one point they were holding hands, but I was to slow with the camera.