Christmas Fun

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Winter Fun

We've done a few fun things this December. The kids have absolutely LOVED all the snow we've received and they want to play outside every chance they get. They love making snow angels and snow men and last Saturday we went sledding in our neighbors yard, scaring up several deer in the area. It was great. And with all the snow we keep getting, I'm sure there will be many more outside snow days!
We usually try to go out and cut down our own Christmas tree, but because of all the snow, we couldn't get into where we usually cut down the tree. So, this year, we had to settle for a store bought tree. We all had a lot of fun decorating the tree. The kids enjoyed looking through the ornaments and choosing which ones they got to hang up.
Unfortunately, a week later the tree was completely dead. We were so bummed. We had to un-decorate the tree, haul it back to the store, get a new one and re-decorate. Needless to say, it was a pain, but the new tree turned out just as beautiful and the kids got to decorate it twice!
Towards the beginning of the month, they have a free day at Hardware Ranch for Hyrum residents. We hesitated about going because the last time we went there when Myra was about 1, it was miserable. It was so cold and she cried the entire time. Finally, we decided to go. We started out with visiting Santa. Unfortunately, after this my camera batteries died and I don't have any other pictures. So, we headed down to wait in line for the sleigh-ride out to look at the Elk. The line took FOREVER!!!!! We contemplated leaving several times, even when we were almost to the end. Noah cried most of the time and so did Lexi for that matter. Myra was ok, running around, but we all were pretty cold by the end. We did enjoy looking at the elk, but I'm not sure if the miserable wait in line was really worth it. And no pictures! Oh well, overall, it was an enjoyable outing.

Our New Addition

Introducing....The Piano!

A couple of weeks ago, they announced in Elders quorum that there was a guy in the ward that was moving and didn't want to take his piano, so if anyone was interested in taking it, to contact him. Chad forgot about it for a few days, but finally called the guy. He said that there might be someone that was going to buy it from him, but if that didn't work out, he'd give us a call. The next morning, he called us to say that the piano was ours! For FREE! So, last Saturday, a few guys from the Elders quorum helped Chad to pick up and move the piano to our house. I can't hardly express how excited I am about this! It's a Shoninger (I'd never heard of the brand before), but looking it up online, it's a company originating out of Connecticut and they stopped making pianos in the mid 60's, so it's a few years old. But, it seems like it's in decent shape. It has a good sound to it, although it needs a little tuning because of the move. Needless to say, we (I) and so excited about our new piano!

To Sum up November

I know that December is now half over, but I have some major catching up to do! I only blogged 3 times in November and 2 of them were about things that happened in October. So, I am a month behind. Hopefully I can catch up!
November was one of the busiest, craziest months ever! We started out the month with our move to Hyrum on the first. We were lucky to have Grammy staying with us, so she was able to help out a ton with the kids! My mom also came up to help us move, which was a great help. And thanks to Dane and Brian for helping out, and especially Ben who was there forever that morning! We couldn't have done it without all the help! We were barely able to get the house settled in enough to sleep that night. The next day, we headed back to the condo to do some major cleaning. We ended up hiring a woman from Honduras to help out. Otherwise, I may still be there scrubbing out the oven. We finally were able to get everything cleaned up and ready to pass over the keys to our tenant. I certainly had mixed feelings leaving that last night, but the move was certainly for the best!
For the next few days, we attempted to make the house liveable, but I had a craft boutique coming up on the 12th, so most of our efforts were put into getting ready for that. We did take the following Saturday off to go up to Rexburg for Doug and Natalie's pinewood demolition derby. It was lots of fun!

It wasn't until after the Riverwoods show, which went pretty good, despite me getting sick the first day and Chad having to fill in for me, that we were finally able to start unpacking a little. We still have a lot of unpacked boxes, but the house mostly looks moved-into. After the Riverwoods show, we geared up for the big one, Novemberfest. We had my mom and dad up for Thanksgiving dinner, which I forgot to take any pictures of. Then they took the kids down to their home for a few days so that Chad and I could sell at the show. It was the first time I've ever been away from Noah overnight. Of course, he did just fine! The show ended up doing really well and I was glad that Chad was there with me for most of it. I figured once Novemberfest was over, I would be able to relax, but my Etsy shop took off like crazy and up until 2 days ago, it's been go, go, go... I just put my shops on vacation and am looking forward to enjoying the holidays without work hanging over me. I've been so busy for the past couple of months though, that I'm not completely sure what to do with myself now. I'm sure that feeling won't last for long though, I have a ton of things I've been putting off.
Anyway, that was about all we did during November. Unfortunately, I have hardly any pictures for the month! Bummer!