Lots of painting!!

Justin & I decided to rip down all the wall paper in the front room & paint the entire upstairs. living, dining, kitchen, halls. Getting the wall paper off was probably the hardest part, but once we figured it out & had my parents help we got it all off & scrubbed down in about 2 days! Carter was such a good helper the one night, he stayed up til about 11:30 helping us get wall paper off. He stunk like vinegar so even though he was exhausted he insisted on getting in the tub- which lead to this -

Everywhere else was luckily just white. The only bad thing was the trim, base & crown molding in the living room was all tan before, so I painted it all white. But then of course the whites through out the rest of the house didn't match. so for about 3 days, I spent them painting the trim- the only nice thing was I didin't have to tape, {besides along the carpet} Once I got the trim all painted. it was onto to the walls, which is mainly Justin & was lots & lots of painting... It took us maybe a total of 3-4 days {not full days, just nights when Justin got off work} its a good thing we kept each other motivated because painting gets old quick :) but the upstairs is all done!! & it looks much much better. amazing what some paint can do! Now onto the downstairs...!!

Dance Performance!

This cute little thing had another dance performance {same dance} the day after Thanksgiving at the Strictly ballroom building. I tried posting the video for family who isn't close enough to come watch, but it won't load.

 She did such a great job. I think she is getting burnt out of doing the same dance, but she is really good at it :) She dances again on December 13th for Christmas & then I hope they learn another new dance! After she danced we walked around the boutique for a little bit.

After her dance performance, Carter wanted his picture by this deer :)

 My mom took the kids home with her,Wendi & Dani, for a sleepover- so Justin & I could work some more on painting. {we've got the whole upstairs painted-now to decorating-the hard part} I think we are going to start on the downstairs now, I don't know what we are thinking but once we are ALL done it will be worth it!!!

1st Snow & Sledding

 On Novemeber 16th we got our first snow, well enough snow to go sledding on & we haven't gotten hardly any since. But as soon as my parents left {wiring a plug & helping us take down wall paper-thanks tons!} the kids went out with Justin to sled. They were beyond excited. Carter finally spent his birthday money from uncle Justin & aunt Wendi at Cal-Ranch & bought them both a sled {they insisted Tenley needed her own :)} So off they went...

Trying to skate board :)

Justin was pushing them down our front hill.

BLAST!

Loving the snow!

They both tried to go backwards plenty of times, it usually didn't end well :)

I am not a cold person, so I sat & took pictures from the window. Once it warms up & there is enough snow for the rhino pulling -then I will go out :)  We've found some pretty nice sledding hills now that we've lived out here thru 1 winter. Maybe a little dangerous. But the kids love to go out & sled. They are finally to the age where they will stay out longer than 5 minutes, before they come running back in froze!  I've never liked winter, but we do what we gotta do to make it fun!!!