Grandpa visit

We went down to visit Grandpa today and helped him hang some artwork in his newly finished room. Of course, Sabrina fed Annie goldfish crackers and had to stop by the fridge for a dose of "Farmer Ted" and dancing.

Sabrina-in-a-box

Our daughter loves boxes...plastic or cardboard and any size! The other day she climbed in to a plastic laundry box with her blanket and a book and proceeded to have an excellent time reading!

Two weeks of projects...

The two week vacation Randy had we spent on projects: installing a wood stove, insulating the attic, sanding and refinishing a cutting board (with help from Julie's Dad), removing pink floral wallpaper and painting Sabrina's room blue, and installing energy efficient doors. Now it is time to clean up and rest up for the next round of projects in the future at some time.

House photos

Finally, we have a chance to post some photos of the house...

Snowy weather

With the forecast of snow tonight and freezing cold temperatures, we are thankful the wood stove is installed. Here are some photos from our house of the snow from Thanksgiving week. (can you tell we did not have internet connections for almost two months and then had computer issues for another week?)

Trying to stay warm

The last few weeks have been project orientated. Randy has insulated the attic space, installed a wood stove insert and is finishing the installation of energy efficient doors on the back of our house. The timing for these updates could not be any better as the mercury is dropping quickly and the last week has brought us both snow and ice. This morning was 26 degrees at 7:30AM. So, currently we are warm by the wood stove but a little drafty where the doors are being primed! Tuesday's forecast is for freezing fog and Wednesday's forecast is for snow! Hope we can keep warm!

Christmas Elves

Christmas day Sabrina and her cousin from Eugene were "helping" pass out gifts ...and opening them.

Church bunny

One of Grandma Judy's friends gave Sabrina a white bunny for Christmas. First of all, this bunny could not wear the dress it came in because bunnies don't wear dresses. Any attempt to put the dress back on the bunny were stopped or the dress was simply removed. When Sunday arrived, the new bunny had to go to church and then had to go to the communion up front. Needless to say, bunny is a great hit.