Two Thousand and Ten Wrap-Up

We got snow right before we got our shingles on, so that still needs to be done. Tyler got a new air compressor for all the work on the house.

Tess and Sam, to document them as they are starting to look old.

New haircuts, as a joke on Dad (see Weston's B-day for his cut), only the joke is on Mom because Weston loved it and wouldn't let me cut it for about 2 weeks. You'll be glad to know they are both now gone and the 80's did not make its tremendous comeback.

8th birthday along with his new Scout shirt, book and some cash.

Weston is getting baptized tomorrow, and I can hardly believe it. He is a good boy, and helps Tyler and I be better people. He loves, loves, loves movies and has since he was 10 months old.

Mandy, Emily, and I now dine at Mcdonald's so we can visit without too many interruptions. Mandy was visiting from Virginia over Christmas, so after four tries we finally got together and talked about old times.

Christmas 2010 brought lots of joy...

Books,

dollhouses,

rollerblades,

tool belts to work on the house with Dad,

trucks and trailers,

and coloring.

Bird Season and Wrestling

Here's what we've been up to:
Weston wrestled again this year, he loves it. He takes it so seriously, if you can't tell. He comes home and practices moves on Owen (wonder if that is why Owen is the tyrant in nursery). He did really well this year, he is such a lightweight though, they usually have a hard time pairing him with second graders.

Opening day of the pheasant hunt, do you think Owen is enjoying that bird? Later he chased the girls and the neighbor with it.

Anna loves, and I mean loves, tank tops. She always lets me know that they are immodest, but so cute. "Aren't those girls with immodest clothes on so cute Mom?" Today she went with tank top over the cable cardigan, puffy look.

This is the update on our house, it does have trusses and mounds of snow since this picture. Why is it so hard to drive a block and take a picture?

The Creepy Girl in the Corner

How would you like to see this in the corner of your eye when brushing your teeth? This head has scared me more times than I can count since that fateful Christmas she joined our family. I swear the girls must know just how to place her, so that when one enters a room, she almost sneaks up on you!

Our Trick-or-Treaters

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving 2010

Our annual Pumpkin Carving FHE took place last night. I hate cleaning up after the event, but I love carving pumpkins. Just ask my husband, I am much better at it than he is.

They were really excited!

Dad's pumpkin, what a whopper.

This is Paige's practice notebook for piano, it just cracks me up because I have found she spends a lot of her time decorating her notebook with her name in bubble letters, instead of practicing. Oh well, it is always good to have someone in the family who is good at bubble letters, what if we need to make a sign or something.

My lack of blogging is due to the new house that we are building. I am always so busy down at the new house that I haven't taken any pictures of it. But, I have taken pictures of the injuries sustained so far. We now have the footings and foundation done and these injuries took place the day we poured the foundation. I cut my hand open trying to cut re-bar, which it ended up looking pretty lame compared to the burns Tyler got during the cement pouring. We began pouring at about 5 in the afternoon and had a blowout in a corner, as it was getting dark on us also. Tyler had to stand in cement for a little too long and only had on jeans, shoes and socks; not rubber boots. The lime in the cement burnt him pretty badly in the hour time he was in it. These pictures show how it looks over the course of about 10 days. He got a staph infection in the worst ankle and had to be on antibiotics. He is still wrapping them and applying ointment every day. Yet, he has only ever complained once of any discomfort and that was from standing on them too long. Hopefully we don't have too many more of these things happen, or building our own home isn't going to save us much money.

Paige turns 6!

Paige turned 6 years old this month! She got a new CD player and CD's for her birthday, and some new dancing gear. She loves music and dancing, now she can jam out to Taylor Swift and Hannah Montana in her room.