Monday, December 13, 2010

Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Adventures in Rural Living

Who says it's boring to live out in the middle of nowhere?  Just the other day, we had six horses wander into the yard. 

Isaac looked at them hungrily for a minute, but when they got a bit closer, he decided it would be prudent to watch from under a patio chair instead.

Meanwhile, i made sure they were friendly!

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Sweet Dreams

"Sleep tight; don't let any bedbugs bite--or crawl in your ear and lay eggs in your brain!" -Ember

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Gingerbread Houses

I'll be honest.  I HATE gingerbread houses!  Such a pain.  I even cheat and use a kit.  But the kids love them, so here we go:

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Parade Day

This is how we wait for a parade

My favorite is the fire trucks




Only in SW MO (i hope) does Santa and Mrs. Clause ride into town on a bass boat...

Catching Up

Between moving, birthdays, holidays, internet outages, and life in general, i''m finding myself really behind on blogging!  The great thing about blogger though, is that i can post in the past.  So if things look a little wonky and out of order for awhile, that's why!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

The Tree is Up!