WHITE CHRISTMAS

Today we woke up to a beautiful fresh blanket of white fluffy powder. How beautiful it was to see the mountains covered in snow on Christmas morning. We received about 8" of fresh powder and LOVE every inch we get. Christmas Eve was snowy as well. Brian missed Christmas Eve dinner due to the storms that hit our neighborhood. As you all know Bri has a new job of plowing the roads up here in the winter time. We purchased a snow removal business from one of the neighbors before they up and moved back east. I think he truly enjoys being outside and getting paid. I do feel bad that he was unable to be with us on Christmas Eve for dinner. We know how hard he is working for our family at this time. Thanks Bri for all you do.

Christmas morning was awesome. The boys both woke up to a great big WOW! Santa brought Kelton his 5 piece drum set, Carson got his MMR pellet gun, and Cooper got his Cloey phone. Carson and Kelton got their dad a CHAIN SAW. Now what man wouldn't want a chain saw for a gift. I think after chopping down that huge Christmas tree by hand Bri realized what his little heart was truly desiring. We had a great time hanging out together just relaxing. I was lucky enough to get some nice running shoes. Thanks for all the great gifts family and friends. We had a wonderful Christmas.

We caught Coop eating on a fake apple off of the Christmas tree. We took it away and his mouth was all red and yucky. About a few hours later he started getting SICK. I thought the poor kid had been poisened by an apple just like in the story Snow White. He was throwing up, and rootin out the wrong end all night long. He had a temperature and looked like death had warmed over . I think he just got a taste of the serious flu bug. Poor little guy. Not a fun way to end Christmas day.

EWE'S FLUFFY

ME IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS - oh yah baby....who is fluffy now?

Alright, Cooper is almost 10 months old and today I realized that he is no longer a baby. I can't use the excuse "I JUST HAD A BABY!" to justify my fluffy parts. I was in cooking dinner and my cute little guy comes up to me and says mom are you having another baby? I looked over at him and I asked why. He was tapping and rubbing his belly at me so innocently. Why do children have to be so completely honest and truthful. It's not like he was trying to hurt my feelings but he truly wanted to know if I was FREAKING pregnant.

So now I am motivated! No more chocolate fudge, cocoa motion, chocolate chip cookies, carmel corn, and candy bars for lets see.......EVER! I am motivated to finally get rid of this extra junk in the trunk. I was complaining to Brian that I have no clothes to wear. Actually, I do have clothes to wear - lots and lots of clothes that don't fit my fluffiness. I will let you know how the weekly weigh in goes. You will get to learn all about my fluff until it turns to rock iron steel.

When I was pregnant you had to weigh in on the scale at the doctors office. They had a sign that read......Ewe's not fat, Ewe's fluffy! Wow, they think they are so STINKING FUNNY. FLUFFY.....blah, blah, blah, blah.

OH CHRISTMAS TREE

Our family got to go on a great Christmas tree adventure this year to find the perfect tree. A few miles from our home is the National Forest so we decided to cut one down instead of doing the tree farm thing. What an adventure it was. The Williams family hunted, and hunted through 10" of fresh powder until we found THE perfect bright green tree. Cooper and I headed back to the truck to warm his little frigid face. Brian and the boys were off to cut down our Christmas tree the old fashion way....with a hand saw! After sawing it 2 different times they drug it up a hillside that was as steep as the north side of Mt. Everest. Yup, by the time their heads peaked over the mountain Brian was about ready to pass out. He looked like he had just road 200 miles on his road bike. As soon as he got back to the truck the door flew open and he grabbed a RED BULL and guzzled it down. I was laughing just a little because the tree was HUGE! Well, we through it in the back of the truck and snowplowed our way back home. I LOVE going on fun adventures and today.......was a fun adventure.

GOT MILK?

Kelton woke up today wanting cereal for breakfast. I was running a little short on milk so I secretly added some water to the milk. I poured out the cereal and milk and handed it to him, than I walked into the other room. All of a sudden I hear this loud "this milk tastes funny, I think there is water in it." I walked into the kitchen and looked at him funny "why would it have water in it?" He just couldn't figure out why his milk tasted like water. He ate all of his cereal up and kept giving me the dirty eye. "Mom, you really should buy some new milk. I think they put water in that one." SO FUNNY! Brian and I just kept cracking up over it all day long.

SURGERY SUCCESS

Carson had his surgery on his thumb today. It was a total success. He has 2 pins holding it in place, but will get those out in a few weeks. He is doing AMAZING. I am so proud of how brave he was during this whole ordeal. He truly did great. I didn't once hear him complain of anything. He didn't get to eat anything until about 3:00p.m. but he knew exactly what he wanted when the time came for him to eat. The nurse came in and Carson said he would like 2 chicken strips, fries...."make those curly", and a LARGE Oreo milkshake. Wow, he deserves every bit of sugar and grease he can get today. Thanks Brian, Dad, and Officer H. on the blessing you gave Carson. It truly helped!

Carson has just finished his fries (curly) and has a oreo mustache from his yummy shake.

BROKEN THUMB-SURGERY

This picture was taken right after he busted his finger.

Good thing I didn't pull it back in place. I thought it was just dislocated.

Carson is headed to surgery tomorrow. They have to pin his little thumb together so it can set. I will let you know how things go

GOOD DAY GETS BETTER

This morning I woke up to a feeling of YUCK! Not a sick type of YUCK, but just YUCK! You know sometimes you just feel greasy, stinky, FAT, and down right DEPRESSED. Yup, that is how I felt rolling out of bed this morning. I think it had something to do with being stuck indoors for the past week, not showering, eating out of control, and taking care of my sick little bug.

Brian, of course was in a great mood and asked what I needed to be happy today. I told him I just needed to get out for a little bit. I pulled on my running shoes and buttoned up my coat and headed out the door for a short jog. IT WAS TOTALLY FREEZING outside, but I just kept thinking of my buddy Jennica who is not afraid of anything. .....including -30 degree weather. I ran my few little miles, and came back home to try and thaw out my frigid body. Exercise to me is my PROZAC. I tell you what if I don't exercise I'm a MEAN "BITCH" MONSTER. (Pardon the language)Brian bought some sheet rock for the shop and worked on it for a portion of the day. He took the boys downtown to buy them some sleds, and headed to the hills for a fun afternoon of sledding. It was fun to see them playing in the fresh, fluffy snow.

I got a call from Griffin saying that him, Katrina, mom, and dad were headed up for a visit. I was thrilled to hear that we were having company come since it is a little out of the way for most people. We had great conversation, and got to go to Trails Inn for some yummy food. Thanks for the visit!
I can't believe it is almost Christmas time again. I just LOVE this time of year. This next Saturday we are going out hunting for our BIG Christmas tree. Brian says it has to touch our ceiling. The problem is....our ceiling is about 25 feet high. I don't think we will be able to fit that big of tree in through the door. We might have to do some trimming. I will keep you updated on the Christmas tree hunt.