Goings on....

Oh, I've got to admit that the past few days have been busy, eventful, and tiring. I'm so behind in the house cleaning. I wish a cleaning fairy would just come to my house, and take care of it for me. Chris worked nearly 70 hours last week. And I've been at my mom's all night long for the past two nights helping her with some painting, and giving her moral support on the project she is working on :) So I still feel like I haven't seen my husband much lately. We've already secured a babysitter for Saturday, so no worries. We ARE going to spend some time together soon.

I've been listening to all the Christmas music I can get my hands on. I just love this time of year, and there is so much good music that we only listen to about 2 or 3 months out of the year. So, I'm not wasting any time!

I cut myself some bangs about two weeks ago. After probably about 15 years of no bangs, I just did it. I think I like them. It's always nice to try something new. I've put a couple of pictures on here.

My Elle is going to be 3 in just a couple of weeks. December 1st! She's getting so big. I think I still treat her like a baby sometimes even though I know she's getting big. But, she IS my baby. I'm taking the girls in to get some pictures taken tomorrow morning. Elle's bangs are getting so long. All of her hair really is long, but you just don't notice so much, because those curls are so tight! But lately it's started to hang into her eye's. So today we tried a new hairdo on her too! I love it :) So I guess we'll pull it up for her pictures tomorrow. Man, she's cute! If I don't say so myself.

Bree loves school. And when she gets home, she is always asking about what kinds of things we can do that are fun. Here are the girls coloring some turkey place mats, and doing Thanksgiving stickers. I have some really fun crafts that we're going to do together soon. It looks like I'm going to have to be creative from now on, and keep the good ideas coming!
Hats, hats, and more hats :) I just love snow clothes. I think I've bought the girls at least 4 hats each for this season. I just can't help it. There are so many cute ones out there. I would love to get more....but just what purpose would that serve? Anyway, here they are trying on some of the ones we just got. So cute!!
Here is an awesome view from my front porch. I just love the Fall leaves, with the snow in the background. We can't wait for it to snow here. Our family loves the snow! Chris used to be an avid Snowmobiler, with some pretty expensive sleds. But when you get married and have little babies, things kind of change. And he sold his sled and trailer. But a few weeks ago, we bought an old snowmobile that we can play with this year. Pulling the girls in their sled, and giving them rides. Maybe an occasional day up in the mountains. I'm really excited! The sled isn't fast, or lightweight, or expensive. You might even say, it's a bit on the nostalgic side, but it's just right for family play time :) I'm looking forward to it.
We have a lot of awesome, huge, tree's in both the front and backyards. And oh, how pretty they have been lately. But the leaves have fallen, and now it's time to clean it all up. Wow, I think we need like 20 garbage cans, and not just the 2 that we have. Good thing Chris has a leaf blower/sucker, that chews them up into tiny little bits, so that we can fit a lot more into the same space! We fill our cans every week. But there are always more leaves. Is it ever going to end? ha..ha..
The girls sure have enjoyed playing in the leaves!! And of course, I'm out there with my camera getting lots of fun memories.

Okay, so we're getting down to it. Most of the leaves have fallen, and I hope we can catch up on the cleanup soon. Yes, there are still many piles in the backyard. But we're working on them. We really are. Chris has tomorrow off, and is going to work in the yard, and put up the Christmas lights on the house. It's going to storm again this weekend, and tomorrow is supposed to be the warm day before the storm. So I hope we can get everything done. And I guess that's the goings on around here!