Christmas Cookies with Cousins

Heather and I were brave and let the 6 kids decorate sugar cookies.  There was a huge mess, but the kids had a blast.

House Update

All my parents grandchildren

 Everett, Matthew, Ava, Emma, Ben, Kristen, Della

We were trying for a picture for our Christmas card, but the sun was too bright.

Okay trying to get all the grandkids to look at the camera at the same time is near to impossible.  We did the best we could.  This is the first time in many years that the whole family was together in the same place at the same time.  It was a very special day.

House updates

 Back of house, first story

 Front of the house

 Left side as you are looking at the front.

 Back of house

Garage side

We are starting to see some progress on our house.  Within two days the house was framed.  Today they planned on putting the roof on, so hoping to get some pictures later this afternoon of that.  Its very exciting to see it coming along.

Our new House!

 We have finally started our new house.

 The dug out foundation.  The kids have a blast climbing on the huge piles of dirt and rock.

 The driveway back to the house.

 The driveway out toward the road.  This used to be a steep V, but we brought it up pretty flat.

 The superior walls being placed.

 We have a foundation in place.

 The side view.

Pumpkin Carving and Halloween

 The kids all had a lot of fun this year with carving pumpkins.  We let them all get in and messy.  Matthew didn't want to stop putting his hand inside the pumpkin and Kristen was pretty grossed out.

 Trick or Treating was a big success although we missed our usual fellow trick or treaters.