Tater's Christmas Play

The 2nd graders and the 5th graders put on a Christmas play at the school. Dustin was Paul Elf. He got to be on the stage for the whole play! (He felt pretty important). He did awesome! He didn't mess up any of his lines, he spoke clear and loud, and there was no embarrassing moments:)

The Tree....

This year I was looking for a tall skinny tree, just because of a small space issue. I figured it won't be that hard to find a small tree in the woods, but apparently I can not judge size. This tree looked a LOT smaller in the woods. Once we got it home, Matt had to take about 12" off of the top and trim most of the side branches! The good thing about having a 'not so full' tree, is that we used less lights and decorations so hopefully it will be really simple to take down everything!

It's a pretty tree. I think Charlie Brown would be proud!!!

Sledding

Away he goes....
The snow was still pretty soft, so Dustin needed a little help...

Wipeout...

"I think I'm frozen to the ground".....

Maybe 1 more time...

All smiles once again!!

The Great Tree Hunt

This last weekend, we braved the elements and headed out into the cold in search for a Christmas tree. We went with some friends and made a morning of the ordeal, complete with sledding and a fire! Despite the subzero temperatures, it was a very fun time:)

Another Sunday at my house....

I haven't been too good at keeping up on my blogging, so here are some random pictures...

I managed to get the kiddos to pause for a moment so that I could snap a picture of them playing together peacefully....a rare moment these days:)

No one can ever tell Dustin that pumpkins are a waste. He makes sure that he gets use out of them, even after Halloween. In fact, when he picks out his pumpkin to carve, he's already thinking about pulverizing it!

Because of all the houses, horses and the road around the house here, he is only able to shoot his bb gun here. Although after a little "warm up round", he convinced Matt to take him to the designated shooting range out here so he could shoot his .22.

Tater's fan club.......

Happy Halloween

This year I had a very cute pink bunny rabbit and one scary vampire.

Apparently vampires like the taste of rabbits, so it was a challenge for Tater to control his hunger pains :)

The weather this year was nice. The wind was blowing, but there was no snow! Downtown Cody does a trick or treating for the kids. They shut down the main street and let the kids go to all of the businesses down there. It was pretty fun. LOTS of people were there.

The Headless Horseman made an appearance....

After doing the downtown thing, we went and did door to door in one neighborhood and then decided to call it a night. I had two tuckered out kids by the time we got home...but not too tired to go through their loot:)

Winter already?!?

I don't even know what to say except....UGH!!! We currently have over two feet of snow, single digit temps, and one cranky mama!!