Just Beautiful Colorado

Gloria scraping the snow.

This is our driveway today. We had a mini blizzard. We were glad not to be driving in this.

Swingin'

It was definitely time to get outside for both mom and kids. It had been pretty cold outside for a while, so this was the first time we got outside to play for about 2 weeks. It was warmish for about three days, then the above happened...(refer to above post)

Buda Benaiah

Benaiah is not crawling yet, but still looks cute in his (almost) birthday suit. He sits really well. JB was a sweet brother and got the pillow to put behind him just in case he falls backwards (which occasionally happens).

Gloria's Quilt

I made this twin-size quilt for Gloria's bed with the help of my friend, Carolyn, who helped a lot with the cutting and piecing part. I made it into a comforter cover so that she could be snugly and warm with it. A friend's grandmother and a friend from church embroidered a verse (Romans 12:2) onto it with a really fancy embroidery machine. The only thing I have to do now is put snaps on the comforter and on the inside of the duvet cover to make the comforter stay in place. Gloria picked out the quilt pattern and of course it was the little girls with "dancing dresses" on. Working on this quilt and finishing it has given me more confidence to do more complicated quilts. This one is rotary cutter, not appliqué. Maybe someday I will try appliqué.

A Buggy and Mommy Ride

This is a pony cart, but it was a good way to transport Gloria up and down the driveway when she really wanted to keep up with JB who was on a big boy bike. She loved it and it was good exercise for me.

Another Christmas Tree from the Woodlot!

JB and Max are serious about their tree-cutting.

Benaiah just thinks it's fun to watch and be on Grandude's shoulders

Family picture, chain saws and all...

Benaiah's first bites

Cute cowgirl

"Pwincess"

Sometimes she is a "Butterfly Pwincess" and other times a "Butterfly Dancing Pwincess".

Love is in the air...

...beautiful fresh fall air. We had a great time out at dinner, then out for ice cream and made sure to come back after the kids (at least the two older ones) were in bed!

Max has the sexy detective look going.

Gramma here means...

Date Night!!!!

Working hard

Max took a temporary break from hunting this long weekend to work on cleaning up the yard. The kids were ecstatic to have him around and to help him on yard work. Max's mom is here until tomorrow because Max has been gone a lot due to work and now hunting, which is a good break for him. Having Gramma Shell here is a great break for me!

Raking Leaves

Gloria and JB are raking leaves on a beautiful fall day. The changing trees are so pretty right now. JB was very motivated because we said that he could earn a quarter by helping rake and bag leaves.

Sporting a hand-made hand-me-down

There's no question that this is a hand-me-down from his older brother. A very cozy one. JB was born in Grand Forks, ND and when Gramma Shell was visiting ND, we went to Cabela's in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. We bought some big Cabela's sweatshirts that were on Clearance and Michele with her sewing talent made a sleeper/cold-weather suit for JB when he was baby-sized. It's 38 degrees here now and supposed to only get up to 51 degrees today, so this will keep Benaiah warm on our errands. Not exactly Grand Forks cold here, but after the warm fall weather we're used to, it kinda feels like it.