Wind, Wind Go Away

I'm going to confess something that most of you probably don't know about me....but you have to be sworn to secrecy...or at least not make fun of me to my face ;o) I remember when I was little...and maybe a tiny bit as an adult...of being afraid of the wind. Yes...the wind. Something about dancing figure's being thrown across my bedroom curtains or the howl and whistle of it blowing around the house or threw a forest of trees. It's always been a little unsettling for me. So anyway, something happened too early this morning to confirm that I'm still afraid of the stinkin wind. Anyway, I woke up wide awake at 4:45 am this morning with an unsettled feeling. (Not to mention that I'd woke up a couple hours prior with the same unsettled feeling...only because it sounded like a freight train going through the house because of the wind against the house.) I jump out of bed to first check on the kids...and it just felt like something was off. So I noticed that it was really cold and there was this breeze and whistle going through the house...so I stumble off down the mile long hall way to find that the Front door of my parent's house had been blown wide open. So I calmly shut and re lock the door...and panic sets in. How long have those been open, seconds, minutes, or hours??? I try not to run back to the bedroom to wake my soundly sleeping husband....to make him stumble through and check the house for any intruders. Thankfully, the only intruder was the wind. Needless to say I tried to go back to sleep...with a couple lights on for safety...and couldn't go back to sleep until Luke got up to get ready for work. (My Hero) Apparently my parent's had unlocked the stationary door to move something in and forgot to lock it again...OK...how long has that been like that???...because for all of you interested in robbery...this would the easiest house to get in to...just come right on in...the wind will open the doors for you. Which brings me to another thought...did anyone drive by at the time?? Since my parent's are out of town...I'm a freek and feel the need to turn on the outside lights at night...because of all the doors and windows...so if anyone did drive by they'd be able to see clearly that the doors were wide open. And since I was totally freeking out I got up only a few times afterwards to check to make sure that the locks where in fact holding up to the wind and saw the News Paper Delivery person drive by...what would they have done....ring the door bell...call the cops??? How do you wake a family to inform them that their doors are wide open with out scaring the poo out of them? Needless to say I'm just happy I only lost a couple hours of sleep and that in fact the wind was the only intruder....as far as we know!!!

Christmas Pictures

Uncle Keith..aka Cousin Eddie

Cousin Aleena

Helping Gaga w/ presents

Clayton

Visit from Santa and the Mrs.

A Glimpse

Here's a look at our new house. We made a trip up on Saturday to show Ethan...he's very excited. He wants to live in the closet under the stairs. ;o) We also found out...being that we're on top of a hill...and in Moscow...our Driveway and the back of our house are great locations to build deap snow drifts...don't tell anyone...but Luke got stuck in our drive way...good way to meet the neighbors...because they had to help dig him out ;o) I was nice and didn't say "I told you so"....because I'm almost positive I didn't tell him he'd get stuck either ;o)

(The drive way looks flat here with the yard....well it's not.)

Main Street Moscow

Snow Men

The other day Ethan was so excited to build 'Frosty the Snow Man'...so once we had a heat wave on Christmas Eve..it got up to 24 I think...I thought I'd try to build a snow man with him. Well the snow was really dry and the snow man was looking more like a Penguin than a round jolly old man...so to satisfy the little guy I made two little ones for him....which wasn't an easy task either...but he still thought they were pretty cool. We even pulled baby carrots left over from the garden and found little pebbles for the eyes. It was fun...and COLD.

Merry Christmas

Wow...so a lot has happened since my last blog...I've been too lame to keep it up to date lately. We contemplated building a home for a second...then it started snowing and it didn't stop snowing...and by having the reality that we could be in a home soon hung over our heads, with money in the bank...we decided to buy a home instead. Plus, it could be a year before Moscow digs out from the snow and we didn't want to wait that long. We're ready to get our life back in order. Not that it hasn't been great staying here with my parent's...it's just not the same as your own home. The process is going smooth and fast, we close on Dec. 30th and move next weekend. :o) Ethan had his first Christmas program through the preschool he's been attending...but he only has one more day left :o( But I'll be looking for something in Moscow once we get settled. Anyway, back to the Christmas program...it was pretty cute...short and simple. Ethan wasn't required to sing much...just march like an elf (with elf hats)...and not one child was too into that...most were concerned on where their parent's were in the crowd...or putting gifts in a sleigh...that in the end ended up gettting toppled on by a few youngsters...and came out looking a little crumpled...but never the less it was very cute. And the elf hats didn't make it too long either...but I think they were just there to look cute....and that they were.

Lewiston has also had a record snow fall the past week and a half or so...it's been too cold to really go out and play but we did get a chance to go sledding on the country club golf course...which was very fun.....going down...back up wasn't so fun...especially when you have a toddler in tow on the sled behind you. Poor Ethan kept getting his face plastered with snow...and would cry at the bottom...I bet it burned a little...but he kept wanting to go again. And to solve our laziness issue about hiking back up we had one of the other adults drive a truck down and pick the sledders up and haul them back to the top...yes...pathetic...but smart!!! There were only a couple wrecks...mostly involving a grandpa and a grandaughter....and the tears came from the grandaughters. We had some other friends there too....so don't just assume that it was just one grandpa ;o)

We wish everyone a very safe and Merry Christmas and look forward to building our row boats and ores over the next fews days...once the weather warms up and the snow starts melting we'll be rowing around town instead of sliding.

Ethan before his Christmas Program

Clatyon 8.5 months (Update on this little guy: he got his first 2 teeth...it was rough going but they finally popped through.)

Checking out the sled hill

Sledding with "Unple" Keith and Cousin Leeny

SOLD!

Sorry it's been so long between blogs. I'll try to get you caught up on what has been going on around here. The big doings around here....we SOLD our house! We had an accepted offer and were closed in the same week. We're fortunate that we were able to sell it when we did. We went to Boise last weekend to get the last few items from our house and sign the papers...I won't lie...I cried. But I bucked up and I'm moving forward now ;o) So now we're still trying to decide if we want to build or buy existing. So I've been working on a floor plan to get out to a couple builders to get bids from...so we'll keep you all updated on what we decide....if we don't get kicked out before we get a chance to decide ;o)
We're all finally starting to feel healthy again after fighting a cold for 2 or 3 weeks. It started with Ethan getting pink eye 3 weeks ago and it all went down hill from there. I've had an annoying cough for 2 weeks now...if only I could take drugs for it...but for some reason they don't like to mix breast feeding with drugs...go figure. Mmmm...other than that...we're still the same ol lame boring people...getting ready for Christmas, Baby Showers, and changing diapers. Oh and Ethan is a tumbling fool on Saturdays now and he goes to Preschool/Daycare 2 days a week now...it's been good for me and him both....though lately he's not been wanting to go :o( But Miss Tammy assures me that he has a lot of fun after I leave....it's just cutting the cord is a little hard...and because he's been sick. But he gets to be in his first Christmas Show next week.

Thanksgiving at the Ranch

Little Clayton

Ethan with Gaga's glasses on