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Weeky Round Up In Photos

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Weekly Round Up In Photos

An evening storm

Jayden

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A Few Photos From This Past Week

The snow is just beautiful as it sits heavy on the pine trees. The tall, dry grasses in our field stand tall with snow intertwined. The garden, looking sad and abandoned has taken on a new look of beauty. As I write this, three deer are in the garden. The kids are watching out the back, surmising that they are a mama, daddy, and baby deer. They are watching them dig for grass, coming up with their faces covered in snow. They have had several occasions to watch them jump over fences. How beautiful!

As I shoveled snow yesterday, Jayden (4) asked what would happen if he spit in the snow. Is this a boy thing, or what? Tess crafted a cute little snowman, hoping it would remain until the hunters returned home to see it.

We have a list of things “to do” a mile long. Well, that might be exaggerating, but just cleaning the pantry has taken several days, alone!!! The first task we tackled was the refrigerator. Rase stood inside it and wiped it down really well while I washed the shelves and Tessila (8) wiped them dry.

Rase (6) has been my little man, going around the kitchen with a screw driver, checking all the cupboard doors and tightening the ones that need tightening. We discovered one that was complete broken. He removed it for me and we took it to a shop to get replacement parts. He reinstalled the hardware for me!

It’s been interesting cooking for such a small crowd! I use small pots and pans.

The hunters called last night from Red Lodge. They had come down from the mountains to get propane, a meal, and check on parts for the heater, which stopped working in one of the trailers. I was so glad they called! We sure miss them! They said they had received about three feet of snow!!

I wish I had a digital camera so I could take before and after photos of the refrigerator and pantry! That’s all for now. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

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When The Big Ones Are Away, The Littles Will Play

While we were out there with our hands reaching up to hang laundry with the wooden clips, he was saying how he’d rather do some other things on a hot day than hang laundry. I explained to him that I love hanging laundry because it’s so peaceful and quiet:  I can hear the birds and I can pray if no one is with me talking. He said… (mind you, he’s hanging laundry with clips), “Let’s pray!”  I said, “okay!” He said, “I’ll go first!”  “Great,” I reply.

He proceeds to close his eyes and begin praying while trying to hang laundry at the same time  (He must think I close my eyes when I pray out there).

So I said, “Wait! You can’t hang laundry and have your eyes closed.” So he opened them and prayed, “Thank you, God for this beautiful day so that we could have lots of fun hanging laundry.”

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Rase And Me Hang’n Out

Ah well….another trip to the doctor’s.  At least it wasn’t the ER this time!  This time, my 3yo got a pretty little purple bead stuck in his nostril.  Why do kids do this?

They almost had to send us to an ear/nose/throat doctor because it was stuck so far!  They finally called in the doctor that had performed the circumcision on Rase to give it a try.  We joked…maybe he’ll recognize him.  Considering that Rase has only ever been to the doctors once before in his life, he did quite well.

My biggest regret…I wish I hadn’t of let them give him a sucker (for being good).  Really…he should not have been rewarded for the predicament he got himself in.

On a side note…Rase is child #9.  I felt pretty silly when they asked me his birth date and I couldn’t remember!  Am I getting old, or is it mommy brain?

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A bead in the nose is worth 2 hours in the doc’s office