Four Days.....

We leave for Disneyland in four days! Jason and I have never been to Disneyland. Parker went when he was 3, so he really doesn't remember it, and the other kids have never been as well. I'm super excited, and a little bit nervous. I feel like we've planned well, and I've done my research but now that the times come I can't remember anything! I've got so much to get ready! I am super grateful to the Bowlby's for being so generous in letting us use their timeshare to stay at. There's no way we could afford seven days in the magic kingdom inside or outside of the gates without it. I've been checking the forecast and it's holding in the 70's! I cannot wait to be warm. If you have any advice send it my way!

Happy Anniversary

Today is my and Jason's 12th wedding anniversary. It's flown by, and been fabulous 90% of the time. Last night we went out to dinner to celebrate. We went to the only Vietnamese restaurant in town and had delicious food. At the end of the dinner we got fortune cookies which read....

His: You will a have happy adventure soon.

Mine: Accept the next proposition you hear.

Nuff said, happy anniversary Jason.

Fall Pictures!

Went out past Keno with our friends the Hewletts to get their Christmas tree. We can't have a real one because of my families allergies, but it was so fun to go out in the woods with them. Tiffany took our family picture, and I took advantage of the opportunity to take new pictures of the kids. Fall pictures are always my favorite, and somehow this year I missed the leaves in town so out to the woods we went.
Paxton-3

Parker -11 Payton-9

Phoebe-5

Halloween 2009

Halloween this year was a week long event. It started with the Main Steet Parade and carnival. Paxton the Pirate and Phoebe the Sailor had a blast. Even Parker (who is almost too cool for this holiday) had a good time.Payton was out in the woods with J collecting wood.
They had a ton of stuff going on including several businesses who were giving out candy to the hords of children. Parker stayed at the Jewelry store and handed out candy. This is Phoebe in the Parade with Margaret. These two just love each other to pieces. They have such a sweet friendship.
Then there was trick or treating at "Trick or Street" . Here is Lila the Lion at our church "Trunk or Treat". It was a really good night there too!
Here's Parker in his Ducks Uniform, which doubled as his costume for the second year in a row.
Payton and Eva used their dance receitle costumes to be clowns this year at the Roosevelt Carnival. So many Parties this year!

Phoebe's Pre-School

Theses are Phoebe's school pictures that my friend Camille did for the school. They are sooo cute!
Phoebe's Teacher and the class, cute kids, great teacher, awesome school! Love it!

Wood Adventures

In October Jason and I took the little kids out to Deadhorse and Campbell Lake to get wood. We borrowed trailers and vehicals from various family members and friends and headed out to get wood for the winter. This is a great place to get wood because there is so much standing dead wood, thanks to beatle kill. You can see the whole hill behind the lake is just ravaged.

The down side to going there is that it is about 80 miles one way. So we tryed to make the most out of the trip and get as much wood as possible. We had a truck bed and two trailers. We got directions and a map from the Forrest Service office in Klamath. They told us that when we got to a certain spot we would find the wood in piles already fell and limbed. That was exactly what we found when we got to the lake. Several piles of it waiting for us to load up. We got the truck bed about halfway loaded when a Forrest Service truck pulled up to us and told us that the wood we were loading was for campsites, not us. We knew it was too good to be true. He was nice though, and let us keep what wood we had loaded. Evidently, the office in Klamath was giving out bad information, he had to tell this same thing to two people before us the same day. When he was done crushing our dreams, he told us that the tire on one of our trailers was flat. That was the beginning of a long bad day. We had no spare for the trailer, and the leak was so bad that it wouldn't hold air after we put in "tire stuff" and filled it back up with air. We couldn't drive the trailer home with this tire, so we jacked the trailer up and took off the wheel and put it in the back of the car. Jason found a spot, and started cutting wood while I drove the back service roads to Paisly Or. When I finally arrived in Paisley an hour later they had one service station. I filled up the huge gas tank of the Escalade, and prayed that they could fix the tire that is appreantly older than dirt. The locals gave me weird looks, probably because of the luxery suv I was driving. This kid was the only one working the gas station/ service station and he was running his but off.

Across the street from the service station is a nice little cafe where the kids and I grabbed a drink. Inbetween the two on the corner of the main road through town was this "Deer Hide Deposit" bucket. That's small town Oregon for ya!
So about an hour after I arrived, and $60 in gas, and $ 65 in tire tube later I was on my way back to where Jason was. When I arrived to Jason he only had about 6 tree rounds loaded. I had been gone for almost 3 hours, so I was very dissapointed. The reason was, not because he was taking it easy, but because the chain on the chain saw was so dull it was taking 15 minutes and a whole lot of man power to get through one section of tree. After witnessing this for about an hour, I got fed up with it. We decided to just limb them and cut them into six foot sections. Then we both picked them up, and threw them in the tailer. We ended up being out there well past dark, but we got alot of wood. It was such a long drive and a whole day, so the pressure to make it worth it was on. By this point it was also getting to be an expensive trip! All in all a good long days worth of hard work, and heat for the winter.

Making good on promises

Back in the spring I did a "contest" on my blog. The first 3 people to respond and repost were promised something handmade by me with in the year. So since nothing else inspires me like fall it was easy to get to work.

For Kelda I made these stacker blocks. I'll be making some more for myself I think.

For Suzanne I made this Pumpkin plauque. I loved it soo much that I had to make on for myself. Then I went and made a 12x12" one with a big pumpkin on it. They are my favorite! I went and bought Michaels, and Joanns out of wooden pumpkin shapes.

And since Sarah moved (send me your address Sarah!) I made her some fall cards. They're super cute, and way lighter to mail;).

I also made a new wreath for my front door. I am feeling mighty particular about wreaths as of late. Since I have a glass door, and you can see both sides of the wreath I had to figure out a way to make the back side as pretty as the front. I wrapped the whole thing in ribbon, and hid the wire to attatch the vines under the ribbon. Looks great! I also made two mini matching ones for on top of the buffet right inside my front door.

I was a crafting maniac this last week, and there have been no signs of stopping.
Today I painted over the mural I did in the girls room. It's been up for about five months, and I'm done looking at it. I've been working on some new artwork for their room. I'm really pleased with how it's turning out. Tomorrow I will make an oversided memo board for over Payton's bed. The ceilings in their room are really high, and I am too lazy to paint a border around the top of the room. The memo board should take up some wall space and soften the area. Hopefully I'll like it, I havn't been pleased with much of anything I've done in their room since they decided to share.