frustrated!

So I thought it would be cute to put a christmas background to the blog. I found a cute one with snowmen, but after I updated it, it erased everything on the side . . . my pictures and my favorite blogs. How frustrating! Anyway, hopefully I can get it back to how it was. Does anyone know of any christmas templates that don't change your blog?

oh christmas tree!

I don't have much time to blog, so I'm going to keep this brief. Last weekend we got ourselves a nice blue spruce.

It was too tall for our house so Clark grafted it. If you look close, you can see the top was spliced.

I was cracking up after I took this picture because you can barely see our tree. I had to take another one without anyone standing by it. :)

It's perfect for our little house!

Fantastic Weekend

Wow! Both of my kids are napping at the same time. I hardly know what to do with myself. I think I'll update you on our fantastic Thanksgiving weekend. Well, it was rough-going the first few days actually. We left Laramie Monday afternoon. I made sure to bring lots of snacks to keep the kids entertained and me awake. About 3 hours into the drive, I started to feel REALLY sick. I thought, "Oh great, I ate too many snacks," but that was not the case. I told Clark I felt like I was going to barf and the next thing I knew, I was barfing in a plastic bag while Clark pulled off the highway. Yes. Gross. I thought it was just carsickness. Wrong again. I threw up 3 more times during the next 24 hours. It was the darn flu. Clark and Rosie got it too. Somehow Will didn't get it. He must have a killer immune system because he and Rosie were sharing the same drink. Anyway, by Tuesday night we felt great. Clark went hunting everyday but didn't see one elk. We ate two turkey dinners, both amazingly delicious. And BIG news . . . Rosie turned 1!!! Libby helped me make a cake. Here are pics from our trip:

This is Will's favorite dog, Bubba. It is also Rosie's first word, Bubba. He is very loved by my kids.

Scary Pistol Pete

Ever since Will was 1 1/2 he has LOVED Pistol Pete! At football, basketball, and volleyball games, he scans the crowd for Pistol Pete. The Cowboys had a basketball game on Friday that we decided to attend. As usual, Will was asking if he would see Pistol Pete. I replied that maybe he could even shake his hand. During the first quarter, Will was in luck. Pistol Pete came down to our section. I waved my arms to get him to come over to us and took out the camera to get a picture. Clark took Will out of the row to talk to Pistol Pete. Anyone want to guess Will's reaction?

He was BAWLING!!! After we got him to calm down, I asked why he was sad and he said, "Pistol Pete have big teeth!"

Winter Wonderland

I woke up this morning, looked out the window and surprise, white, everywhere! I loved it! So did Will. After breakfast he stared out the window and asked, "Make snowman now?" After Rosie laid down for her morning nap, we quickly put on our snow boots and snow suits and headed out the front door.

After the carrot and coals were in place, I was ready to get out of the chilling wind. Will didn't want to go inside. He's much tougher than I am. Will asked if we could "Make bigger snowman?" So we added a few more handfuls of snow to the base. Winter is here and we are excited!

On a totally different note, after running errands, the kids and I were quite tired. I got out of the car to unload the kids and they were both fast asleep . . . holding hands! I love little moments like that. It makes all the craziness worth it.