Birthday Bash

Today we celebrated the birthday of my youngest daughter's first birthday.  We started the day at my parents for a big breakfast.  It was good to see everyone on that side of the family.  The kids played with toys while parents talked.  Nothing too exciting happened it was good to briefly catch up with everyone and how they were doing.  When we were leaving it began to snow some pretty big flakes.  Later we ended up at Old Navy and the toy store to pick up a new Winter coat and one last present.  After we finished shopping we made our way over to celebrate with Julaine's side of the family.  Everyone ate lunch, opened presents, and enjoyed cake and ice cream.  We were very grateful for all the gifts that she was given throughout the day.  When we got back home in the afternoon it was weird to see green grass again after the snow we had been in earlier.  We had dinner and cleaned up for the evening.  All the kids had gone to bed so we decided to watch the movie Quigley Down Under.  Neither of us had seen it but had heard it was a good show from multiple people.  It was a good show that we both enjoyed watching.

Trees

Today was spent racing around to complete tasks before the storm came in.  We started the day with some grocery shopping, followed by taking the kids to pick up a birthday present for the baby.  When we got home I put the bags of groceries in the house and raced out to the back yard.  I hurried to finish planting the trees with the boys and picking up the tools in the yard.  After finished that job I spread a bag of fertilizer around the yard, successfully filled in the tree holes and watering them we had taco soup and then headed to Walmart to pick up some more items for the baby's birthday.  On our way back it began to rain and get windy.  I am glad to have completed this before a change in weather made it ultra cold outside.

Fix and Clean

With the colder weather now here we have been spending more time than we have been inside.  Today was chore day in the house.  This meant I got to clean up rooms, do laundry, fix the vacuum, and lower the crib mattress.  That's right my youngest is now tall enough that she could have jumped the rail.  Luckily we haven't had that problem and got the base is just right for her now.  Tonight we have had some pretty strong wind, if the weather is good tomorrow we should be able to finish the second hole in the back yard and plant the two apple trees before the snow on Saturday.