Little Library

Thank you to my uncle, I finally have a little free library! I have wanted one for so long. 

 We painted it to match our front door and we have been collecting books to get it all stocked. I will finish painting it this Spring when the weather is warmer and add a reading bench. 

 Now our pathway to no where has a purpose. We put the library up and didn't put books in in right away. We went out the next morning to put a latch on the door and found that books had already been dropped off. It was a really fun surprise. We enjoy checking on it and finding new books and adding our own books to it. We also put puzzles in it when we are done with them and it is fun to see them disappear and reappear. Books for young kids are the most popular by far. 

My happy little library :) 

Happy 2018

 We spent the new year as a family, which I loved! We all made it to bed before midnight though. 

We celebrated more of an East Coast New Years at 9 p.m. 

 I bought poppers this year and this is one of the kids favorite things to do on new years. You get a toy and a joke to tell.. can it get better? 

 Making New Year day cinnamon rolls

 New Years Day hike. Yes, Fieldin hikes with his cougar football helmet on... 

More

The phone has been holding my photos hostage but I outsmarted it.. this time. 

 Magic at the Mill 

 We talked our good friend into joining us...somehow I got stuck by Santa and Greta was far away??? hmmm... 

 Christmas Eve 

 Christmas Eve hike 

 From the game cats.. I drew this picture of Jeff... 

 Driving to Eugene with Gret. Most kids would read or play a video game. She grabbed a lego catalog and added up the price of EVERYTHING in the catalog for FUN. It was over $10,000 by the way. Catalog math...she loves it. She usually likes to just add it up in her head. 

Mr. Santa impersonator.. "I would like real estate and army toys" Merry Christmas 2017

Christmas Day

 This early riser slept in a bit this year and we were thankful..

 this teen slept in very late...

 From Fieldin 

 Christmas dinner with our Oregon family. I love them. 

Christmas Eve

 After church we took the kids to the carousel. So many hours of volunteer time and so worth it! 

 Fieldin making schnitzel and Greta making a blueberry cranberry crisp

 These two....

 gift time 

 Christmas eve game time and Fieldin throwing reindeer food out into the street in the rain. 

Around Here

Around here, we had a wonderful Christmas and looking forward to the new year. 

 The kids annual drawn ornaments on linen 

 Grets ugly sweater cookies 

 Catching this guy by the tree... mine, mine, darn...mine, mine darn.. 

 lots of puzzles 

 The kids spare room which has been dubbed the music room seems to be busy this break.. 

 Helping make cinnamon rolls 

 lil' man's letter to Santa. He "hopes" to be on the good list... 

 The kitty has been finding so much fun Christmas stuff to play with...

 No snow here..

 Tis' the season for snowman pancakes

 and more puzzles 

I had more pictures to share but my phone is holding them hostage.. technology.. arghh