Letters to Our Congressman & Senators

Years from now we may not remember why or that we did this, but recently Planned Parenthood has been caught on hidden cameras selling aborted babies and piecing them out for $60/organ. They even admit, in a letter to congress, to being more gentle with certain "tissues" to get more of a quality product. ARG!!! Disgusting! 

Our church gave us these packets & encouraged us to sign our own little note at the end. We prayed over them to encourage our congressmen to vote for what the people want and who they represent, not their own personal agenda. The kids and I even printed out a couple of Raegan & Suess pics we liked. 

Sleeping Beauties

It was tiring playing with Grandma & Papa last night, but well worth it!

Apple Picking Time!

Apples are beginning to fall off the trees. Time to pick!

Fun with Nails

I had a half an hour before our library group so I decided to paint my nails for fun. Polka dots were done easily with the use of a bobby pin. ( Boy my hands are showing their age!)

People used to ask me, "how do you spend so much time on your fingernails?" Well this only took me less than a half an hour including dry time. I'm not much of a TV watcher. And some of my coworkers used to watch 2 to 4 hours of TV a night. I think I found enough time to do a little something for myself once a week. ;)

Cutting, Splitting, & Planting as a Family

Gym Bin!!!

Emy, Ady, Felicity, & Elizabeth jumping on the giant air filled "raft" in front of rock climbing wall. It's a huge indoor park and gym for gymnastics. 

Jumping in the block foam 'swimming pool'.

After naps and dinner my gf from Hibbing was going from Crookston to Hibbing and stopped by for a play date. Miss these Guys!

Ceramic Pans take II

Earlier I posted about how much I liked the new ceramic pans. It was nonstick at first, but now I have to use a little bit of oil and my eggs still stick. I cook at a low-med temp so I know it's not too hot. I even followed the instructions and never put in the dishwasher. 

Would I buy again? Yes. Because I believe it is safer than Teflon, but I would be well aware that it is not long-term 100% nonstick. I have the GREEN+LIFE brand. 

Library Set Up

Still "setting up" I added a 3rd row to our, thankfully very sturdy, bookcase and got our books organized.  I know I should be doing more outside work while it is nice and saving the indoor projects for a long winter, but since it has been 90*+ outside this past week, the coolness of the basement was very inviting.

Baby Otto Samuel Joins the Family

Baby OSB was born Tuesday 12/04/2015 @ 12:04 pm. 

The Great Outdoors

This little critter LOVES to be outside, even to help weed the dog kennel. 

First time with the pressure washer:

The brick walkway has been severely neglected for years and dirt & moss had collected between the stones. I took the pressure washer to them and was amazed at how much crud was in AND on them as the bricks just brightened up before my eyes. 

No one told me there would be so much splash-back. I had to rinse down the house windows, my white van, and myself down afterwards. I was covered!!! From head to toe!

After:  I gave it the night to dry and did a little touch ups here and there. A little pressure washing goes a long way! And after cleaning up the rocks and trimming the gold mound spirea the walkway looks fairly descent. 

David's 37th birthday

David's birthday was spend with him and his ladies for dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings (yum!), then games at the mall arcade, walk around town, Gander Mtn, then home for brownies and ice cream then presents. 

I already took the pics off my phone to back it up onto my computer, but we had a blast. E's favorite game was when you use the mallet to hit the popping out alligators. E liked the brownies. David liked it al and I enjoyed seeing my girls take pride in their cars & gifts for daddy.