Tuesday, August 7, 2012

4th of July

For the 4th of July we spent the weekend at the cabin with my family. It's always my favorite weekend of the year and this year was no disappointment. My sister in law Natalie and her four boys came for part of the time from PA and I finally got to meet my new nephew!  
Nixon's favorite activity of "washing" the dishes in his helmet. I think he thought he would get more rides if he always kept his helmet on and it worked for Grandpa who couldn't say no haha.

Tennis in cowboy boots


Someone saw a badger at the end of the cabin hill and of course "to protect the kids" the guys decided they needed to kill it with water and shovels. They dumped water down the badger holes and waited but could never actually find the badger. We were making bets that they would all scream like girls and run when it came out but we never got to see.




Rodeo time!

Cousins




The bullriding is my favorite but it gives me anxiety. One of the cowboys got thrown off but his hand was stuck in the rope. Everytime the bull bucked the cowboy went flying and one of the clown's leg was hit by the bull.. finally a clown pulled out of knife and cut the rope.. ouch!

Cam and baby Weston






Rodeo with my cousin Katie's family.


Kids rodeo.. Mom and aunt Arla

chasing pigs



Parade!


Nixon waving to get more candy
The best pooper scooper float I've seen

Parade with my dad's brother Roland's family

It was such a fun weekend filled with rodeos, a parade, family, and yummy food! Can't wait until next year!

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Our House

 Well almost 4 months after moving in I am finally posting pictures of our new house! We have loved it so far! We have done lots of projects (thanks to our families for their help) and still have some to do but it's getting there...

 Our bedroom

 Our bathroom

 Our living room with Drew in his favorite spot in our house. We hesitated buying these couches but have absolutely loved them they are sooo comfy and worth the money!

 The front room

 Kitchen

 Rest of kitchen




Our new patio set on our partly refinished deck 

 I have been loving my new Canon camera Drew bought me and can't think of enough things to take pictures of so I took some of my favorite flowers we have planted this year (and the only ones that survived.. I don't have a green thumb that's forsure).



We are loving our new home and not living in a dark basement! I still feel like we are just playing house it hasn't really hit me we will be in debt for the next 30 years and this is our house haha. The yard work has been a huge hassel but it's coming along slowly but surely.