Our family Christmas decorations.

The weekend of thanksgiving we got all our outdoor lights hung. (I think we were the first on out block!) We enjoy driving around at night up and down streets to check out every ones lights.
The first weekend of December we got our tree from a family from our church. You walk around their “tree farm” and pick out what tree you want and they cut it for you. Got it home and with in hours I had decorations on it. I enjoy the light on the tree, just sitting in the living room with them on.
This weekend Dad finished the mantel he made for us and installed it. Again it did not take long to get it decorated and stocking hung (all 4 of ours). It provides greater area to decorate that we did not have last year, which is wonderful.

Birthday Party

On Tuesday of this week (Nov 17th) Chad turned 5 years old. Of course we celebrated it with a gift, cake and a night together. First he got his gift which he open with no problem all by him self. Then Chad has his birthday cupcake which was home made and special for dogs. Which he shared with his brother Lambeau.
It was a lot of fun to watch them eat there cupcakes, after having a few over the past few days they have gotten much faster at eating them!
I just hope we have another 5+ years with Chad. Come Feb it will be 5 years that I have had Chad and also Lambeaus one year with us. Time has gone by so fast with Chad, and I have learned a great deal about him, the herding dog that he is and caring for a dog in general. I have been blessed to have such a wonderful dog (Lambeau is good too but we don't have the bond like Chad and I do).

Good cooking

This weekend I tried my hand at cooking two large meals for Steve and I all from scratch. For Sunday dinner we had a pork roast with potatoes that I baked in the oven. I’m very happy that it turned out with no hiccups and it was fantastic tasting. Also I cooked up a chicken to make home made chicken noodle soup that I will put together at the beginning of the week. No problems there. I told Steve it was so nice to have a full cooked meal.
Come Tuesday I will be making a new home made cake, its Chad’s birthday (5 years old) so he will be getting a peanut butter cake. There will be enough for Chad to share with his brother, Lambeau. Happy Birthday Chad.

Pictures

A few weeks ago we finished the paint work on the front of the house and today I just remembered to take a photo to show all of you guys.

Labor Day Weekend - Not Much Labor

I know we are still in the middle of this years Labor Day weekend but there is not much labor going on around here due to the mass amount of rain we have being getting over the past 2 or 3 days. We have gotten a few things done but not all that was on our to-do list. Still have 3/4 of the front yard left to cover in bark dust. Once it dries out really good, we can work on painting all the trim work on the house to add more color. We have just been lying around playing inside with the boys. Fingers crossed that it dries out tomorrow; I’m getting sick of not being able to do my projects. However last week we got all the bark dust in the back yard so that look really nice, but the shed is still waiting to be put together.