The siding's going up!

Yay! We have siding! It looks so great :) They started putting it up yesterday, after installing the new window in the dining room - last one!!! There seems to be light at the end of the tunnel... couldn't have done it without Joel's dad, that's for sure... well, at least it probably wouldn't have been done before winter... We love the new siding - it looks so good. Wish you could all come see it!! This is the back of the house - the insulation we put on the outside - right now our house is the "blue foam" house - we don't have an address up :) Although we're getting close to being able to put one up!

It's been super windy and COLD so I can't believe the guys are out there right now working. I guess it has to get done - and I think Joel is excited to finally be at the "easy" part :) It's hard for him to quit once he gets going!

Pics from awhile ago...

Two days before we left for Red Deer, Chloe had her first haircut! We went to a lady the lives just down the street from us, and she did a great job! She didn't cut a lot, but just trimmed it up a bit so it can grow out nicer. Chloe did okay - at first. She got kind of freaked out a few minutes in and I had to sit with her so she'd stay in the chair. All in all, though, a success!

The weekend before Thanksgiving we cleaned up the garden. Joel had the one-ton from work at our house so he could put the garbage from the house into it, so I decided to use it to put the stuff from the garden in too! It worked great! The girls were quite excited to go to the pile in the middle of the garden and pick out things that they could throw in the back.
Karissa's "prize" - looks like a bean plant.
Tossing it in the back of the truck!
Chloe's turn!
The girls were excited to get a chance to sit on the back of the truck so I could get a photo. It was a fun afternoon! Definitely beat trying to bag all of that by myself!

oh yeah, the next 2 posts are new, too!

New Front Door!

This week Joel's dad is here to help Joel out with the house. Yesterday they put in the front door! It looks fantastic and we are very excited to have a front door that won't let in the winter wind!

Ta da! The finished product - minus the door knob :) Looks good, eh?

p.s. the next post is new too!

Thanksgiving in Red Deer

This year it was our turn to trek out to Red Deer and spend Thanksgiving and Scott and Chelle's house. My parents came out too! It was a great weekend - minus a broken down van - and we have pictures to prove it! All the girls were vying for Grandma's attention. She needed more of herself to go around! This didn't last long, as 5 on a piano bench is a bit much!
Karissa even got some cuddle time with Grandpa while us girls went out by ourselves for a bit.
Doing "girl" things!

On the Saturday we went to Mackenzie Trails where we spent some time playing at the park and roasting marshmallows. It was a little cool, but still tons of fun!
Grandpa decided it would be fun to roll down the hill with Tegan and Anaya, and when they got to the bottom, they thought it would be fun to bury Grandpa in the leaves!
We tried to get a good shot of the girls in the leaves - I think Rachelle has a better one on her camera - but this one's pretty cute, too :)
We roasted marshmallows and made s'mores - yummy! Karissa was determined to help me, wouldn't let me just do it for her!
We all had a great time in Red Deer. My stay ended up a little longer than everyone else's. On Saturday on the way home from the park, the van died and we couldn't get it started again. Scott and Dad stayed with the van and waited for the tow truck, who brought it to Canadian Tire. The guys at Canadian Tire fixed a bunch of things and sent me on my way. I was about 15 minutes out of Red Deer on Wednesday morning when it died again. I managed to get it started and drive back to Chelle's place. We took it back to the shop and it took them until Thursday afternoon to figure out the problem, and finally on Friday night I got it back. I did get to stay at Chelle's and have more of a visit, but she was sick with the flu all of Thursday, my girls both had really bad colds and weren't sleeping great (so, neither was I) and then Chloe proceeded to get the flu on Saturday, the day we left! Needless to say, it was REALLY good to get home. :)