Day in Day Out

I must say that it is hard to feel like I've accomplished anything during the day when I find my self cleaning the same things over and over, putting away the same toys and, doing the same dishes only to have it unclean again in 15 minutes. That is unless I do it while the kids are sleeping or before I run out of the house, which is nice because then I have the gratification of coming home to a clean house. Anyway I decided I would post something that I got done today. It might become a habit, we'll see if it actually makes me feel more accomplished.


So anyway the door handles on our suburban broke off, I mean completely off like a wire that has been bent too many times.
In order to get out of the vehicle we had to roll down the window and use the outdoor latch. About one week after the driver side broke the passenger side broke. That was maybe three weeks ago, so finally last week I tore apart the doors to see just what it would take to fix them. So $60 dollars later I have everything I need to fix it, and three days later I get one door fixed, which in my time isn't bad. I only had to drive around with scraps of wood wedged in the in between the dash and the door for a few days so the dome light would go off.

Anyway, today I got the driver side fixed finally Yeah!!
P.S. This is a picture just before I test the window and lock buttons, not a finished product.:)

Here are some pictures. I find these projects less troublesome than gratifying and even more so because I didn't have to pay some one who knows how much to fix it. Another major plus, I didn't break anything while tearing the panels off.

Have a great day!

Ella's Animals

Ella's Animals with sound. She is sure talking. When she falls down she says "fell in, mommy". She also says "wait a me." Her clearest and most used word is, "WYATT!!!" She has that tone already.:)

Wierd Winter

We camped out in January with the kids in my mother-in-law's back yard. It was really pretty warm. Jacket weather. Wyatt loved it, Ella doesn't like sleeping bags and, two adults and an Ella do not fit in a two man tent. It is officially time to get a new tent. It was a good thing that Wyatt slept in grandma's tent. I'm worried that a lot of my life will be spent camping, for the sake of Wyatt. Nothing like building memories, of sleepless nights and wrestling Ella's. Not that I mind camping, I just like my sleep.
Continuing on the weird winter vein of conversation, we had a cook out last week, roasted hot dogs and stuff. Crazy.


Ella and all of her animals. She likes to line things up. It is kind of funny. Wyatt never did this. She is very paticular about it. They are all spaced evenly, and facing the same direction. Then Wyatt comes and knocks them all down and she starts again, after yelling, Wyatt!!! She also likes to wear his clothes thus the over-sized gorilla pj's.


It has been more like a prolonged spring, without hardly any snow and unusually warm spells inbetween foggy rain. Interesting, there is snow in the mountains though. This is on Christmas day. The bird is new and Ella is wearing a pink tutu over her pj's. Wyatt is wearing his new thomas pj's.

Wyatt with his red car from santa clause. He really likes red, if you ask him what color his eyes are he will say, Red.

Ella and her gloves and hat, she will wear them if it is her idea, but at least she will wear them, I just have to make it look like hear idea. She sure comes with a lot of opinions for someone so small. She threw a fit about her dress yesterday and wouldn't let me fix her hair. She wanted Daddy to do it. The funny thing is I remember feeling the same way with my mom. I already have to let her pick her own clothes because if I don't I get the cold shoulder until noon. I really don't know where she gets it.

The Christmas Spirit

The Christmas Spirit

A good video to remind me and anyone else what Christmas is all about.

Merry Christmas and Happy Halloween !

The only pictures i had to post that hadn't been seen.

Every day at least 3 times Wyatt asks me if it is Christmas time and we can open presents. I have to tell him that just because it is snowing outside or just because this doesn't mean it is Christmas day. He doesn't quite get the whole 10 more days idea. I finally had to threaten to take away all of the presents if he didn't quit playing with them.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. My thought are with you even if my Christmas cards aren't.
I'm grateful for our many blessings this year, for sticking to a budget that helps me remember the true meaning of Christmas.