Dancing

Kyler and Zoey are the best of friends. You know that also means they can be the worst of enemies. Anyway, the other day the radio was on and Zoey started dancing. Then she was able to get Kyler to dance with her. It was so cute! I wish I could have captured it without them noticing me, but I still have some fantastic video.

House--Update!

Quick update on the painting and such...

Master bath--Done
Jake's Room--Done
Upstairs hallway--Done
Main bath--Done

Lots of progress being made! Thank you for offering to help paint. I will think about it, but I want this to be your vaca, not coming to do more work. I have two more days to paint this week, so I will see how much I can get done by then. Woo hoo!

House...

So we had a realtor come through the house the beginning of the week. Some good news, some not so good news, and some so-so news.

She thought, for the most part, it is a great house. It is big. Great selling point. We don't have to try and make it look bigger by putting things away. (We need to box things up anyway.) Not so good news..painting. Finish some and do some new. Ugh! Don't really want to paint, but going to anyway. So here is what painting has to be done:

Finish Jake's room
Finish Master bath
Upstairs hallway
Upstairs bath
Stairs (up and basement)
Basement
Main bath
Room off of living room

Good news is...I finished master bath today. Going to start on Jake's room because not much to do. I have primer for main bath, so I can get it done quickly. I have paint for upstairs bath, so shouldn't take long. Have to get paint for rest of rooms. Same color throughout--just to make it easier. Realtor recommended the taupe from the kitchen/dining room. It is fairly neutral, but pretty. So, off to Lowe's we go...

Kyler's Christmas Program--2

I have been trying to upload a video, but it was taking such a long time, I canceled it--so here are some pictures instead!

Kyler's Christmas Program

Kyler's kindergarten class had a Christmas program just before they were released for holiday break. Obviously, I am behind on posting this, but it doesn't make it any less fun!



He sang more than Jake did at his kindergarten program...

Montana Trip

So, way back in October, we went to Ennis, Montana. Sometime ago, I had gotten a hotel voucher and then set it aside until Russ was back from Turkey. Then I forgot where I had set it (this is NOT uncommon! I did it will movie passes as well--but found & used them also LOL!) and so we thought we were just out of luck. Well, fortunately I did find them and we drove up there one Friday after school. We had so much fun!

It was a nice drive up there, even in the dark! We found a pizza joint for dinner and watched T.V. that night. The next morning, we went out exploring Ennis. Had a great breakfast, then wandered around town. (The whole one street.) There were some fun stores to go into. But, many were closed for the season.

After lunch--and a nap--we went to Virginia City. It was only about 14 miles away, but with the mountains, it seemed farther. Virginia City, for those of you who don't know, is a historic mining town that was on the verge of ruins, and was purchased and is being restored. They have alot of neat stuff there. The architecture of the town was cool, so we have many pictures of the buildings. In some of the buildings, they have picture windows and show what they may have sold in the shops. The stables had carriages that were found around the area. We also went to see the graves of some road agent robbers. They were hung until dead at Boot Hill.

We spent quite a while wandering around town, looking at the buildings, because, as you know, we enjoy going to museums and looking at stuff like that. We were just finishing up, when Jake was stung by a bee (wasp). And then he lost his mind--jumping up and down screaming. Then, on top of the bee (wasp) sting, he gave himself a bloody nose! So, at that point, we cut our visit to Virgina City short (well, we had seen most of what we wanted to already). We went back to the hotel, took another nap, then went to the hot pool and played in it for a while. It was great. Kyler kind of swam. He stepped off of the bench and went under water. He managed to push himself back up, got a breath of air and yelled. I grabbed him, plopped him back on the bench and told him he swam. With that knowledge, he didn't panic, but he did hang around on the steps after that. We got out and went to a fantastic dinner.

The next morning, after another good breakfast, we piled into the car to head home. We stopped at Earthquake Lake on our way. It was very pretty, but a bit sad. A sudden, unexpected earthquake happened, causing the mountainside to slide into the river making a natural dam, and within 90 minutes, the area was flooded. I think about 50 people died. That was over 50 years ago, and the mountainside is still devastated.

It was only about 4 hours driving each way, so it really wasn't too bad. It was so much fun!