House Update

So, I leave the camera with Byron so he can take pictures of all the renovations he has been doing on the cabin we purchased. I go back and get the camera and these are the pictures that are on there!!

There was not one single picture of the cabin!! What a guy...animals on the brain no matter what he is doing! :) These deer are all AROUND the cabin though.

So I went in and took some updated pictures. Things already look different and I just took these pictures 2 days ago. But you'll get the idea anyway...

O Cananda!!

The Olympics have been so fun to watch!! I always seem to get sucked in every time they come around especially the winter Olympics where the Canadians always seem to do better. Of course I always feel a little defensive living in the US...Today is the big Canada vs USA gold medal hockey game and I'm nervous for my team. I'm hoping they feel a little fired up after losing once to the US. As someone said to me, "You can take the girl out of Canada but you can't take Canada out of the girl!". Proud to be Canadian!!

At the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics, I caught glimpses of the Canadian atheletes wearing the now infamous red mittens. I said to Byron, "Ooooo, I want a pair of those." I didn't know they were so popular and out of stock everywhere in Canada. Hmmmm...I made a comment on Facebook about wanting some mittens and had several offers of people willing to keep their eyes open for when they were restocked in stores. And then....a gal that I went to school with at Concordia sends me a message that asked for my address!! Really?? She had an extra pair of mittens that she had purchased before Christmas and was offering to send them to me!!! So cool!!! The best part was that when I got them in the mail there was an extra "pint-sized" pair for Mackenzie!! So, thanks Rachel for making this displaced Canadian feel a little closer to home!!

Trying to get us both in the picture was pretty funny!!

Success!!

February Photos

Is there really an appropriate age to start your child on eating chicken wings?? How about 3 years and 3 months? She quite enjoyed them and while wearing a princess dress!!

After the wings, we moved onto making valentines...

Who knew you could entertain a child for an hour just by giving them a piece of paper and a pair of scissors (closely supervised, of course!)??

Sleeping Beauty

Well, there hasn't been too many blog-worthy things going on in the past month but I thought this was pretty cute. Mackenzie has gotten out of taking afternoon naps for the most part but some days if she is pretty grouchy, I insist on a nap. She usually objects when I shut the door so I usually give her some time to fall asleep and then I go close the door. This is how I found her the one day!

Notice lamby as the pillow...

...and her feet are propped up on the side of the bed!

Merry Christmas!!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. We stayed home this year which is nice since we don't have to travel but sad at the same time because we miss our families. We had a good time though and got to spend some time with friends in the afternoon. We are blessed to have so many good friends here, to have a roof over our heads, food on our table and Christ's love for us. This crazy season always seems to suck me in until I take the time to step back and realize that none of the craziness matters~Jesus' birth is what really matters and that is enough for us through anything that may happen!

I think Byron gets as excited as Mackenzie!

Good 'ol fake fireplace on the TV. Cracks me up.

Mackenzie was concerned that we weren't finding anything for Byron under the tree. Could it be because of all the stuff for her?? :)

Trying to reach the gifts in the back without getting poked by the tree!

Christmas Eve

I almost forgot to take a couple of pictures on Christmas Eve. This was after we got home from church.

Mackenzie is getting pretty good at taking pictures! Nice face though! The second one was worse so I won't show it!

Kenzie and her daddy

Since then....

Here are a few pictures of what things look like at the cabin now!

Joining dad for lunch

Bedroom #1 now part of bedroom #2

New closet in bedroom

Kitchen

Byron in the shadows

Mackenzie offering her advice

Mackenzie can't get close enough to Byron these days. She doesn't see him as much since he's been working so hard. But we try to get over there, if it's not too cold, to visit and see how things are going. Staying out of the way is the hard part!