Playing Around

We defenitly got in our laughs for the day as the girls horsed around with Lance (Debra's boyfriend) on Black Friday.

More Time With The McKinley's

A week ago Monday, we got home from our trip to Oregon. I had started blogging our trip while we were there. Now I am going to pick up where I left off.

Our Thanksgiving with Chris' family.

Grampy and Madi

Look at that hair fly as Emma is playing the Wii.

Ron and Heidi's (Chris' parents) neighbors have puppies that we got to see. They were so adorable; less than a week old.

Home

Nine months ago, yesterday, we traveled to our new home. Chris and I were talking about how quickly the nine months have gone, as we were traveling home. I didn't plan it, but was neat that it was 9 months to the day as we were traveling to Utah once again. We ran into some snow between Boise and Ogdon; there were times all we could see was white, but took it slow. Even though we had a wonderful time in Oregon, it is good to be home.

Time With The McKinley's

Aunt Debray fixing Emma's hair from when I cut around 15 inches off do to lice. It looks so much better. Thanks Debra.

Grammy and Emma

Madi has been busy in the kitchen helping Aunt Debra bake.

Oregon

We left at 5:08AM yesterday morning to head to Oregon. The night before it had snowed and Chris shoveled and salted our driveway so we were ready to leave in the morning. Chris had to scrape ice off the car in the morning, but it wasn't too bad. Anyways, we were heading down our street and Chris used the windshield wipers to get some loose ice off the window. His side wouldn't budge! He got out and checked... nothing. So we drove home. After 15 minutes trying to fix it in the dark, praying, and coming to the reality that we might have to take the blue car (smaller, no cruise control and needs a tune up) or leave the next day after we fix it, Chris decided to try one more time. He felt a bolt loose this time and tightened it... the windshield wiper worked! So instead of leaving only 8 minutes late, it was about 20 minutes late, that's okay, we left. The roads were pretty clear for the most part. There was one time we were behind a truck that was spraying guck that was so thick on our windshield that at one time we barely could see (it was looked like it was freezing to the window). Our windshield cleaner spray was frozen as well, but then thankfully started. We finely passed the truck and realized it must of been a salting truck, because none of the other trucks were spraying like it. As we were 10 miles from our exit, we got stuck in traffic do to a delivery truck on it's side facing north (we were going south). Thankfully only twenty minutes and 2 miles later we were on our way. We pulled in the driveway of Chris' parent's house around 6:40PM. I have to say our city feels so small now, but it's good to be home.

More!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

For those that read my lice blog, know that I found lice in Emma's hair last Sunday. I combed through her hair every day finding eggs. Friday comes and I found live bugs. So I treated her hair. Saturday was a busy day so I didn't get to combing her hair until after 7PM. I found more live ones! I was so frustrated, I took one of the two boxes back to the store and exchanged it for another kind. I come home and read the directions. Once in the hair, this prduct needed to sit for 60 minutes! Let's just say by the time we got done, Emma went strait to bed after midnight.

The next morning (Sunday), I check. I still found eggs, and not to mention one, yes, I said one bug. I treated her hair again. That night, I didn't find one thing, not even an egg. This morning I checked. Not one egg. We are so blessed, since we are now in Oregon, visiting family.

Excitement

Yesterday afternoon I was looking for something in the garage and came across a box that said "playroom toys." Since we were not the ones that packed our Oregon house, it is hard to find items and is very rare to find one that actually says "toys" on the box. I thought that the girls were playing nicely, especially since most of their toys that are unpacked disappeared into big black bags for awhile (to get rid of the lice). So I picked the box up and brought it into the house opened it up and dumped it in Madi's room, where they were playing. For the next half an hour or so I heard excitement over and over again as they found certain items as they were digging through the pile. It was delightful to listen to. Maybe instead of new Christmas presents, Chris and I should try to find another "toy" box and let them open it for Christmas (smile).