Decorating the Christmas Tree!

Decorating a real tree, especially proved to be much more difficult than we thought! We learned quickly that we needed to wire the lights to each and every branch! It took a LONG time to get the lights on. We were pretty excited to get to the decorating part. For the first time in 17 years...we had new Christmas tree decorations! Yay! Kylee and Emilee did a great job getting all of the decorations on and looking great. The finished product was worth all of the time spent.

We are ready for the Christmas Holiday Season!!

"Hunting for the perfect Christmas tree" by Quincy!

The day after Thanksgiving we drove from Grandpa and Grandma Southwick's home in Rexburg and went to Ashton, Idaho to find and cut down our Christmas tree! This was a first for us and we LOVED it! So so much fun! 

This is what Quincy wrote about it...

"On Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, we set out to find the perfect Christmas tree. Grandma Southwick payed $15.00 for us to cut down our very own Christmas tree. It was our first time ever cutting down a Christmas tree, so we didn't really know what we were looking for. We drove for about an hour to get to a big mountain that we hiked up. When we finally made it to the top, we walked around for probably aout 10 minutes. Then we saw a tree that we thought was just perfect for what we needed! We took a picture of us and the tree, then we chopped it down. We had Kylee drag the tree down the mountain, and the rest of us slik on our bottoms. Kara, our 5 year old cousin, was scared to go down the mountain...so Emilee took her on her lap, and they went down the hill together. When they got to the bottom, Kara said it wasn't as scary as she thought it would be, and that it was actually kind of fun! As Dad and Uncle Dan were strapping the tree to the trailer, Quincy, Brinley and Lily found some black ice, and started Ice skating around the parking lot. We kept slipping and falling, but it was super fun! After we got the tree on the trailer, we drove to warm springs. We got there and there were lots of big fish. The reason shy there were lots was because you were not alloud to fish there. After awhile a little family came with 4 rolls. They threw them to the fish, and we saw a lot of big ones. As they were leaving, we told them Thank You for bringing the rolls, and then went back to Grandma's house. 

Extra info:

- The tree had lots of spider sacs that we had to get out.

- We saw people who had a really good tree, so we asked them where they got it, and they said, "up the hill".

- At the top of the mountain there was an old ski lift and other buildings for the resort that didn't work anymore.

Grandpa's helper!

Grandpa Southwick was taking care of his neighbor's farm while we were visiting for Thanksgiving. Quincy was great to go with Grandpa and Dad and help with the chores that had to be done morning and night.  Most of the rest of us wimped out because of the cold, but she was game to go. 

Good Job Quincy! What a cute little farm girl you are!

Thanksgiving in Rexburg

Once again we spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Rexburg with Grandpa and Grandma Southwick and Great Grandma Ward. We were also there with Dan and Jan and their cute girls. We were able to go and stay a few days this time which made it lots of fun!

We ate in the garage again...which is very comfortable thanks to Grandpa's awesome heater! Grandma Ward gave the girls a much needed lesson on doing geneology! Jane is really good at getting into just about everything and we discovered her inside the toilet one afternoon! We spent lots of time visiting, eating yummy food, playing the keyboard and having fun with cousins!

Friday we were able to travel to Ashton and cut down our Christmas tree. That was a blast. We loved it! Dan, Lily and Kara joined us.

It's always great to get to spend a few days with Grandpa and Grandma. We don't see them often, but when we do we love it!

Fall!

Quincy and Brinley spent a perfect fall Saturday afternoon at the park with Kira and Kate. They spent half a day making this very cool hut out of branches and leaves. So fun to spend a perfect fall day outside playing in the leaves! So grateful they have each other and wonderful friends!