Puppy sitting

We puppy sat for a friends dog last night - Katie had a lot of fun - I think the puppy did also. Little thing, only weighs 1 1/4 pounds.

Curled right up in Katie's lap.

How cute.

Snowmageddon

We have been having a very white February. It started with just a light snow. Katie had fun making snow angels.
You can still see some grass. - That didn't last long.

It was good snow for making a snow man - which she started but never finished.

Last weekend 2/6-7 it started snowing - dropped almost 2 feet. Katie had some more fun. It was getting a little deep and a little hard to walk in. Too deep for snow angels!

Jibe was holding her own. She had to do a lot of bunny hopping but she did manage to get around the whole back yard.

The latest storm dropped another 12-16'' of snow on wednesday. Jibe managed to get a path under Katie's play set which wasn't too deep. She still likes being outside in it. Although I thought I was going to have to carry her in a few times.

All the snow does look pretty. It almost comes to the top of our fence. I can't remember ever seeing so much snow at one time.

Bill did a great job with the snow removal. Definitely getting his moneys worth out of his new snow blower.

The plow push the snow right up into our driveway. The drifts are over 4 feet high. Makes it a little challenging to drive out.

Katie is all excited to go to school.

Another perspective of how deep the snow is.

And our big snow mound. I think its going to be around for a while. At least the sun has been shining.

I asked myself "Why am I driving in this" Really wished I could of stayed home with Katie for one more day.

I do love how the snow hangs on all the tree branches - very pretty.

Girl and Dog

My parents brought their dog Emma up for the holidays ( they brought their cat also but she just hangs out in the guest room). Katie has a lot of fun with Emma, and I have to admit she is a pretty cool dog. Although she does have an unexplained obsession with balls. She also has a bad habit of getting the ball stuck under objects that she needs help removing them from ( which I think is part of the "game" for her)
Well she lost a ball under the couch and here Katie is trying to help her recover it.

Unfortunately they we unsuccessful and I had to step in. The ball was recovered and playing continued - until Emma chased the ball under the couch again!

House for Sale

Well I finally told Bill we are moving. I can't stand being 40 minutes away from Katie. We have been looking for house and found one we both like in New Egypt. In order to buy that house we need to sell our house. So we need to repair all the things that we have been putting off. Bill has been great about it. Last weekend he tore up the floor and replaced it with a new one - it needed it. Katie was a little distraught about replacing the floor.
We painted the floor after pulling up all the tiles. We all wrote our names on the paint before placing the new tiles.

Katie chose different colors for her letters - she is getting really good writing her name.

The finished product :)

Another view

We moved the TV up to show off the HUGE fireplace. Starting to get a stiff neck when we watch TV but it'll be worth it if it sells the house.

Now we just wait and wait and wait. I have been told by a few people that we are going to have a tough time selling our house right now. Unfortunately there are a ton of foreclosures in the area, bring down the price of our house and that winter in general is a slow time. Hopefully the tax credit will inspire some people.
Wish us luck

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas every one. We hope you all had an enjoyable holiday. We had a nice quiet day with Nana and Papa.
Stockings hung for Santa

Aunt Cindy came by Saturday afternoon.

Katie was happy she could reach the peddles.Took it for a little spin outside Sunday morning.

SNOW !!!!!!!

Well we had some snow fall over the weekend. Close to 2 feet I would say - if not more. Luckily it was on the weekend - Bill did a wonderful job keeping the snow down around the house. He as out there every few hours shovelling or plowing the snow.
Katie had her shovel - she was ready to help. I kept telling her that the snow was very deep and it may not be very fun to play in - but she insisted on going out at 8 am sunday morning.

Saturday - Bill took her for a little sleigh ride down the sidewalk - she had a blast

WHEEEEE

I don't think Jibe was very fond of the snow.

I don't know why she insisted on trudging to the back of the yard. Sunday morning I had to walk out and carry her back in. We cleared a spot by the door but she likes to go out by the fence - crazy dog , thought she was going to have a heart attack.

Sunday morning she was ready to play. She tried very hard to walk in the snow like she did the night before but it was just too deep.

She did enjoy sitting in the snow. I threw her in a few times - she liked it, but wasn't able to get out on her own.

Mommy - help!

Painting

We have been painting and cleaning the house - getting it ready to place on the market. Katie has wanted to help ( If only we could get her to donate all her stuffed animals ) , and she has been asking to paint.
She did very well for about 5 minutes - then the brush got too heavy.

She tried the roller but that was really heavy. She was doing well until she stepped into the bucket of paint.

Very emotional. She got paint on her foot and her purple pants. Not a good time :(