Poor excuse for a snowman...

My father-in-law had told me that the snow was quite sticky outside and it wasn't working to snowblow anymore bc it was melting. So I thought Tanner and I would go out and make a snowman but I guess by the time we made it out there it was cooling off so it wasn't sticking very much anymore :( So here is our poor excuse for a snowman. Needless to say, I had fun playing with my little boy while his sister slept. We spent time in the barn, riding the quad and playing in the snow!

Ashley

In like a Lion!

We got a good 25+ cm of snow yesterday! Lots of snow to move again.

Have a great day!
Ashley

Homemade Beef Vegetable Soup

Check my Country Cookin' Link for this delicious recipe! It's staple in this house because it is yummy and we have no shortage of beef here! We had it for lunch today.

Stay safe on those roads today!
Ashley

This, that and the other.

 These pictures are in no particular order. We are very close to being done the drywall! We should be ready for the mud and tapers on Tuesday! Very exciting.

 Our nephew Landen was at Grandma and Grandpa's for a night this weekend and these two had soooooo much fun together. They played in the snow, went for a ski-doo ride, went to the cabin and had cheezies and gummy bears and hauled bales. Tanner basically outside from 11 AM to 5 PM yesterday, needless to say he was in bed and sleeping by 7:30 PM!

Landen was such a trooper, he pulled Tanner in the wagon and the sled the whole time. Tanner tried to pull Landen but he is just not strong enough yet!

 Our entrance way stairs going up to the kitchen. My plan is to stain them.

 Today we got together with my F family for Grandma's 70th Birthday! It's actually not till Wednesday. My cousin Jessie made the cake, it was soooooo tasty and beautifully decorated. (Can you tell she works at a Bake shop??)

 Tanner helping Daddy bottle feed a little baby tonight. Her Momma had twins and only wanted one of them :( Hopefully we will find a Momma for her soon.

Here is Ali with Jessie at Grandma's party. We had sooooo many laughs tonight, only with family do you come across such hilarious topics of conversation and have the same dumb sense of humor! I love it. Good times.

Anywho, I was waiting for my babe to wake up bc I thought she would want to eat...I'll probably end up just laying down and she will wake up! Story of my life :) Have a great night!

Ashley

Over another big hurdle

 We are very happy to say that we now have concrete floors in the basement and entrance-way!!! The pumper truck pulled in at about 7:30 AM this morning and it was 8:00 PM when the guys finally left tonight. It looks great though and we are so glad it's done. The house is now officially all sealed up. So today I had 4 extra people to feed. So I slow-cooked two beef roasts all night and then shredded it with BBQ sauce for beef on homemade buns, made coleslaw, potato salad  and puff wheat cake. It was delicious.

 Entrance - just finished pouring cement.

 And the troweling begins...

 Basement - That's my Uncle on that trowel.

Our temporary furnace hanging  from the ceiling keeping it warm.

I have been getting so sick and tired of Tanner asking to watch cartoons. I know I am guilty of letting him watch too much and I do not like it. So today we finally sat down and did a craft. He loves doing crafts. I did one with him. I joined in the fun and made my own as well. (the colorful one) I let him pick the eyeballs and antennas.

Miss Ali turned 8 months old today!! Sheesh, that's really all that needs to be said. Well I might as well add that time just goes way too fast. I love this munchkin so much. She is such a happy girl!

Anywho, Have a great evening!
Ashley

Checking cows a Family affair

 Off to the barn we go!

 Our newly acquired orphan. Of course Tanner had his eyes closed for this cute picture.

 Even though it's only like -2 Tanner insisted on wearing his 'carf. I love how he leaves out the 's' sound. ('poon is my favorite he he)

 His new Momma! She seemed to quite like him. My Hubby was trying to find a lot of patience at this point...I probably should of let him hold Ali and take over. But as soon as Hubby left him alone and did something else he went to it like a champ!

 My babe and moi.

 The newest addition on the farm. Although there could be a newer one since then as this was a couple hours ago. We have had 20+ calves in the last couple of days.

 In every picture here Ali's expression is,"I do not know these people, I do not belong to this family"! lol.

 Brandy and Troop. Calving, their favorite time of the year...yuck. Need I say more?

 Always got to be feeding those cows. If he is a cattle farmer he will most definitely have fat cows!

The fresh air was spectacular! I sure hope the -30 crap is GONE for good. It's fun when we can all go out together. Next winter should interesting when both kids want to do chores with Daddy! We probably have about 70 calves so that means we are about 1/3 done.

Well I am doing pretty good to have two posts in one day!
Have a great night!
Ashley

More cement...

 We are getting the entrance-way and basement ready to pour the cement floor in. The entrance is all ready (not in this picture, it has red heat pipe too), we will be doing it tomorrow and the basement we will be doing on Wednesday. Here you can see where the stairs will go down to the basement now. (I need to put up some pictures of our beautiful hole in the wall)

 Here we are in the basement pulling rebar through the window.

 This is looking to the East where you will walk into the basement, that door is where the entrance is.

I am getting antsy to be in there!!!!!

Have a great day!
Ashley