Downstairs: The KITCHEN

We spend quite a bit of time in the Kitchen. This is where our breakfast nook is so we eat every meal here. We also have a formal Dining room with a cute China cabinet but we don't have a dinning room table so we eat all of our meals in the Kitchen. I threw in a picture of when my mom was here making curtains in the kitchen. We have a pretty large fridge with the freezer on the bottom (it's different). You can change the temperature of the fridge digitally and when you leave the door open or ajar, or a little toddler opens it, it has an alarm that goes off. The first time I heard the alarm go off I panicked and thought there was a fire in the house. Thankfully it was not a smoke alarm and just the fridge.

All of our appliances are electric, so I am still getting used to cooking that way. There is plenty of cabinet space and it also has a cute little pantry for all of our food. Not a ton of counter space and no dishwasher but it works well for what we need.

Outside of the House.

So I realized that I haven't really shown you many pictures of the house yet. I figured I would start outside and work my way inside this upcoming week. Take you on a little tour of where we spend most of our time. We found out that we have 3 fruit trees in out front yard. A cherry tree filled with cherry's and two apple trees one green and one red. We are looking forward to eating the fruit and making some yummy deserts from these trees. We also found wild strawberry's growing right in front of our front porch. Yum Yum.

I weeded the front porch planter a few weeks ago and I realized that I pulled up daisy and berry plants. Oops they looked like weeds to me. Hopefully they will grow back next spring. We are in the midst of so much beauty.We are grateful for Gods creation and all the blessings He has blessed us with. Don't know about you but I love being in nature somehow I feel so much closer to God. In the quietness, the wind, the still small voice and no distractions.

"Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. " Psalm 90:2

The Neighborhood Dogs..

We have 2 neighborhood dogs Violet a black lab and Alley a pit bull. They come over quite often and are good sweet dogs. Nathan absolutely loves them. Violet loves to fetch so she fetches sticks, or balls in the yard and Nathan chases them. It is kind of nice to have them around for pets to play with and enjoy and not have to feed. They are around a year old and we caught Alley chewing on Matts shoe in the yard and getting into our trash.

Yesterday Nathan kept saying "Alley outside outside". He wanted to go outside and play with the dogs because they were on our lawn. I noticed that Alley was chewing on something so we went out to make sure that it wasn't anything important. As we checked it out I found the dog chewing on a deer leg. It was SO nasty! You could see the deer hoof and the dog was licking the meat off the bone. To make it worse Violet picked up the leg and was trying to get me to play fetch with it and her by chasing me with it. Can you see the image? Nathan was out there chasing the dogs, we called it quits and headed into the house for safety. It's all apart of the "Country Living Experience". See what some of you are missing out on.

`USE THE FORCE

"These are not the droids you are looking for."

A Prego Pic.

Ok so I told you I would post a prego pic. Not my favorite, but one of the only ones I have. I am usually the one behind the camera so it is hard to get a pic, not to mention I feel so huge. We took this in our front yard. I am actually sitting in the same spot typing this right now, its a beautiful day today.

We went to the place called Great Falls Park. It has a small hike to huge water falls. We brought a sac lunch, hiked a bit enjoyed the view, then drove home. Oh yeah we can't forget the 6 foot bag of kettle korn we picked up on the way home. What can I say the baby wanted some (mommy too). Forgot the camera, guess we will have to go back soon. Nathan loves the outdoors, we need to go camping soon.

A Mothers Day Tribute!

Ok so it has been a while since my lost blog, I had the great pleasure of spending a week with my parents. We had such a great time.

Even though it is several weeks past mothers day, I wanted to share how wonderful my Mom is. She came out and made me curtains for our new homes. She stayed up until midnight almost every night on the sowing machine. (I guess that is only 9:00pm California time, but still it was a lot of work). It is amazing how curtains can turn a house into a home. If you are reading this Mom, Thank you, thank you, thank you and I love you!. When it came time for my parents to leave I was super sad. I didn't realize how much I missed them until I saw them again and spent time with them. I am blessed with such a genourous and loving Mom (and Dad).

Hope everyone had a great Mothers Day and enjoyed spending time with their little gifts from God. I had a great day. We went out to lunch at Costco, shopped a little and came home and played in the yard until 8:30pmish. It was a beautiful day out,sunny around 75 with a slight breeze. One of those days when everything feels right and you are content with all the Lord has blessed you with.

"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward." Psalm 127:3

"Oh Oh Spaghettio's"

Spaghetti is such a great cheap meal, and it taste great. Nathan loves it, the problem is that it always makes such a big mess. On my stove, kid, and floor. I served it prepared and took off Nathan's shirt. After we ate it was straight to the bath. Can't wait until we heat up left-overs.