I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. December has been a busy month. The kids both had Christmas concerts and Porter was quite the little dancer.
I was hoping to find time to organize the office and create an office/nursery space for the baby but I guess it will wait until next month as this one is filling up quite quickly.
On an artistic note- I've been painting which has been nice. My goal is 15 watercolors this month. I'm on 7 but I have to get busy this week so I can get done before I leave for Christmas. I'm excited for the baby to arrive. She is due on Feb. 2nd. I'm hoping that she will hold her horses while I freeze time and get caught up. I don't have anything but A few outfits and you can't get any baby stuff here. Hopefully I'll find some time after Christmas to deal with that. It is cold hear in Pinedale but unfortunately it's not cold enough to freeze time. The snow is beautiful and white and from the temperatures I'm pretty sure it's not going anywhere.
We've had a mama moose and calf hanging around lately. Last month the calf lost its mother and cried in our the back yard for about an hour. I asked Alex to help it and he just laughed at me. Yesterday I got up and went out to run a picture over to the community nativity and they were both eating the tree out front. I've never really thought about how moose drink water on a level plane with their long, long legs and short necks but last week I saw it. The calf was on it's two front knees, back legs strait so it was at a 45 degree angle. It was so cute. I ran home and got my camera but I was too late. By the time I got back she was done drinking.
I've been trying to be domestic lately and I'm not very good at it. I'm not domestic enough to keep my house clean but I've made bread, canned some preservative free applesauce for the baby and made some cute little snowmen for Porters class. I also got to take part in our annual chocolate dipping tradition.
We got a dog. Her name is Lieva. I was told it is German for happiness. We adopted her from a family that was having some medical issues and couldn't keep her. She is old and really good. She puts up with the kids and sleeps. She and I are two of a kind. Although, I wish I could sleep as much as she does and not feel so guilty about it. Between the lack of breath, anemia and trying to stay hydrated it's hard to feel very energized. I swim in the mornings and that really helps. I know my body is busy growing a little baby but the lists of to do's seems to grow faster. When does the nesting begin because I need the energy!!
We also got family pictures. I want to put one on the title for the blog but I don't know how yet. Any suggestions?? Until then you should check out her blog. carolinedrakephotography@blogspot.com. She did a fabulous job and only charged us 150$ for the CD. We took the pictures at the Garden Park Ward in SLC by Shannon's house. It's so beautiful and peaceful there. Anyway- I was very pleased. It was really fun to get some couple shots of Alex and I. When I looked at them it reminded me of how much I love him. He is a good man and for the most part patient and kind. He wasn't crazy about the idea of doing prenatal photos but I think he likes them too. Plus she got some good family shots that I used for our Christmas cards. I hope the month treats you well and you can find time to enjoy the season. Click on the collage to enlarge
