Welcome to the Family Mabel Rose!

Meet Mabel Rose! She is an English Cocker Spaniel. We brought her home at the end of February and she fits right in. She is a lively little gal, and we love her.

 Myrtle was a little slow to warm up to her, but Mabel is growing on her!

Edie Jane has been a tremendous help. She is always willing to take Mabel Rose out to potty, and insisted we include a beautiful middle name for her pup. 

Greta's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday Gigi!!!! We celebrated this three-year old's birthday with a nice little party at home. Greta loves ponies, mermaids, and unicorns. It is hard to believe it was already three years ago that we brought this smart, thoughtful, clever, funny girl home to join our family. We love you Greta! 

Winter Wonderland

This Winter has been an exceptionally snowy one! It started snowing in early December, and has not really stopped since! While we are all getting a little tired of staying indoors, it is beautiful.

Christmas

This year we had a lovely Christmas in our new home! The girls received a new play kitchen from Santa, and we shared a lovely day with family at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Our House Update

After months of hard work, we were finally able to move into our new house in early December. There are still many projects to complete, but we have made so much progress.

We put new tamarack floors in the entire house. We also replaced all the windows. Hanley is still working on replacing all of the window and door trim with boards that match our new floors.

The girls' room got a fresh coat of paint. It still needs baseboards and trim, but is working out well. The girls are adjusting to sharing a room.

 

The second bedroom is a temporary bedroom but will be an office. This room still needs window trim and baseboards. We removed paneling, repaired the original exterior window, painted the wall boards, and added some wallpaper.

The bathroom turned out beautiful. Hanley completely redid everything, and added a beautiful block window.

The kitchen now has a much more functional layout. The butcherblock countertops look beautiful, as does the copper sink. The table is where the washer and dryer used to be. They have been moved to the basement. Overall we are really happy with how it turned out.

Rodeo Princesses

For Haloween Edie and Greta decided to dress as rodeo princesses. They had a great time, and looked the part!

Edie's 5th Birthday!

For Edie's fifth Birthday we had a lovely pizza party in La Grande! We were also able to take a  little hike and enjoy our new back yard!

Edie is very excited to be five! She cannot wait until next year when she gets to start kindergarten. We couldn't be more proud of our compassionate, smart, adventurer.