WOOD CHOPPIN' AND SHOPPIN' . . .

Clay and my brother bought permits to go up north and chop wood for our fireplaces this year and it just so happened that a storm hit the night and morning of their planned excursion!!! I planned on going shopping with my mom & sister for the day while Clay took the older kids with him to help gather wood. Even though there was about 4 inches of snow on the ground, the weather was crappy and everyone froze their butty's off ... it was still a successful mission and we have had a fire in our living room every night since (one or maybe I should say the only thing I love about winter along with the holidays!!)!!!

Here is the whole crew getting ready to leave . . .

All the kiddos ... so excited!!!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

This is what makes it all worth it in the end!!! I can say that cause I wasn't there ... haaahaaa!!
By the looks of all the snow on the ground and the dark clouds hovering in the background, I'm sure glad I wasn't a part of this little excursion ... hahaaa ... have I mentioned how much I hate the cold!!!

SHOPPIN':

Me and my favorite ladies, Momma, Lacey & Rilyn Kate, had a fun filled day of shopping and then grabbed a bite to eat and some margaritas at one of my new favorite restaurants, Plaza Bonita!! It was so much fun getting to hang with the girls and actually do some shopping without dragging 3 kids along with me ... hahaaa!! The only bummer to our day was when we went to leave the store and my truck wouldn't start ... she was dead dead wouldn't even start with a jump!! So we had to call Kris who was thankfully available to come pick us up and take us back to Lacey's house so we could get her truck which wasted a good 2hours of our day probably, but o'well like Normy always says "If its got tits or tires it will give you problems" hahaaaaa ... love Normy and his one liners!! Gotta love Rilyn's "cheeeesssseeeeeeeeeee"!!!!!!!!!




Hahaaaa ... Grandma kept stealing Rilyn's mimi and she was cracking up big time!!!