Scott's Birthday Gift!

BEST GIFT EVER!

Since I have the BEST husband EVER, I needed to get him a gift that he deserves! I got him a power tool set that includes a sawzall, drill,  sander, circular saw and a flashlight. They are all cordless and he has already used them for some weekend projects we have been doing. It is going to be hard to beat this gift, words from his own mouth "BEST GIFT EVER!!!"

I had it shipped to our house and because he got home first he saw what the box said and assumed it was just a drill, but I had him fooled.


Scott with all his tools

With all the house projects coming I figured he was going to need a complete tool set and get him started with an ever growing need for power tools!

Happy Birthday Love!

Christmas Family Time



Noelle and Eric showing their awesome staches

Christmas has come and gone, lots of family, gifts and fun were had by all. After three weekends full of fun and laughter, Scott and I were ready to be done with the busy holiday season.

I caught the nasty cold that was going around the friday before Christmas and spent Christmas Eve on the couch resting while Scott had to work.

Christmas day we were at Scott's parents house with his mom's side of the family. I don't have any pictures of the family. Monday Scott was at his dad's side of the family while I worked. He had a lot of fun playing a psychological game that he will not tell me about.

Noelle, Steph and I

The following weekend we spent time with my mom's side of the family. It was fun as usual, trying to figure out which white elephant we didn't want to end up with.

That same day we spent time at my parents house with the siblings watching our annual movie. Mom and dad put in a pellet stove, so of course we had to test it out, and it works awesome! Once again I was recovering from sickness so I don't have any pictures.

Scott and Cole man with bananagrams

It also happened to be New Years Eve so after the kids went to bed we all stayed up playing Spanking Yoda on way too little sleep, which made everything a lot more funnier than it really should have been. As soon as it hit midnight we were all done for and ready for bed.

The one Christmas I did get pictures of was the Dieringer family. This year we spent the night at a hotel down by the airport. It was filled with family fun and catching up with everyone from this past year. The kids were so cute as usual and I couldn't get enough of them!

MY KITCHENAID MIXER!!!!

AHHHHH!!!!

 Thank you to my wonderful husband who won his fantasy football league and used his money to buy me my kitchenaid mixer for Christmas and birthday!!!!! I  AM SO EXCITED!!! and it is amazing! I whipped up a batch of cookies in less than two minutes, waffles were mixed and ready to be made in two seconds. I am going to venture into the bread making world soon.

I cannot tell you how excited I am

We ordered it off of costco's website so we got an awesome deal and it is the industrial 5.5 quart mixer. This means to bowl goes up and down instead of the neck going back and forth. I am absolutely in love with it and cannot get enough of this mixer!!! I have been waiting for this for the last three years and Scott was so gracious to buy it for me with his winnings! I have the BEST husband EVER!!

Decorating our Christmas Tree

After the great weekend of cutting trees I had some time to decorate said tree after a very hard time, and a lot of negotiation, selecting which one we wanted.

Rory wanted to help put the lights on the tree

Our first real Christmas tree! Isn't it beautiful!

Our traditional picture in front of the tree.

Tree Felling

We had a beautiful day a few weekends ago so we took advantage of it to cut down some trees on our property. Scott got to use a chainsaw and I kept Rory out of his way. We gave two trees away for people to use as their Christmas tree and we saved one for ourselves! We have a lot more open space now which is very nice!

The first of 6 trees

Rory had lots of fun playing outside

Teamwork, Scott cut while Dad G pulled

One of the 5 choices for our Christmas tree

Saving our walnut tree

Scott cutting down the apple tree

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

A new tradition has started... Ugly Christmas sweaters!

My dear sister Emily created Scott's sweater out of a little girls dress, under the candy canes it says "yummy" which makes it more hilarious

Kevin making his favorite appetizer

Kevin and Maria in all their ugly sweater glory!

Laura made an appearance and she and Scott matched almost perfectly

Thanksgiving!

Scott and I have a lot to be thankful for! To name a few: our savior, our health, our house, our family, eachother, our dog... the list could go on! We had three full days of Thanksgiving, Thursday at the Grady house with the Bogenhagen family, Friday with the Dieringer family, and Saturday with the Grady family. I only captured pictures of the Grady family thanksgiving this year.

Scott showing his Grandpa pictures of what we have done with our house!

Such precious moments

The Grady family

Playing Hearts

Alex and Sara are getting married in June, and Becca and Jared