Josie first french braid

When my girls were little I french braided there hair all the time. Amy still comes over to my house and has me braid her hair. Today I asked Josie if she wanted her hair braided and to my surprise she let me do it. She sat pretty still for a two year old. So now she can be just like her mommy!

Nana again!

Rick's mom finding out she is going to be a Great Grandma



Christa and I have the exact same nose




This is the funnies picture ever of Linda, Josie and Cassie




Mom and Dad at PJ Christmas




Diana and I at PJ Christmas




Rick and Liam at PJ Christmas
Wow what a great Christmas it has been! I have had to keep it a secret but now the secret is out! Christa and Jese are going to have a baby. I am very excited to have two grand babies coming this summer. Amy is due July 1 and Christa is due Aug. 14. It should be a fun summer!
Christmas Eve we had the Rugroden family over for supper. First we went to church and then came back home for supper. It was a good time.
Christmas day we went to my mom and dad's house. This year we decided that everyone would wear PJ's. I think we should do it every year because it was so cozy and you could eat all you wanted because PJ pants expand!
I had to work both Christmas eve and Christmas day so by Sunday I was pretty tired. I had to work Sunday too. I was more then ready for a day off on Monday.
Monday morning I got up to the trees covered in frost. It was so pretty. I went outside and took a bunch of pictures. I will post them later.
Today I am babysitting. Right now Josie is taking a nap and Liam is suppose to be but he is just resting...
Later Sharon



There is a little snow out there......

Rick and I got the skis out again yesterday. We had a fun time breaking through all of the deep snow. We took turns breaking the path. Today when we go it should be much easier. I hope we get a little break from the snow storms for awhile. Rick took Dexter for a short walk yesterday. He was so excited to get out of the house. He loves the snow but it is just to deep for his short little legs. Rick plowed him a path in the lawn so he has somewhere to go other then the sidewalk.
Enjoy the snow if you can!
Later Sharon

Just pictures

The snow was a little deep

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can......

Christmas with the kids



Cassie with Dexter





Liam and Josie opening there gifts





Cassie got this doll for Josie, but really she got it for herself so she could play with the hair.



We had Christmas with the kids on Saturday. It was lots of fun. Cassie got to pick out what the meal would be this year and she picked pizza. Amy was not very happy about it but she ate the pizza anyhow. Rick made us 4 homemade pizzas and one dessert pizza. They were all really good. He even made all of the crust from scratch. Christa brought Kipper over so Dexter would have someone to play with. They were both very happy to see each other. They have both spent way to much time inside since we have gotten all the snow. Liam and Josie were so excited to get there gifts. It is fun to watch them open everything.
Sunday Rick and I had a great day. We went down to the club and shot for about an hour. Then we came home and got all bundled up and went CC skiing. We went out the back yard and went into the swamp and the field. It was fun. We only got to go out once last year so we really hope to be able to enjoy the snow a lot more this year. It was only 10 degrees out so my fingers go super cold. I need to get some better mittens, I seemed to have lost mine in the move. After we came in we decided it was going to be movie day. We watched 3 movies! And for supper we had popcorn. I know not a good meal but what else do you have but popcorn for a movie day. We have not had such a relaxing day since we moved to the house. I hope to have lots more now that most of the work is done. We are leaving the bathroom, office and bedroom until this spring. We need a break!
Today I babysat Liam while Amy and Josie went to the doctor. Amy had an ultrasound today and found out that she is due on July 1. Liam and I made cookies today. The whole time he was here he wanted to know when Rick was coming home. He was very happy that Rick come home early from work so he could see him. He told me that he likes Rick and only Rick and Jese. I guess Nana is just not fun! Liam went down in the basement and exercised with Rick. He had lots of fun and Rick said he worked out hard.
We got a ton of snow today again. I am glad I did not have to drive to work today.
Later Sharon

Out with the old and in with the new....well kind of!

I know I have written about my wallet before but I will review it anyhow. I bought my wallet at Brett's Department store when I was 17 years old. I have been using that same wallet for the past 31 years. I have tried others but have never liked them so I always went back to the one I bought in 1979. Well if finally started to fall apart. I had to find a replacement for my wallet and soon. I looked all over and just could not find one that even compared to it. Finally in despair   I decided to do a google  search on the brand. which is Amity. What I found out was they were a well known company that made high quality wallets from 1915 to 1996 when they stopped making them under the Amity name. They have changed the company to name to the Rolf company and still make wallets and other leather goods. While looking for information on google eBay came up. So I took a look and to my surprise there was my wallet! It was my exact wallet only it was in brand new shape. So I put a bid on it and won it for $5.50. I got it in the mail yesterday. If  I get 31 years out of this one it will be the best $5.50 that I ever spent. So it is out with the old and in with the almost new!

Ice, snow and oh so cold!

These are some pictures of the snow we got. Lots of drifts!

This is our new dinning room table. As you can see in the picture below I still don't have all the doors done so we have no doors on the closets yet.

I am so glad that I did not have to work this weekend. It was nice to be snowed in and not have to go anywhere! I finally got all of my Christmas stuff put up. Well everything but my houses. I started them yesterday and hope to finish them tonight after work. Waseca got a lot of rain before the snow started on Sat. morning so everything is pretty much an ice rink. I tried to get some ice-melt yesterday and it is sold out all over Waseca. Rick and I went to Mankato on Sunday afternoon to look for a table. After going to a million stores we decided to get the one that we liked right in Waseca. They delivered it on Monday, I love it!
I babysat Liam and Josie on Monday. It has been a long time since I babysat them both for a whole day. We had lots of fun. Liam was pretty excited that we have the house almost done. It was fun to have them there and not have a constructions zone in the house.
I have been staining the doors for upstairs in the bedroom in the basement. It sucks because I have so little room to move around  and the doors are big. I can only do two at a time. I got the bathroom and bedroom doors and all 5 door frames done yesterday. It sure will be nice to have a bathroom door again! I had hoped to have them all done by this weekend but I don't think I will make it.
Tomorrow we have First Responder training at work. It is going to be a long day for me. I have to be at work at 6:00 in the morning and will not get to leave until 7:30 at night. Then I will have my hour drive home. I wish I did not have to work on Friday. At least we only have this training once a year.
Last night I went down to the club to shoot. I shot about 40 arrows. I wrist was pretty sore last night but is okay this morning so that is good. It felt good to be shooting again. I only have a couple weeks to get ready for league so I have to get shooting.
We have a mouse in the garage!  I went to buy some mouse traps yesterday and they were all sold out of the normal traps.  I had to buy the sticky traps, I hate those because the mice do not die right away. They claim on the box that it is a fast kill kind,  I sure hope so because I hate to hear the mice squeal when they get stuck in them. But that is what the mice get for thinking they can spend the winter in my garage! 
Later Sharon