What happens when your boss gives you the day off!

Because I work at a Phyiscal Therapist office, we have a lot of elderly patients. So when it snows, they all call and cancel! My boss called and said not to come in today. So I told Nick, "let's play in our backyard!"

When our backyard has around a foot of snow, what else are you suppose to do?

You sit in the snow and throw it up! Hey, it's always fun to be a kid again!




Nick made a snow angel! I did too but we forgot to take a picutre. Mine was flying!

Than you BUILD a SnowMan!! I hadn't done this since I was a kid! It's hard than you think.

This is Nick rolling one of the snowballs for the body.

Here's our almost done snowman. If you look in the window, you can see me taking the picture and Nick is looking for arms.

Here's the finished SnowMan!!!! We had to use apple branches for the arms and rocks for the eyes and mouth. But isn't he cute! ;)

Here's waht the backyard looks like when you are done making snow angels and a SnowMan.

Hope all of you who don't live in snow and enjoy our lovely SnowMan for you! Have a great day!

New Addition....

So besides buying a house this last years, we decided to add another tax deduction... We are expecting and due in around the middle of august. This is all we know so far, but we'll keep you posted. All I know is that I'm done throwing up everyday. Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!!

Nick at his Best!

I know it's been a while. We have been busy with work and school and sleeping. I just had to post this picture of nick that I found. He and his sister, Natalie, are in a local orchestra that plays around Reno/Tahoe area. I though I would share this if you. Enjoy!

Isn't he good~looking!

Happy Birthday Sis!!!

Hope you have a wonderful birthday! Hopefully you can come back out and we do another girl trip! LOVE YOU!!!

November Happenings...

Okay, I know it's been a while. So there are a lot of pictures of our November excitement. There is our bi-annual trip to Elko, NV, our Christmas Tree, and Thanksgiving. Hope you enjoy the show!

This is a snap shot if one of the many tumble weeds that were running across the roads. It was a very windy trip to Elko and this guy was with us for a long time. It really was huge!!!

This is the Haines family ICE SKATING on a beaver pond up in Lamoille Canyon, NV. They had more fun then me. I'm not very stable on ice but I did go out and skate a little.

The classic family skate pose!

See, I was on the ice.

Nick and the beginning of our hike that was suppose to last 30 mins and was way longer than that.

I had to take a picture of my shoes. We left my hiking/waterproof shoes at home, so I had my skechers on. I might add that my feet might have been completely frozen, but they were dry! My skechers are special ones, but they kept my feet dry while hiking a very long hike.

And this is what I looked like.

I had a beanie, a scarf, a long sleeve shirt, a sweater, and my yellow shell. As far as the bottom, lets just say jeans don't keep you very warm and regular socks don't either. But when you husband leaves your warm socks and shoes at home, this is what you get!

This shot is for Nick. This was looking at the beautiful scenery.

The Tuesday two weeks before Thanksgiving, Nick and I went to cut down our Christmas tree. We went up by Frenchman's Lake In California. Nick wanted to get a 10 foot tree, and he didn't like my choice because it was the close one to the road, so we got a HUGE one. The tree before we cut it was 15 feet tall. We cut it at 12 and when we got home cut it to 10. We tied to tree to the top of Nick subi and lets just say that it was a very windy day! Needless to say, I had to roll down the window and hold onto one of the branches so that it wouldn't tip the car over (or lose the tree). Hey Nick was involved so it had to be an adventure!

Here's our tree before we decorated it.

Here it is with lights. We didn't decorate it until Thanksgiving.


We had Thanksgiving at our new house this year. It was just us and Nick's family. We had a great time just relaxing. We tried a new way to cook our turkey. Thanks to Martha Stewart and her magazine. Here's a picture of how it look after the 70 mins of cooing time.

Yes, it only took 70 mins to took. The white turkey was just as moist as the dark. It was Yummy!!!!! I also made homemade rolls and pumpkin pie. Nick made his mango pie, yummy carrots and some Parmesan green beans. He also cooked our turkey! If you want to recipe, let my know! I will always cook our turkey like this from now on. Let's see 70 mins versus 3-4 hours?

I'll let you decide.