Cinnamon & Sugar

Here is one of my families favorite reasons why they like my famous homemade veggi pot pie. I make enough dough for James to make a pumpkin pie. Then I roll out the extra crust trimmings, cookie cut shapes onto a cookie sheet, and then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. I then bake them for a couple minutes. While the pies are baking, we savor every bite of the delicious sweet flakiness. We could have gotten a picture of us enjoying these scrumcious treats, but we were too busy stuffing our face.

Winter Vacation

This is the park just behind our home. It doesn't snow much here in Richland, but enough for us to play in. It's always fun to be the first to start new tracks in the snow.

I love this picture! If I could of only been able to capture the screams of joy as they raced down the hill for you to hear.

You gotta make a quick -trick- stack.

Our back porch.

And there's nothing like a bear ride from Grandpa Tom. We did have lots of fun this break. And also did tons more work in our backyard today, prepping for spring. The boys are off to school tomorrow, =( ...or so Weston feels. I am really looking forward to warm weather again, but would really like it to snow enough to sled one more time.

Christmas 2009

Just a few of the many wonderful highlights this Christmas with the Pettett family...

5 more days till Christmas

We are all eagerly awaiting Christmas morning when family all gathers around, wrapping paper goes flying, and excitement springs forth from my little ones like finding buried treasure. Its been a long year, so much has happened, all of our lives have changed so much, but all for the better. I'm looking forward to the next year as we make our new home more special for our family. We have plans for a garden, expanding the grass areas to play, and of coarse a tree play house with a zip line that runs from the play house to the back porch. I especially can't wait for color to be added to the walls, Allis room to be decorated, and more family photos to hang in the hall way. I really look forward to adding another year to my marriage as I believe I am the luckiest girl in the world.

Fireplace

Please forgive the over saturation of yellow in this picture, our camera doesn't do well in the the dark. This last week, we decided to build a fire and experience its warmth and beauty in our new home. We gathered around daddy on a blanket with mugs of steamy hot chocolate in our hands topped with marshmallows. Dad grabbed a book from the shelf and we all listened as he read the story of a famous classic fairytale. It is only a week away till my family arrives for Thanksgiving. I have no idea how I'm going to get 18 people in a photo around the fireplace, but it will be fun trying!

My yard in the Fall

The top picture is where the front yard meets the back. I really love the tree that twist and turns in the trunk and branches as it grows. In the spring and summer it's a lovely dark shade of green. In the fall, the leaves almost look like they're on fire.

This is the same opening, just 30ft or so farther back.

This is my favorite tree. I think it's called a Chinese maple, not sure. This is what I get to look at every day from my living room. Green in the spring, and vibrant red in the fall.

Halloween 2009

A really good friend from work gave me this Tigger costume. When I brought it home Timmy loved it. It also has a noise maker in the paw, tigger voice. I loved it cause I knew it would keep him warm...and adorable.

Isn't she so cute! The costume is a caterpillar, but she also looks like a bee. Daddy carried her most the time while trick-r-treat'n. Trying to keep up with her brothers who ran from house to house was exhausting.

Weston saw one of those blow-up spiders you put in your yard for Halloween and told me that's what he wanted to dress up as. So, this is my attempt at replicating the spider. He LOVES it. He would have slept in it if I had let him. But, he is wearing it today. I figure he can wear it till one of those legs rips open, then it's going in the trash.

Sorry, my camera ran out of juice so pictures are a little blurry.