so we FINALLY got snow...

okay, so it was only about an inch, at best, but it *was* enough for us to make this runt snowman on our back deck...

of course, Madison sat on it and decapitated it after about 2 minutes :)












And for those of you in Utah, yes, you can bray and guffaw all you like, because school WAS canceled for this "storm". Which would have been lovely (I truly LOVE when it's canceled for snow!), except that Natalie was sick so she wasn't able to enjoy the fun....poor girl!

So Dallin went "sledding" at the neighbors by himself...
Sometimes when we're lucky we're able to see deer eating the neighbors' trees across the street.

This weekend Tim spent a good share of Friday night and the entire Saturday working on finishing our basement. He's done the entire thing mostly by himself and is doing such a good job- he's learned so much from his talented dad. I consider myself very lucky to have such a handy husband. But when I say "by himself" I mean we haven't contracted anything other than enlarging our windows. Not that he didn't try to do it himself, but after 8 hours of very little progress, he made the executive decision that it was worth it to pay someone else to do it! Also, we've been lucky to have friends and family help: his dad helped us with wiring and setting the bathtub, which was not easy; my dad came and helped with the tedious work of hanging sheet rock and framing; and his friend, Joe, from work, who helped haul rock, frame, and tried to cut the windows!)

But here are some recent pics (Saturday he spent all day sanding, so my picture isn't blurry, there was just a perma-cloud of dust in our basement that is still lingering....)
tim in all his dusty glory...


here's natty's room- that's where her bed will be.

the playroom...


part of the media room...

anyway-that's been our week in a nutshell...good times :)
p.s.- I went to a gardening class at church on Wednesday, but I'll post about that later.