Snowmachine Sleepover

Did you ever have one of those?

I am pretty sure Scott and I ROCKED the kool parents of the weekend!

The girls decided they wanted to have friends over this weekend. Cassi invited Ashley and Kailey and Cori had Emily and Alli over. Wren also came to spend the night, which was wonderful as it seems like its been a while since he's been around.

Everyone showed up Saturday afternoon, and they all immediately went out to snowmachine on the track that Scott completed this past Summer. There are whoop-ti-doos and bumps galore which they all seem to Luuuuv.



That night they played until they could play no more. I finally got them to lie down and watch a Christmas movie around 11:00. There were 4 girls strewn across the living room floor and one growing boy on the couch. Two girls were in the bunk beds upstairs. Cassi wanted to be near Mom too so I climbed in that top bunk like I was 10. My body felt like it was 80 come 9:00 am but well...Cassi was happy!

After a big breakfast of eggs, bacon and biscuits with honey they headed out again. Scott was super Dad and hung out with them. Everyone came in with frozen grins and numb fingers looking for hot chocolate. The laughter made the room quite cozy and I couldn't help but be grateful for the moment.





I hope your Thanksgiving weekend was filled with laughter and blessings as well.

UPDATES

Because of a few of you have been asking...
* I decided to not hang the antlers in front of the painting. I felt like it was stashing on thing in front of another for lack of anywhere else to put it. It didn't work for me.

There was about a 50/50 split on opinions as to whether or not it looked good there. I was shocked that people thought there was a 3-D effort going on. I don't think that was the original thought when it was placed there but many thought it was and agreed with the plan.

* As for a full shoulder mount in the kitchen looking over the dining table, again there was around a 50/50 split of opinions. There were many people who didn't understand my question clearly. The view of the red wall in the photo below is from my dining table. So, imagine if you can, looking up at a large elk head from your seat while eating that same elk in a burger! :)

This really doesn't bother me. I've skinned enough and truthfully used to think I'd make a darn fine taxidermist. My concern was and is having friends and family over to visit and having them see Bambi's Dad looking down on them.

We really haven't come to a decision at this time as the Elk is at the taxidermist and will be there for a while. At some point however we will have to come to an agreement. I come from the side of the fence that says we have 4 shoulder mounts- which means the head is included, 3 European mounts- which means the skull is there but no eyes or fur, and about 6- several small antlers only. Oh, and also, two bear rugs and a couple fox and wolf furs. I would like to turn the master bedroom into the cabin-look. I could move some mounts around; put the best of them downstairs and some of the others upstairs.




This poses a bit of a problem for Scott as he says if they are hidden in the bedroom, he essentially loses his braggin' rights. Unless we plan to invite folks to our bedroom each time someone new visits.

So, for now, things are the way they were, except there is one lonely European mount in the crawl space, waiting to be moved upstairs.

~Happy Thanksgiving To Everyone~

I am and will always be thankful for my family; each and everyone of you. Even if you aren't actually related, in my heart you mean just as much to me.

And to those of you whom I've only just begun to get to know via the internet; you give me so many reasons to be thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

Does Anyone Know What This Is?

Can anyone tell me if they know what this may have been for. When I got it I thought it was a little stool but after realizing it opens and has this little bar in there I am sure it was made for something specific. Anyone know?

Operation Nice

Ok, Go check this site out. It is called Operation Nice. And I love it. It is pretty simple; stories about people doing nice things. How great is that? Go check it out. Read a few stories and you are sure to feel better for it.

I Need Your Help

Please help me by responding to me via email or leaving a comment here. Most of you who know me or who have been to my home know we don't do a lot of decorating here. We are not professionals or even talented. If you were to describe the decor of our home it would be considered a cabin type look. There are a lot of animal mounts, rugs and skulls.

Here is my question to you; How does this look? The painting is by Vicki. I simply want to know if you like the elk antlers in front of the painting or not.

Next, would you hang a full mount (head and antlers) not bare skull and antlers on a red wall, in the kitchen, over looking your dining table?

Please take a minute to answer these questions. I need some decorative help here. Thanks.

~READ THIS~

The post below was posted at SNAPSHOTS today. I love to read Shawn's blog and this cute post made me smile.

VOTE and DRINK!

I think the fine print says "Free coffee only available if you vote Republican." Yep, that's what it says.

To all my Dem friends, I still love you. I think you're kind of crazy, but I love you.

For those of you who know me, you know I think a lot like this gal. :)
Thanks Shawn, for letting me borrow your post!