Christmas time

I have not been very good at blogging the last 2 months. Life just never slows down for me. Joe finished up farming and now has been doing a lot of playing. He left today for mesquite motorbiking. I guess he has to stay busy somehow. Ha Ha! The girls are getting very big. Bailee had a BD on the 29th. She is 7. I can't believe in one year she will be getting baptized. She makes me feel old. Bailee has lost both front teeth. She looks funny. Ella is a handful as always. She really has an attitude lately. We added a new addition to our family about 10 days ago. We got a maltese. He is about 12 weeks old and we love him. The girls named him ozzy and they call him oz. He has brought a lot of joy to our lives. It gives me someone to hangout with while joe is gone playing. Work is starting to get busier which is nice. I have also started picking up some shifts at EIRMC in the ER as a NP. That has been fun. I can't believe xmas is almost here. The weather sure reminds us it is winter. It is funny, even thought I have spent almost every winter of my life but 2 in rexburg I am still amazed how cold it is here! I hope everybody is staying warm and also enjoying the holiday season!!

We went boating last saturday to end our boating days for the summer. We had a great time. The girls played in the water and tubed. Grandma and Grandpa ferney bought a surf board to try out. It is fun that my parents are not scared to try new things. They are still young at heart!! The weather was nice and there were not as many boats as I thought there would be. Joe is in the midst of grain harvest and that has been all consuming for him. We get to see him in the mornings for a few minutes and that's about it. Bailee did the MHS cheer clinic last week and had a great time. The big news in our house this week is that ELLA IS FINALLY POTTY TRAINED!!! HALLELUJAH!! That was a much more difficult task than I had anticipated. But we finally got it done. Otherwise we are trying to get a schedule now that school has started. We have both dance and piano to work into our schedule for bailee this year. It looks to be a busy year!! The shoes in the pic are bailees new "twinkle toes" she had to have them.

Here are some pics from the zoo that I stole from Tiff's blog!