This Thanksgiving we traveled to Montesano, WA to celebrate with Darin's family and shoot guns.
It was cold and wet, so Austin and I just sat on the porch and watched Darren and Darin shoot. Austin looked so adorable wearing his ear protection!!
As the day wore on, the boys got more creative about things they could shoot. Here is a video of Darren taking out a roll of toilet paper with a shotgun!
Last week I was browsing around one of my favorite sites (ana-white.com) and came across the plans for a laundry pedestal. I knew I had to make it. So, I sat down with a blank sheet of paper and a pencil and drew up the plans.
Later that night after the kids went to bed I couldn't resist any longer and I made a trip to Home Depot to pick out my lumber. The next day during quiet time and after the kids were in bed for the night I started building.
Within 48 hours of my trip to Home Depot I was ready to start painting. We decided to paint it the same color blue that we used to paint our house. In the morning when the paint was dry we installed it and it fit like a glove!
**With my new pedestal in the laundry room, my ironing board was in need of a new cover, so after a quick trip to Joann Fabrics my ironing board got the update it so desperately needed.**
Tonight for Family Home Evening we created the very first ever Hales Family Thankful Tree. We had fun thinking of things we were thankful for and the boys had fun putting the leaves on the wall. All in all it made for a successful family night.
After lots of reading, planning and negotiation, we made a trip on October 2nd to pick up the newest member of our family. After holding a lot of rabbits, we finally decided that Simon was the rabbit for us.
Simon is a one-year-old Rhinelander with beautiful markings.
For the first couple of days all I wanted to do was watch him, especially when he was eating and washing up. He is just so adorable!
Each of us has had a chance to bond with him, and he is so very, very tolerant of the boys.
Austin likes to share his apples with Simon. Austin also likes to steal his carrots and eat them himself!
Trevor loves to give Simon a goodnight kiss almost every night.
Simon likes to ride in the car with us and if we go to the park, Simon comes too. Today Simon had a chance to go to Preschool as part of "R" week. The kids adored him, and he tolerated their petting and grabbing. It helped that I brought some raisins for them to feed him as a treat. :)
Simon is smart too. If the boys close his cage and he gets hungry, he'll just climb into the bag of timothy hay for a quick snack.
He also knows what he likes and what he doesn't like. Apparently, plastic keys are not a favorite and he doesn't like to share his bed with Austin.
Simon has been the perfect pet for our family and we love him a lot.
