Hello!

What has everyone been up to? This blog is so quiet.....

Not much with us. We closed on the land next door on the 15th so have an additional 32 acres. The buildings that were there are down along with the house, and burned (for the most part). Still a lot of garbage clean up with many trips to the dump, scrap iron to haul in and that's only the stuff above the snow - Can't wait to see the surprises in the spring :( She put all of her garbage in a trailer, then when they left, dumped the trailer so it's all left for us. I've been searching through garbage and learned her diet: beer, hard liquor, soda, and spam - any one hungry?

We continue with our lovely animals and picking chicken eggs. We have someone who will sell the eggs so we are trying to get more chickens. Not sure how this is a money making proposition, but at least pays for the food that they eat :) and they are just fun to have.

It has been a bit chilly here. The last couple days schools were closed, businesses closed - with the exception of my place of employment. Sunday and Monday was really warn with rain on Monday. Then we went from 39 to -25 with wind chills of -50. Needless to say, the rain helped to create an ice rink in everyone's yards and we walk around with pillows strapped to our backsides to help with the reoccuring need to sit down unexpectedly. This morning, it was much warmer (-12) with a lot less wind.

Would love to hear what the rest of you have been up to.
Heather

this is Bailey, my 6 month old German Shepherd.

a few more... Emalee with her rainboots, the kids when they finally realized santa had come! it took them a while to notice!! Paul, emmie and drew singing on christmas eve at our house. We had our family over on christmas eve. christmas and new years were alot of fun, now it is back to the busy schedule of everyday life! Hope everyone has a blessed new year!
kendra

Christmas at our house.

Here are a few pictures from our christmas. the first one is Caitlyn on her birthday eating her cake. Caitlyn and emalee on santas lap at our big forstie family christmas party, drew was scared of him! the kids in there christmas outfits and drew and caitlyn on christmas morning.

New Year's Day

For Eveleth Horizons (I'm the coordinator), people said they wanted a sliding hill in Eveleth. The city made one and we had the grand opening of it yesterday. They made signs to lead the way....I didn't go down the hill as I was there as photographer, but can't wait to get a sled and go down it. We had people of all ages riding the hill with sleds of all shapes and sizes and even snowboards. It's quite the hike up, but everyone claims it is worth it....

We had a "name the hill" contest and the winner will be announced at the City Council meeting tonight. We also had a snowman contest. Here were the entries...

"Samantha" the hula snowgirl

"The old man on the mountain"

This one didn't have a name - or at least I wasn't told what it was

"Pom Pom Snow Girl"

Can't wait for everyone to come and visit - we can go sliding in Eveleth now!

Heather

Had a party here monday night, was fun, our kids are night owls. What did anyone else do? Happy New Year P.L.