Archive for December, 2011

wild rides in the snow

Posted on December 7th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

There’s a steep little hill near the top of our driveway. The kids tried out some different homemade sleds on it–cookie sheets, sheets of cardboard, and finally cardboard boxes, which were definitely the fastest. You can’t really tell from the pictures, but they fly down the hill in those boxes. I tried going down a couple […]



little turkeys for the table

Posted on December 5th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on little turkeys for the table

We’ve received our book in the mail, and we love it. “Wooden spool birds” was our very first project. There’s nothing quite like getting a free book in the mail…somehow it makes doing the projects even more exciting! We hopped in the car and took a trip to JoAnn Fabrics (along with an armload of coupons) […]

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cozy days of celebration

Posted on December 3rd, 2011 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Thursday morning we awoke to over a foot of freshly fallen snow, so we took the cue and had a cozy day at home. It was such a great way to spend our 7th anniversary. Did you notice that my blog was hijacked by a bandit hacker that day? Caleb went out and dragged in some fallen […]



friday {this moment}

Posted on December 2nd, 2011 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” -Albert Camus



here we go… 7 years and counting

Posted on December 1st, 2011 by mountain girl  |  5 Comments »

Happy 7 Years! It has been fun, wild, amazing, and incredible being with you on our adventure. Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil All the […]