It's COLD

Well, I've been stuck inside all day because it's simply too cold to take the boys out, even just to go get in the car. It would take me half and hour to bundle them properly. It's so cold that your nostrils stick together when you breathe...and then they don't come apart. If any bit of skin is exposed it burns and can become very painful. I checked the weather on the internet and it said that Ogden is currently 24 degrees (at 8pm), Logan is 16 degrees, and Bozeman is -9 degrees (in Farenheit!!!) The wind is what makes it really miserable. I can't even open my front door because the wind blows snow drifts half way up the door-we're talking as high as my thigh. But on the bright side my front lawn has no snow, it's all piled in front of my door. So I don't want to hear anyone complain about the cold and I can tell you that when I come down for the holidays I will be nothing but grateful for the 24 degrees.

First Words - A Work in Progress

Braden is growing so fast! He has been really trying hard to say some words. Well the other day he started to say ball. It's the cutest thing ever. Today he started crawling and now I'm in trouble because although he's really slow right now, it will only take a little while before he's all over the place and into everything. Dalin and Braden are going to egg each other on when it comes to getting into trouble. I also need to get a gate for the stairs. I've been putting it off as long as I can :( I hate those dumb things. I have a feeling it's going to make Dalin mad too because he's used to being able to go up to his room and get things whenever he wants to. I just can't believe how time flies.

The Holidays

Where does time go? Thanksgiving is already gone and now I'm looking forward to Christmas. I love this time of year. Up here in Montana we have snow, of course. We only actually got snow two days after Thanksgiving which is very odd for this part of the country. The two days before it snowed it rained cats and dogs. That is also very weird. I guess we're in for a very mild winter up here because it's not that cold. Well, at least not as cold as would've expected it to be. Once the sun goes down, it's FREEZING like I've never felt before. It's a cold that bites your skin if it's not covered and leaves it burning for at least half an hour after you come inside. But during the day it's relatively warm and nice enough to take the boys out on occasion. Today the sun is shining and I love that. There's nothing better than a bright winter day after a night of snow and everything sparkles. Up here, unlike in Utah, the snow doesn't melt once it's here. I might melt a little during the day a little but, like I said as soon as that sun starts to go down (around 4:00pm) then it's fridged. Now I'm going to vent for a minute. The great state of Montana has made it a law that no town or city can salt their roads in the winter. Is that not the dumbest thing you've ever heard. There's a bunch of environmentalists up here and they don't want to kill any vegitation with the salt. So we'd rather kill hundreds of motorists instead. The roads are horrible all the time. And like I said the snow doesn't melt so it's like driving on a skating rink no matter where you are. Now I'm done venting and we'll move on. I don't have any pictures today, simply because I'm too lazy to take the time to do it. I'm exhausted lately becaue for two weeks now Braden has decided that he doesn't need to sleep....EVER. So, I guess neither do I. He's been waking up in the middle of the night and then won't go back to sleep. I've let him cry for over half an hour, I've rocked him I've sat in the room with him and nothing works. Finally last night I'd had enough so I just put him in his bed and thought "he'll just have to cry". Well Dan doesn't like that very much so after about 20 minutes or so he goes down and a few minutes later comes back and everything's quiet. Apparently all he did was put a bear in the crib with him and then he was fine. We'll see tonight if that's a fluke or if that will work. It better work because I need to get some ZZZZZ's. Well, that's it for now. See ya'll soon.