Grandpa and Grandma Visit

Our first visitors!!

Yes, it's that cold

I'm not sure of the official reading but our window thermometer said thirty. Brrrrrr

And adding insult to injury no vacation day today

Raked!

Here is the back of the house - see the greenhouse attached to the basement? I am researching and deciding if I can do anything worthwhile in the greenhouse in the next few months. Anyone know anything about doing vegies/herbs in here?








View in our backyard looking South East. There is a hill and there are perennial gardens down towards the bottom along with a compost bin about 6x6 feet. Now that's composting!!!









View in the backyard looking east at the stone wall there is a five foot drop off and the neighbor's backyard is down below








Here is our house looking from the front corner

Here it is!

Finally here are some pictures of the outside of our new home. Just like our last house we have no true front door. We are on a corner lot so either door is the front, depends on which way your coming from. Where you see the flag is what we call the front door - there is an enclosed entry way that leads to the living room. The backdoor (which is flapping open in the picture) leads to a new back porch/mudroom that is lined with hooks for all the coats, backpacks. The green house is on the back of the house behind the flat yellow extension - I'll have pics of that in our next entry. The red building you see is our garage/barn. It is a huge barn with a loft on top with a room for storage and a really big clubhouse. The kids have a ping pong table, couch, love seat, and all kinds of other treasures up there. It is every kids' dream come true. The bottom of the barn is divided into three sections. Two bays to store the cars in the winter and then another area for down stairs storage.

Door Knobs??

We have no door knobs.

The mess in the living room

This is what the living room looks like - it's slightly better this week but not too much. It's hard unpacking with Maisie as a "helper"

Marshmallow Farming

On our way home from the bank Maisie asked us about the marshmallow farm we were passing. We didn't understand what she meant until she pointed out all of the "marshmallows" she saw (it was bailed hay but you can't explain somethings to Maisie). We pulled over so I could take a picture since the farm was outside the drivers window. Ben was sitting in the front passenger seat beside me with the window open. He freaked out when he saw what was outside his window (see the other pictures).

John has to stop in the AM to let the cows cross the road on his way to work, I guess we need to be listening to a new traffic report in the AM.