Our Rental/Christmas Decorating

Sorry it's been awhile since I posted, I have been caught up in reading the Twilight series. I know I'm behind the times, but I wanted to go see the movie when it came out and decided it was time to read it first. Great reading!! We have been so busy here, but loving it in Wyoming. This last Friday we were able to meet at the Logan temple with my whole family and some other relatives. Mom has done a lot of family history work and we have been slowly doing the endowments for them. We were finally able to do the sealings for them. A couple of the highlights: We sealed my grandma to her parents, and my dad was sealed to his parents. A very neat experience. Thank you mom for all your hard work on family history.
This week for FHE, we talked about the symbols of the tree and the decorations. The kids made some popcorn strings for their tree which we will put up this weekend downstairs. The big tree upstairs is MINE!!! Actually, many of you would be surprised, Shane is the decorator in our home. He has a good eye on how things should look. I love it because I hate untangling the lights and putting together the fake tree. I do enjoy the finishing touches.

Parker waiting to eat the popcorn for the popcorn strings. This was a fun activity because my two older kids are able to use a needle and thread (with only a few pokes and blood! Yeah, we won't be eating the popcorn on the strings!) Making a popcorn string
Cheese!

Brennen trying out the finished product on the big tree.

Taylor loves her activity day leaders. They do some of the funnest things and are so organized! I love it because they are teaching her life skills that she will definately use. She used a real sewing machine to make the snowman hat. Way to go Tay!

THE RENTAL

It's a cute little house. There's four bedrooms, and an extra room that we call the toy room. The neighborhood is a lot of fun. We really like all of our neighbors. We love our new ward.

The backyard

Kitchen and dining -not very much cupboard space, but we managed to cram everything!

Our Tree (with popcorn decor)

Believe it or not, this is a norm every day. We have deer in our neighbor's backyard. I didn't have the camara when the big four point came through, but this is a two point that came last week when it snowed. The town of Afton is at the base of the mountains. The deer are becoming a nuisance to many people here. They eat their gardens and trees and are not real scared of people. My kids love watching them eat!!! My neighbors don't share our enthusiasm for the deer in their yard.

A couple of rooms in our rental

The Family Room. We spend a lot of time here! You can't see it in the picture, but there is a whole counter on the right with a sink. A bar! The kids think that they should be able to eat down here, but they still spill way too much for my comfort!

We are enjoying it here and are still hoping and praying for our home to sell so that we can buy one of our own here to live in, but for now, this is great!