Since this is somehow the first free moment I have had in weeks in which I haven't had to crochet a gift or bake something or unpack something, I thought I would take the opportunity to post some pictures from the last 3 (yes 3) months...
We made it to Madison in October to visit the World Dairy Expo. We could only get there for the Holstein cow show on Saturday but it was well worth the drive. There were some amazing cows there! It made me get the itch to show again!
The Faulkner's had their baby in November so, of course, I crocheted them a little gift. I like it much better than the last hat and blanket that I made. 
The biggest thing that happened to us, obviously, was that we moved into our new house! We moved everything over Thanksgiving (post-call for me) and the dogs a couple of days later once we had the fence in. It snowed within the week after the move- which the kids (above) didn't entirely appreciate. And, because the neighbors do not enjoy hearing our dogs barking, we bought a bunch of accessories to make them happier including a heated water bucket and the rubber ball (above) for Beau. He has already succeeded in chewing the handle off but the ball itself is still intact. He really does play with it-it's hilarious watching him run back and forth along the fence throwing the ball around!
Above are some pictures of the kitchen and main bathroom right after the move (hence the mess). I will post pictures of the master bedroom before and after the painting I did this last week in my next post.
We decorated for Christmas soon after moving. Here are some pictures from of the living room decorations (plus Del in his new recliner next to our crooked tree). Obviously I didn't learn how to set up a straight tree even after all of those lovely afternoon spent helping Dad!
Will post better (ie neater) pictures soon of the house and Christmas!
