Frost Bitten!

So this past week the average temp. has been -30. It's even gotten as low as -42!! Needless to say its cold! So Cold that ice forms in the window and doors inside the house. It's so cold outside it freezes the condestaion on the inside!! Well while this cold spell was going on Howie had to go out in the "field" and pretend that he had ejected and surrvive for 2 nights out in the cold. They send him to school for a few days then let them out in the wild to put their skills to the test. He left Wednesday morning and I would see him Friday. Well Thursday I got call to come get him because he ended up with frost bite on his toe. He has been in a lot of pain and hoping it will go away soon. There isn't much you can do with frost bite except wait for it to go away on its own. Hopefully he won't have to hobble around to much longer.

ice on the door latch

foot swollen from one little toe?!?

The yellow blister thing on his big toe is the "frost bite"

The house so far

Well its been crazy around here to say the least, but we have gotten the house mostly put together. There still are a few things we need to do but for the most part we are unpacked and moved in! Like I promised here are pictures of the house with our stuff :)

Hallway coming up the stairs, Howie's I love me wal

Dining/living room

Hall to the front door and stairs

stair landing

front entryway mud room and my DIY wreath :)

half bath

Another DIY- holds gloves, hats etc in the mud rooms

office (notice Kaysen's custom made coloring table :)

man room and the bar with a face lift

still need to get the projector woring and up

guest bedroom

master

Desk I picked up for $5.oo at the thrift store for a craft table for Kaysen

and the final product

Alaska Style Fun

   Well the other day my car read -4 degrees and then it warmed up to a balmy -5! Apparently a warm front came through and it warmed up to 20 degrees. People were outside with no jackets. I don't know what Howie and I have gotten ourselves into!!! When the "warm"fronts do come through we get 2-4inches of snow in just a couple of hours. Howie isn't lucky enough to have a wife like everyone else who will shovel the drive way so he does the hard work. I do however shovel snow in the back yard so Ellie can go outside and go the restroom. It's hard to move when the snow comes up past your belly and your only 3 inches off the ground. None the less we bundle up (which is an ordeal in it's self and time consuming) to head outdoors for a few minutes. Kaysen loves it but I have to drag him in because his little face is beat red and I am always looking for an exscuse to go get warm.
   Our friends the Cahill's have an ATV and we went sled ridding over at their home. Kaysen loved it but Mike and Howie are really the kids who had the most fun. We had to tell them it was time come in so we could leave and the looks on their faces were just like two little boys. So all in all we are surviving. It's dark here around 4:30 pm and light starts around 9 am. I miss the sun!!!

This was a warm day

After a long day of playing in the snow

I LOVE APPLES!!!!

Enough with you pulling us dad, we want the real stuff!

The big kids playing