Yada yada yada....

Sorry folks- there's just not much going on in the West household right now, so I don't have a whole lot to talk about! Well there's this- I am searching for more work ( I got laid off and am only working one or two days a week right now) and that's going so-so- this job is all about who you know. In the meantime, Chris' work is going great- keep on hoping for little snow, because that's what keeps him going! Teags is staying home with me every day now- just so we can save a little cash by taking her out of her two-day preschool. So, we have been doing projects, crafts, and lots of writing practice! Calli went back to school today and, at the moment, is shooting me dagger looks because I will not just give her the answer to her homework! Sorry Charlie- not gonna happen.... Besides that news, not a whole lot else... I wrote a long letter to Alyx today, did ALL the laundry in the house, and almost all my cupboards are re-cleaned and organized.... what's a girl to do with all this extra time? I realized that I am not happy staying at home without working... I need to be productive and make money, or else I feel a little useless. Oh well- keep us in your thoughts... something always comes through!!

By the way- we had a great Thanksgiving, did you? I have pictures of the girls, but they are on the cell phone, and I'm not too sure about transfers....

Chris' project day....

So, this morning Chris woke up and said- let's paint the front room today! And I said okay- so off we went to Lowe's to get some paint to match our pillows on the couch. We went with this russet color, and then got this red rug- what a difference! It is amazing what some color can do for our very beige room! What we are so proud of is that we spent less than $150 bucks on all these little things and together they made the biggest change. We love it!!

silly girlies, and updates

Okay- not loving the front room right now. As you can see- everything is smashed up into one wall- but I am working on getting some pillows and rugs to give some color to the other end of the room. Then, I can start to spread some of this stuff out. But do you not love the new couch? It's so nice to have more seating in this house..... The other pics are the girls busting out their Barbie and the musketeers look- very inventive! As for updates, Alyx is in her permanent place for the next 9 months or so- She is in St. Anthony and is doing okay so far... only been there for a couple of days now. We will be finding out more things and protocol as she goes along. She says hi to everyone and misses you all! That's about it for news around here. We had our first snow last night, but it's starting to melt, so we can't use the snowman kit yet, Megs!

Happy Halloween 2009

Well, it was another great Halloween.... this year Teags and I went to Calli's school to help out with her party, so we took some great pics there, with all of her "best friends". Then, we went on down to my work, so Teags was dressed up, and they took tons of pictures of her, and spoiled her with tons of candy even before Halloween! On Saturday, Karen and I took our girls on the resort's Halloween kid's cruise- they had a costume contest, dance contest, and pinata. It was quite chaotic, but fun- imagine 40 little kids running around a boat with full cups of hot chocolate, and huge cookies, bowls of candy, smoke machines, balloons- get the picture? I was wearing at least three cups of cocoa by the time we got off the boat! We then went trick or treating downtown, and then came back home for a little party, and MORE trick or treating!! We could open a candy store, I swear. The girls had a great time, and I think Halloween gets better every year.... hope all yours was just as great!