UPDATE & MISC. PICTURES

So, instead of going to bed early like I said I would do tonight, and instead of working on my quilt, and instead of getting my Christmas cards ready, I decided to update you all on what we've been up to.

It was quite the exciting weekend around here. Way too busy to experience every weekend, but it was sure fun! Around 4:30 Saturday morning, Mossy started having her puppies. She ended up having 9 total after surprising us twice when we thought she was done. She had 5 blacks, 4 chocolates, 4 of which were females and 5 males. We are going to keep a chocolate male, though it will be very hard to part with the rest of them!

Around 8:00 am that same morning, Evan took Myah and Joel to the "pig guy" where we picked up our pork that we we had butchered last week and picked out two new piglets -- "Biscuit" and "Oreo". They are tiny little things, that are just now being weaned from their mama.

Around 11:00 that same day, we left for Red Lodge to get our Christmas tree. We met two other families there, and had a great time. We didn't win the award for finding the best tree, but it definitely is one of the better ones that we've had in the past few years. We also enjoyed the Christmas stroll there. When we got back quite late, Evan wanted me to see the piglets because I hadn't gotten out there yet to see them. When we went out there, they were GONE! So, sometime around 11:30, we were wandering around looking for two little piglets with flashlights. After a long time, Evan found them in our neighbors horse shed. We could only catch one that night, but got the second one the next morning.

Sunday, we were too exhausted, so we stayed home. It had been two nights with very little sleep, so we had a day of rest at home. One of the things we did accomplish on Sunday was getting our family pictures taken. We decided to take the 4-wheeler down to the river and take them there. If you ever wondered how many people you can fit on a 4-wheeler at one time, we discovered you can fairly comfortably seat 6 people! :) It was a beautiful day, but you'll have to wait to get your Christmas card to see the best picture!