A Drive Through The OIL FIELDS

Another adventure we took while my parents where here for Christmas was a drive to Williston, North Dakota to check out all the oil fields along the way.  Everyone hears stories of what it's like out there and they wanted to see for themselves. 

We enjoyed the drive as well as it had been a while since we had been out that way. 

It's a bit crazy to see the enormity of 'man camps' out there, and I could hardly get a decent picture of them to give you even an idea of how big they are and how many men sleep in them... it's wild.

It was a chilly day but we had clear blue skies for our last minute excursion into the oil fields of North Dakota.

man camp

man camp

What our roads often look like here in the winter: blowing snow

Sledding Fun

In honor of our frigid cold day here today, our actual temp being -20 with the windchill factor making it feel like a grand -50 outside, I thought I'd post some pictures from when my parents were here over Christmas and we headed outside to play in the snow and sled.

I'm feeling slightly claustrophobic and wishing we could at least go outside and play in the snow but it's just too cold.  Crazy, I know!!

When we all headed out for a fun day in the snow I was surprised at just how much Janessa loved being outside and sledding.  Even if she fell in the snow, she just got right back up an wanted to get back on the sled and go.  She was only unhappy when we had her go inside to warm up. 

Everyone loved it!

Big Girl Bed

We're changing things up around here again. 

We've begun the transition of moving beds around and getting ready for when our fourth baby joins our family.

The first transition involved Janessa moving to a big girl bed and saying good bye to her crib, which will eventually be the new baby's crib. 

This transition is happening now to give her plenty of time to adjust to the new bed before our huge transition of another baby joining our family comes along. 

We're using a bunk bed set, that we found used, as side by side beds for the girls.  And thanks to a photo I spotted on Pinterest, we put the rails on (that you would normally set up for the top bunk) to use for now to help Janessa not fall out of bed.

She's so cute and little in such a big bed but so far she has done a great job with the transition!