No sign of slowing down!

So it's 5:30 {AM} and I just came inside from shoveling the driveway again! Michael and I shoveled it last night around 8:30 so it wouldn't be too bad this morning.

This was 8:30 last night

This is at 5:30 this morning

I cleaned this table off yesterday morning when we shoveled the driveway. I had to shovel a path for Lexi in the back yard. So in less than 24 hours, we've gotten a good amount of snow!



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I am so fascinated by how they remove snow here in Alaska. First, everyone shovels their snow into the street {before the plow comes}. For the life of me I didn't understand why people would do that until I witnessed the snow removal process in the neighborhood! The grader then drives around and puts all of the snow into the middle of the road in a straight path.

Then the coolest thing happens! I haven't gotten a picture yet because we went out and did a little shopping before they cleared our road yesterday. But then, they bring in big semi trucks with empty buckets on the end. The semi drives along next to the straight path of snow while another truck with a big huge snow blower on the front shoots the snow up into the truck. Once the truck is full, they haul it off and dump it somewhere. Yesterday there were 3 trucks lined up at the entrance of the neighborhood.

There goes the grader! It's awesome! Then you don't have to deal with the plow throwing snow up into your yard and driveway. They take this snow removal pretty serious around here!

This cracks me up! This is a picture of Lexi this morning. The snow goes up half way up her legs! She is loving the snow!

It's suppose to snow until about 1:00 this afternoon. We're headed to the other side of Anchorage so Austin can get his teeth cleaned at 8:00 before going to school! Good thing I grew up in Michigan and know how to drive in the snow!

Backyard fun

The kids are having so much fun playing outside in the backyard. One of their favorites is baseball!

We got Abigail a left handed baseball glove so she can throw with her dominate hand.

I made them pose for a picture together.

Awww, I had to get them to show some love to each other too!

Even Lexi is loving her big back yard. She goes out there every time the kids do and can spend hours out there just by herself!

House tour

Well, we're all moved in and pretty much settled. The only thing we (I) still need to do is finish organizing the storage room/craft area/toy area. Instead of the movers just simply moving my totes with holiday decorations, they unpacked everything and put it into boxes. So, needless to say, it's all still in boxes in the storage room in the basement.

We have 3 levels in our new house, a basement, a main level and an upstairs. Here's a peek!

Upstairs = Abigail's room










Austin's room







The laundry room



The kids bathroom





Mom & Dad's bedroom







Mom & Dad's bathroom (with a curtain that needs to be shortened!)



An awesome jacuzzi tub



And a shower



Moving downstairs to the main level, the front door and living room are at the bottom of the staircase



I love the high ceiling, it doesn't make our huge TV look as big!







Moving on into the dining area, which has a built in desk (which I love!)



The door to the left leads out onto the deck and the backyard



My majorly upgraded kitchen!





A half bath is located off the kitchen



Bathroom to the left, door leading into the garage in the center and the stairway to the basement to the right



Heading downstairs to the basement, which is a walk out.

Family room located in the basement, better known as "The Man Cave" by the guys in the house.









The storage area/craft area/toy area (which still needs some work!)



The area I'm looking forward to the most, the craft area!!!



Can you tell which child was home when I took the pictures?





And just so I don't leave the other kids out, here they are too!

Austin riding a two wheel bike at my parents house



And our third child, the puppy dog who is loving the HUGE fenced in back yard



Isn't she cute with her bandanna! She got it at the groomers the other day after her bath!

We're still working on decorating some parts of the house. And I'll have to take some pictures of our huge backyard. So far, we are loving Missouri. It's such a different atmosphere than Fort Hood. I'm hoping to find a job in the really near future so that Austin can start going to SAS (after school program) again. He's been bugging me to find a job so that he can go back. I guess that's a good indication that he loved it at Fort Hood! Abigail really needs to get back into daycare too, she's starting to be a stinker!