We had our first snowfall on September 30th and although it was what I call a Texas snow, there was still a snowball or two made :)
John was home the last two weeks and so we spent almost every day working hard to prepare for winter. He got the last piece of roofing on the shop at our property on Chena Hot Springs Road (about 10 miles out-of-town) and also finished our chicken coop so we can "winter" our chickens! They seem happy in their new home and I am anticipating some fresh eggs very soon!
The coop...
Cleaning up our summer things and storing them, cleaning the garage and cars, harvesting what was left of the garden and sweeping and raking leaves gave us abundant time outside to enjoy the Fall weather. We had to dress warmer, as it is in the 40's and even 30's now, but the crisp days are very beautiful.
John also did some work on our downstairs bathroom. It had some water damage and needed painting. We put up new towelbars and I am updating the cabinet above the toilet. It needed updating and since this is the bathroom that our out-of-town company uses, I am happy to have it looking prettier.
The kids....
Justin got his passport in the mail this week. He is VERY proud of it and super excited about his trip to Europe after Christmas. His best friend, Aaron, is stationed with the Army in Germany and so Justin and their mutual friend, Bill, will be meeting Aaron in Germany to travel around Europe for 2 weeks. Sounds wonderful to me!
JohnJohn got his driving permit! He has been driving us all around town!
Jessica and Jack are always busy doing different things. They are big "Ice Road Trucker" fans (especially because their big brother works for Carlile) and so they spent a couple of days playing Ice Road Truckers... notice the "loads" they are hauling are upside-down plastic stools with stuff inside.
They are both taking gymnastics. It is a challenge, but are learning some basics. Here is Jack doing a handstand.
We took a field trip to the Fairbanks City Hall last week. Wow! Talk about an exciting building. It has so much history to offer. Being that the building was the first (K-12) and only (high) school in Fairbanks from 1934-1976, we were able to step back into the past and learn some things about Fairbanks. It is a huge building and they are doing a wonderful job of restoring it to look like it did back then, with many, many original details and furnishings. There were original blackboards, wrestling mats, trophies, sinks, and more. They even took us into the basement room where there were the original (huge) coal boilers that heated the school. It was truly a treat and I am so glad we didn't skip out on this fieldtrip! Oh, and our city mayor gave tour and was fabulous!
I made the mistake of not bringing my camera into the building, but captured the kids out front afterwards.
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