Tiny T meets Sage

We took Tiny Tatonka to meet Sage. Sky made sure she had her blanket on and was well taken care of.

Sky helped M hold Sage.

Sky found a boggier and had to get it. Luckily it didn't end up in his mouth.

M loved holding Sage. He is a tiny little guy.

Here it is the comparison. Sage 4 lbs Tatonka 4 oz! She does have more hair but they can wear the same diapers!!

Brotherly Love

So, when we bought our house we knew there things to be done. Nothing really big but some small things. To me the most important was rewiring the garage. There were a couple of when reasons for getting this done. First and foremost was the fact that whomever had initially run wire did it when the house was built in the early 1900's. Now remember that building codes at that time were more relaxed than they are now, so they just used the same cloth wrapped copper wire as the house is wired with. The years and enviroment had taken a serious toll on the wire and insulation leaving exposed wire. We thought they were not 'hot' when the light on the back porch was off. Imagine our suprise when we were helping Nash unload his tipi poles and accidently touched the wires together and they sparked all over.

Enter Uncle Vince and his expertice with electrical stuff. We talked about updating the wire and connections when we first moved in, but we just couldn't find a time that was mutually workable. Last Saturday, the 3rd, I recieved a call from Vince wondering if it was a good time to check it out. It was and we agreed to meet at the house in a half hour.

When Vince got to the house we did a quick walk through and determined that it wouldn't be too hard to do the job the next morning. On Sunday morning Greg showed up having heard that we were going to be doing a project. Vince got here a little later and we went to home depot to get parts. A couple of hundred dollars later, we had what we needed to do the job.

Just as we were going out to work it started to rain. It was confrence week end. For the benefit of the non LDS and non Utah natives, that means it was going to rain. Vince and Greg were both ready to be tough guys so work on we did.

After about 5 hours we finished installing new, weather resistant wire in a manner more consistant with current building codes. We also installed a 4 foot shop light in the garage so we can find things, even at night.

There really is not a suitable way of saying thanks to Vince and Greg for braving the elements to help us out, but thanks just the same. It is a great feeling knowing you are loved by family. Guys thanks for your help. We love you and appreciate you and all the help you are willing to give us.

Photos from the BIRTHDAY party

Lapp Dance

On the day that all of the sisters went to lunch together we stopped in to see Drew, our brother. He just happened to be at work so we paged him to the front office. We asked the lady to "page Drew to Paige." She just looked at us as if we were the crazy ones.
Drew came out into the lobby to see what was needed. We were standing under a caribou. We started joking about the elk, deer, moose. He promptly explained that it was similar to a reindeer and made a comment about Lapps. Well you know where this headed. Soon we were laughing and joking about Lapp dances, Lapp clothes, Lapp stances.
We can hardly wait to all get together for Thanksgiving because Drew is going to teach us all how to Lapp dance. We are making our Lapp outfits and are anxious about this Family Thanksgiving.
Casey from channel 2 news has even offered to bring a camera crew and film our new found Family Tradition.

Who knew?

Sisters

"Sisters are like stars. You can not always see them but you ALWAYS know they are there."
Last week, Paige came to town to offer support to her big sister:). As you know, Elliot is leaving on a mission in a week and so Paige came to his farewell. We sisters love to find an excuse to get together and when we do, well...WATCH OUT! Both of the John's just roll their eyes and find a different corner of the house to hang in while we are together. No one gets the "Israelsen" humor better than one of our own. We become quite punny & always find a song to sing that relates closely to something we are talking about.
This week the sisters had a plan to go to lunch for sure. We also invited the sister in laws that are around to come with us. We had a great visit at lunch and enjoyed each others company.
We can't believe that we will all be together again in November. We have to go out again because we should be able to get Kathleen and Ami and all of the GIRLS. This should be a great time....If I were you I would not choose the same restaurant that we all go to our you may be that customer that thinks it's RUDE of people to laugh in the restaurant.

Crips, crunch, cold

Fall has made it here. The nights are feeling like a nice snuggle in bed would be wonderful. The furnace kicks on in the night. Mornings are getting harder to get out of bed because bed feels so good. Spending time in the kitchen is much needed, cookies, soup, & bread. Working in the yard bedding everything for winter hoping that next spring you have a lovely bed of flowers waiting for you when the snow melts. Picking the last of the crops so you can spend a little more time in the kitchen. Leaves are changing. The night sky is bright. Compost is ready to move to the beds. Closets need to be changed around so warm stuff is out front. Decorations await hanging in the house. Insects are disappearing. Dogs are not shedding as much. I love this time of year.

One Toe, Two Toe, Red Toe Brown Toe

So today I had my ingrown toe nail pulled out. I am not to fond of this toe as it has been ingrowing for about 16 years. For all of those years I have just used nail clippers and pulled really hard. Sometimes it bleeds, always hurts, but only for a bit and then I am ok for a few weeks. A few weeks ago, while we were camping I stubbed my toe on our big box. It made me say bad words and I couldn't stand to put my foot under the covers so I came home and made an appointment withe the podiatrist. Greg came down to take me to the doctor because they told me I may not want to drive depending on the sevirity of the toe. He numbed me up and then went to see other patients. When he came back and started digging I flinched, he put my foot back to sleep and continued. Finished and showed me the "tree" he pulled out of my foot. When we got home Bella and Rex were really interested in my foot. Bella thinks she is supossed to lick it over and over. It hurts like crazy. Doc said "keep it higher than your heart" I guess he thinks it is possoble for me to lay down and stay there all day. I can't it sucks to be in bed. So I did stand for a while but it only makes it hurt more. So now here I am in bed, blogging, facebooking and watching one of my favorite TV shows "Ghost" Hoping that when I wake it feels like new.