Matthews Volcano

We tried a few times with what the kit provided and finally we did a little kitchen chemistry and this was the most spectacular eruption of them all.

Timmmmberrrrr!

Question: When a Christmas tree falls in a house and know one is there to hear it does it make any noise? I don't know but it does make a mess. The other night we were out for the evening and when we came home this is what we found.
AAAGGGHHH! The tree was fine and only the Star on top was broken. Yes the lights were on. I know stupid me. Thank heavens there was no fire. The tree stand got cracked when we were decoraring the tree and it had a bit of a lean to it. I guess it finally "cracked under pressure" (HAA HAA). So my tree was packed up and put away a few days earlier than usual but I guess it is nice to have it done and not have to worry about it.

Matthew is working on a volcano that his Grandma Bonnie gave him for christmas and when it dries completly we will put the pictures up. He is very excited. Everything else is as usual. Quiet. Just the way we like it. We do have a few fun things coming up and I will get them on the blog asap. about mid January.

I hope you all have a Happy and safe new year. much love.

UPGRADE!!!

Yipee! My favorite time of the year. The weather has been snowy and cold. Just what it should be and we had a stunningly white Christmas. It snowed all morning long on christmas day and now 2 days later the roads are still snowpacked.

Christmas morning was wonderful. In fact the whole day was wonderful. We just relaxed around the house and enjoyed our family. No pressure, no agenda, no schedule. A very rare day at the Hall home.

Some of you may know that we had to make a large purchase just before christmas and we are now driving a fun new vehicle. Well new to us anyway. It is a 2003 Ford explorer xlt. Lots of fun. Handles all this snow easily (4x4). Big Matt has been driving a 1982 toyota pick up truck that has truly seen better days. It needs some serious work and will not pass the inspection to renew registration so we had to bite the bullett and now we have a car payment(ugh). The good side is this new car will be big enough for our family to pack up and go camping or on road trips. One of our favorite things to do. Little Matt is not so little anymore and needs the extra space to be comfortable. He will no longer be packed in the back seat with all our other gear looking like a part of the luggage and bedding. He is thrilled. Big Matt is working in salt lake as some of you know and will now be driving the red car to work. It is still running great, we just finished getting it ready for the winter weather so he is now going to be safer driving all that way everyday and he is so happy to be driving something that doesn't feel like it will shake itself to pieces on his way to and from work. Poor guy. I had no idea how bad that truck was getting.

Of course we have very little drama to report so if you are looking here for some juicy tidbits, sorry to disappoint. We are just keeping busy at our various activities and day to day stuff. Life is good and we are so blessed.

We hope you are well and that your holidays have been wonderful and brimming with love, joy and thanksgiving.