New Day

Good morning. I have exactly 11 minutes until the kids and I need to be in the van driving Molly to school. The car is warming up, the kids are getting on their coats. Teige just say, "Yay, you are my best friend." to Molly and is now talking about how he wants to eat the snowman that Jeff built in our front yard, yesterday. There is a sink full of dishes and a pile of laundry awaits my return. 3 minutes until I need to be in the van driving Molly to school. "CalTeiMolly, could you zip your sister's coat?" Now Molly and Teige are arguing about what the snowman's name is. Teige says it's Frosty. Molly says it's Bob. Katie's singing "Bob the snowman had a shiny carrot nose."...

Camping in the Living Room and More Home Improvements

Calla and Molly were camping with my parents this weekend (fortunately in a camper). Teige and Katie didn't think that was fair, so Jeff said he they could go camping here at home and we would have a fire in our little fire pit. Well...it rained...

Improvisation Visionary: Doesn't get any better than campin' in the livin' room. Hey Michelle: No mosquitoes!

Me with my coffeeThis was actually Jeff's idea. We were not able to do the fire because of the rain, so I made microwave smores and hotdogs. Strange, but true, we watched the Veggie Tales Christmas special...I'm getting the Christmas itch already and they all humored me...I love my family.

The next few shots are of the kitchen renovations. The first is of the old vinyl. The second of the new flooring. The third of my Goodwill find...a Pottery Barn wool rug for $12. Woo Hoo. The trim isn't up yet, but it sure is shaping up.



Here are a few pics of the new Uppercase Living I put up in our bathroom and Jeff cleaning the outside of the window:

Nothing much to report...Getting ready for our trip to Gull Lake...Looking forward to getting away for the week with my family!