Tuckered Out

She insisted that I read her a story before bedtime.

I must have been pretty boring. :)

Super Son

It's a bird. It's a plane. It's SUPER SON!

He doesn't just make his own bed (without being asked).

He also makes his sister's bed (without asking). And...

...he even makes his parents' bed!

All without being asked.

I love my sweet son! :)

The Boot Scoot Boogie

Also knows as the Protestant Preschool & Kindergarten annual dinner auction! This year's theme was cowboys & cowgirls.

"I am not a crook!"

The kids had a blast getting up on the stage and singing cowboy songs.

Raelee's Snow Day

5 Inches!!!!!

We woke up to a magical world this morning--white-out conditions!!


The snow began yesterday evening but really started to come down right as we put the kids to bed last night. It stuck to everything as it continued to come down.

I took a ruler and measured the snow accumulation on our table out on the deck. We were supposed to get 2-4 inches of snow for our area. Low & behold we got 5!

Both kids were eager to play outside. Raelee especially wanted to have a snowball fight. In fact, it's about all she cared to do. She kept talking about it and would grab a handful of snow and throw her snowball at me. Kind of hard to take pictures when you're constantly bombarded by snowballs!

The kids and I took a little adventure out in the woods behind our house. They were in heaven!

Daniel insisted on toting the wagon with him, but I finally made him stop as we headed deeper into the woods.

We found dad's deer stand. Daniel made sure to climb up it and cleaned off all the steps. When he got to the top, he declared, "It's just like I'm hunting!" He is very excited for the day that he gets to go hunting with his daddy.

And here's Raelee saying, "Throw a snowball at me!" I told you it's all she could talk about. And the snow was PERFECT for snowballs. Our snow usually is icy and doesn't stick to itself very well. But this time the snow was ideal for snowballs and snowmen, although we didn't get a chance to make a snowman and the snow started melting almost as soon as the sun rose above the house.

The kids did make snow angels, of course!

More Progress in the Kitchen!

My aunt flew in from Texas Thursday, and we picked her up from the airport and brought her to the house (her first visit here). Since we had "company" Joshua hung the cabinet doors back up to make them a little more presentable. My cousin met us at the house to take his mom to his place.

The light-colored spots in the middle of the doors is from wood putty. The cabinet doors had some rather ugly medieval pulls smack-dab in the middle of of the doors. Joshua removed them and filled the screw holes with putty.

All the cabinets around the fridge and dishwasher have been painted. The hinges are "aged brass" kind but we're replacing them with "aged bronze". I finally found matching hinges, pulls & knobs that we all liked. We bought some this evening and will buy the remainder after I get paid next week (let's just say they're not cheap!).

After the cabinets are done, the next steps will be to replace the formica on the counter tops, replace the kitchen window, put down tile flooring, and replace the dishwasher, oven and microwave only 'cause the fridge is already new.

It's definitely coming along!

Kitchen Update

Here are some recent updates to the kitchen remodel. It's coming along little by little. Joshua took pictures that go from one end of the rom to the other so you can see how the layout of the kitchen is looking.

(Please ignore the dirty dishes!)