Master removal

The floor in the master was  the next victim!  The kids did great getting it up.  Jeff and I helped too, but it is a blessing to have so many little helpers!  Sometimes the littlest ones are the best helpers.

  

It looks good!

This is what the new flooring planks look like.  They are in the light so it's hard to tell how dark they are.  They are 3/4 inch maple hardwood floor.  It's going to look awesome!

Bullocks

Another soccer season has started for Jeff and FC Bullocks!  I enjoy getting to go watch and cheer on Jeff and his team! The refs can make or break a game so we will see how this season goes. 

Jeff chatting with Jake 

Beutiful night

  

Office Space

About a year ago we ripped this fireplace apart.  We really didn't like how much space it took up in the office.  After taking all of the brick off we decided that we would keep the fireplace.... so we had to build back in the fireplace.  We didn't add back in the huge hearth so it takes up less space and looks a lot nicer!

  

While we were at it we decided to just take out the flooring in the office.  We want to redo all of the wood in the house and we finally found a wood floor that we like so it's time to take out the old floor.  It wasn't that hard to get out.  The kids all enjoyed taking turns to get it out too.  

 That white spot was primer over some nasty rotting wood floor.  The previous owner never bothered to repair the wood in the office and instead had primered over it and then put carpet over it too.  What a pain!

So gross!

  

We are looking forward to having a nice office space!

Exhausted!

Everyone is so tired!  It can be hard living on a schedule.  It sure is nice to rest and recover from getting back into the swing of things again :)

Lorna

 Mhari

 Sandra

  

 Grant and Jeff 

Clark ... just waking up.

Yawn, I think I need to go lie down now :)

School is in Session!

It's always fun to do the first day of school pictures and talk about all of the exciting new things that the kids will be learning .... or do it a few weeks after school has started and show that we are all hard at work :).  We started back to school on the 14th and the kids have been doing really well.  They are all looking forward to their co-op classes that don't start until the 31st.  That also means that they don't have as much work yet so we are usually done with school by lunch time.  It makes for a nice transition back to school.  

This is Lorna's first year of school.... Kindergarten!  She is learning to read and working on her handwriting.  She also does math, science and history.  She has been a pretty good student and enjoys getting her work done and earning treasure box!    

Mhari is in 4th grade.  She has her math as a DVD base so that is nice.  She has been working independently and really staying on task so well this year!  

Sandra is in 6th grade.  She also has DVD based math and has really been focused to accomplish her work!  That has also really freed up time for me to work with Clark and Lorna.

Talmage is a freshman this year.  I'm still not sure how he is that old!  He works really well, but he will have more work this year.  It will be a good adjustment to balance all of his subjects.    

Clark is in 2nd grade this year.  He is still in speech so that keeps the schedule busy.  We are really working on reading and spelling this year.  School is still difficult and he really struggles remembering things.  He is improving, but we definitely do lots of practice .... and not too much that he hates it, that balance can be tricky!

Grant is in 8th grade this year. I'm not sure why I don't have a picture of him.  He has been enjoying getting to go to Algebra class at TCC.  He is doing well and learning how to keep up on his assignments.  He also started seminary this year and other than being tired he is really enjoying it.  

Here's to another school year... they fly by so fast! 

Crazy Squirrel!

We watch the squirrels outside our house every day.  This one squirrel kept playing with something.  He was all over the place with it.  We couldn't really tell what it was so we kept watching him.  Then we figured it out... it was one of the small American flags that get put out around the neighborhood.  Guess this squirrel isn't very patriotic!   

You can kind of see it in his mouth.

 The damage! 

Kickball Fun!

My friend, Tracy, set up a date to meet and play kickball at the park by our house.  It was sprinkling and cold that morning, but it was a great day anyway.  We couldn't play on the baseball diamond because of the mud, but the grass worked just as well.  The kids had a blast and got pretty worn out too.  Lorna spent time "babysitting" Nora, who is 2, on the playground.  It was so cute that she tried to take care of her :)

We ended with some swinging before heading home to dry off and get warm!