Recent Projects

We took advantage of Home Depot closing to get some great deals on a few things for our house. We installed a new hanging pendant light in our dining room. And the ceiling is still intact! I was afraid it would collapse when we worked on it since it's so old... We also got a new faucet for our kitchen sink. And we have water pressure! You can actually rinse crumbs off of a plate without having to scrub!

The light:

The new faucet:

My most recent knitting project. I call it the button bag.


My exciting news: I finally got my letter from the DOE saying I completed IMAP! The portfolio is totally done and I can apply for my Proficient Practitioner license. YAY!!!

Leaving Lincoln

It was very sad to pack up all my stuff and move out of my classroom. I will miss my "Lincoln Family" so much! Sadly I do not have any pictures of them to include here. :(

Field Day fun!


For our last "marble party" Huck came to visit!


This is me working on kindergarten folders.


That's just Mike, pumping up the tire after I kind of broke the seal running over the curb. Oops...


This is my diligent work team. Without them there is no way I would have gotten everything finished. My mom helped also, but she missed all the fun with the big scary truck (the handle liked to come off the gear shifter). Thank you guys so much!!!


Here's one truckload of my school stuff...



The drum room has become the kindergarten storage room! In these pictures you can see the floor... That's because this is probably less than half my school stuff... You should see it now... Yikes!


Nicely organized closet full of kindergarten treasures!


My empty room. How sad! :(


Mike is so good at taking pictures of me on sad occasions.

Memorial Day Camping

We went camping with Tim and Jessica over Memorial Day weekend. It was Huck's first camping trip, and he seemed to have a good time. He fended off any potential thieves and kept the site safe from dangerous predators. A lot of chess playing happened over the weekend, as you will see below!

Huck, our campsite protector!

Huck checks things out.

Huck takes a break from defending the campsite.

The boys cooked breakfast!

Somehow I have no pictures of Jessica or me from the weekend. Maybe next time...

Huck and Lucinda

My furry teddy bear...


is also a gymnast! Or is he just trying to escape?

Our new puppy!

We got a dog! He is a welsh terrier and is almost six months old. We love our Huck!

Mike and Huck after the trip home.


Huck sniffing around the kitchen when we first got home.


Huck in his den.


Lucinda and Huck

No More Tree!

The weekend before my mom had her surgery we cut down the big tree in our yard. It was right on 38th Street, which is a busy street. My dad did most of the cutting and a lot of thinking. Here are some pictures of the tree going down, and then the big ordeal of removing the stump!

This is a picture of our house this winter.
You can see how big the tree was in the background!

And this is our new view! No tree in the way! The fence is also gone.

pictures of us!

Our new bathtub!

Here are some photos of our bathroom remodeling project!
I reposted the pictures, so hopefully everyone can see them now!

This is the bathroom after we removed the old tub and about 14 layers of old wall.


My dad crawling under the house. He's the one who does most of the work. :)


Mike breaking out some block to get ready for the new floor.


Building the new floor.


The new tile. Don't worry, the darker color is all hidden under the tub!


Getting the tub and surround ready to install.


Our new tub is functional!!!

bathroom!

Some people could see these photos but other people couldn't so I tried again. Hopefully it will work better this time!