Recital

Election day

Deb has talked about doing this for a few elections now. Well, tonight the two oldest and I did it in celebration that the election is finally over tomorrow. It's a United States sugar cookie with the states colored in red and blue (well, pretend it's blue), representing the map many of us will get very familiar with as we await the results.

In the leaves

Here's the annual picture of the kids in the leaves - in our new yard! (Micah was resting.)

Splitting Wood

Catching up the blog with something I was going to post a few weeks ago. We went to Hayward to help split some wood. This is what three of us acomplished in just two days!

First pigtails!

Lydia finally has enough hair to try out some pigtails today. Aren't they cute! Compare this to a picture of her bald (but also cute) head about a year ago.

"Look how fast I can put the states together!"

This is from several months ago, but having just discovered HomeSchoolViewTube now we have a "decent" place to host videos. Enjoy!

Micah's Dedication

Micah was dedicated last Sunday. (Finally. We were putting it off because of all the moving hulabaloo.) It was wonderful to spend the day surrounded by our family and friends.

We particularly enjoyed backing up the Anderson family as they led worship. The regular leader was out of town, and they were very willing to step in.

A couple days later, we caught Micah apparently praying in his sleep.

Before & After 2

Probably one of the most dramatic changes we made was the removal of much of this wall between the dining room and our school/play/computer room. The small, doorway-size opening in the middle of all the living spaces was quite the traffic hazard, and this really opened things up. Also note how the floors now match - seamlessly.

By the old tree

The weather was too perfect tonight to practice violin inside.

Before & After

Here is the first before/after shot of the work that's been done around the house. The biggest change was definately the floors. This is taken from what is now the main floor laundry room, the bathroom is to the right, the school/play/computer room is to the left with the new circle rug.

Hopefully, many more to come.