Finger Elbows???

Kaylee was knocking on the freshly washed windows. I asked her not to touch the windows because her hands make them dirty. She says, "I'm not using my hands, I'm using my finger elbows." (knuckles)

Latest News: There's not much happening around here.

Well, there's ALWAYS a project in progress so I'll post about that. We are currently in the application process of putting in a new septic system so we can ADD ON!!! YEAH! We have a contractor lined up for the end of summer (the first available time for him, I was ready to start the project months ago, about 60 months ago!) These are the latest pictures of the house, taken just a few weeks ago. We are adding a split level addition onto the right of the house picture below. The little one story section you see is an entry addition we added last summer. (This is the back of the house.)

This is the front so the addition will be off to the left.

We are planning a master bedroom/bathroom, move the laundry over, and a main floor powder room on the upper floor and a playroom and two small guest rooms on the lower floor. And, closet space! This 1920 house does not have sufficient storage, but of course I probably have too much to store too. I'm not excited about doubling the square footage of vacuuming, but I am VERY excited about giving the girls separate rooms, guest rooms, play room, and full pantry after the current laundry room moves over. Besides, all the extra work? that's how the kids earn allowance money...big financial opportunities for the little ones!

Randy is currently building a garden shed that I will show pictures of next time. (I have to figure out how to use my color scanner to show a before and after picture.) Until then...

Tis the season for Tulips!

We live less than 30 minutes from the tulip fields and this is the first year we've ever been there at the right time. Too early one year, too late the next, gave up after that...until now.

And then we had a professional photo taken:

Kaylee Kreations Photography

I've been April Fooled!

Where are the years when my kids were too young to know anything about April Fools Day or at least couldn't pull off a joke without giving it away first?! I just tucked my kids into bed and came downstairs to finish up the last soaking dish in the sink. The kids had rigged the spayer nozzle to stay on so when I turned on the water I drenched myself and half of the kitchen. (An age old joke first introduced to our family by Dan McLeod in a convention meeting!) As I march out to the garage, dripping wet, to scold my husband, the kids come running out behind me laughing hysterically..."April Fools". Tessa told Trevon to just listen for the "AAHHHH" when they went to bed. Funny!

Spring is in the air...somewhere!