FUN

So here is a picture of my new hair style . Madisyn took this one of me. She is becoming a good little photographer.

Madisyn and Brianna at our house for a sleep over
Aren't they cute girls!!!!

Summer Fun

So I decided I would shock everyone and post some stuff. This summer has been totally turned upside down for us ..but we have had lots of fun despite " THE FLOOD" I think that the whole family would agree with me that our number one favorite thing we have done this summer is getting a boat. The kids love it. Even though our first time out was very eventful it is still sooo much fun. We are very proud of our garden too. Aidan has been doing golf camp for the last month and LOVES it!!! We also loved vacation bible school it was a blast. We hope you enjoy the pictures!!!

I just want to add one more thing I am asking all of you to please pray for my wonderful friend keishi. Her cancer has returned and she has to go through treatment again. Please pray that her family will have the strength to go through this again. She is one of the nicest sweetest people I know !!!!! THANKS:)

OUR NEW BOAT
LOGAN SWIMMING IN THE WATER
AIDAN MADISYN LOGAN AND BRIANNA
AIDAN GETTING READY TO GO FOR A RIDE IN THE TUBE

OUR GARDENALL OF THE YUMMY STUFF FROM OUR GARDEN
I love this picture because it reminds be of a time in our house when everyone was being nice to each other it was very quiet that morning and the kids were not fighting!!!!!!!!!!!

Visitors

We have had lots of visitors the last few months. My mom is here with us now. We went to a local produce place and got peaches and blueberry's and made the most delicious pie. We are having lots of fun with her. Last month Tim's dad Terry and Grandma Williams came to see us. We went blueberry picking and took lots of pictures. We are looking forward to seeing grandma and pop-pop Uetrecht at the end of this month. Be looking for pictures from that visit. Thank you everyone for coming all this way to see us We love company.

Grandma Johnson, Logan and Madisyn making the pie
The yummy pie with colored sugar
I love this picture of Madisyn picking blueberry's
Blueberry fields
Me and Logan walking back from picking blueberry's It was very hot that day

The kids with Grandma Williams
The kids with Grandpa Terry

Grandpa Terry and the boys picking blueberry's

Gummy and Lo
Gummy and Madisyn
Gummy and Aidan

House progress

So we are a little more then half way done with the house. It's coming along pretty good!!! We have completely finished the upstairs. The kitchen ceiling is up and we have a new kitchen table and some new lights. The Sheetrock is up in the dinning room . We still need to put up all the molding. Our goal is to be done by October. We will see. Wish us luck!!!

kitchen ceiling and new lights
New table
dinning room

PICTURES OF THE HOUSE

Here are pictures of some of the damage in the housethis is the kitchen ceiling
this is the dining room ceiling on the floor
this the dining room ceiling partly down

this is Aidans room see how the floor is popping up
Here is the dining room floor after the laminate was pulled up

all of the ceiling down in the dining room
this is what my kitchen looks like right now
more of the kitchen
And the last one of the kitchen.
So that's it for now I'm sure that there will be more as the house progresses. I have a lot of time on my hands just sitting in our now one bedroom one bath house. At least we have a backyard!!! I will be very happy when we can stop using my bed as a table :)

GOOD AND BAD NEWS

Sorry its been awhile, but we have been without a computer. I will explain that in the bad news portion of this post. To start with the good news; Madisyn got 7 inches of hair cut off yesterday. She is donating it to locks of love and she is so excited. Here are the before and after pics.

Madisyn with long hair

Madisyn with short hair

And now for the bad news. On Sunday the kids and I came home to a flood in our house. The upstairs toilet had clogged and the handle was stuck down . The toilet was spilling 2 gallons of water per minute for two hours. Thers is lots and lots of damage. The kitchen nook, the dining room table, and kitchen island are all ruined. The dining room, kitchen, upstairs bathroom, Aidans room, the hallway, and the basement all had 2-3 inches of water in them. The kitchen and dining room ceilings have to come down and all the flooring except the kitchen has to come up. Thank goodness our insurance will cover the damage. So I am gearing up for a long summer full of contractors and workers...the kids are already going crazy and we have only been through 3 days of demo. But we will get through it everything happens for a reason!!!

UPDATE

So a lot has been happening around here and I should have posted it all by now .........but you know one day runs into the next. I am finally putting some pictures on here of events that have happened in the last couple weeks.

Aidan finally lost his third tooth he has waited all year to loose some more teeth. Just yesterday he lost another one and he has 2 more that are loose.

On Friday Madisyn and I did relay for life this her friend Briana they had a lot of fun together
This is a terrible picture of me I know but Madisyn took it. Standing next to me is my friend keishi (Keisha). She is such a strong women. I never once heard her complain during her battle with breast cancer.
This summer we are having a reading challenge in our house. The kids each set there own goal of how many books they think they can read in a week and if they meet there goal they get a special prize.

This is Madisyn with her teacher Ms. Melvin at her kindergarten graduation she is holding her memory book.
We had a birthday party for our house on the day we moved in last year. I cant believe it has already been a year. This is the cake the kids wanted to make for the celebration. It is a sandcastle.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOUSE

Here is Aidan at his cub scout crossover. He is now a bear.
More of Madisyns graduation it was such a cute program

Madisyn and Logan picking strawberries. We had a lot of fun that day and ate way to many strawberries. Aidan was at school.
Our first beach trip of the year I took the kids by myself it was so much fun and not stressful at all.
Here are the kids on the last day of school. They are getting so big. Aidan has decided that he wants to grow his hair out now too. So I guess soon we will have two shaggy haired boys.I hope everyone enjoyed the pictures. Hopefully there will be more soon. No promises sorry :)