Our Family: Trying to catch up.......

So I know we have not been posting regularly but it seems that the last few months have whizzed right past us. The school experience is definitely a busy one. Between meetings, activities, trainings, and classes, and appointments we barely have time to breath sometimes. It has definitely been worth it. Brandon was recognized in last month's school newsletter for his perfect attendance in Februaury. He has awesome teachers and we have definitely noticed a change in him. Most of it for the better but being in a class of 19 three to five year olds he was bound to learn a few things that were not in the curriculum. Haha. Anyway here are few things we have been up to latley......

Pirate Day was fun. Mom missed Brandon's picture but Tyler had to be included in the dress up as well.

Auntie got a new 4-wheeler and the kids LOVE it. They have got to go on a few rides and would ride all day if we would let them.

Transpotation Day took a little more creativity but we were all pleased at the outcome. Surprisingly the cardboard cars survived and we still have Brandon's. He was very proud of his truck. He chose the color, painted his own license plate and insisted that it be a truck NOT a car, and said it had to be a Chevy like goompa has. Oh yes, and it HAD to have a steering wheel.

We recently installed a new kitchen backsplash. The beautiful sixties yellow was just too much too handle any longer. We are quite pleased with the outcome of the new look.......

This is so much more inviting and modern. We love it!!!

It just would'nt be normal if we didn't have wind around here. And with wind comes missing shingles. So, with that, Mike and I tried our hand at roofing. Not the best job in the world but we don't have any leaks so I guess that is what counts, right?

Also , we had these two big trees in front of our house that were starting to get out of hand. We were thinking they were the type of trees that could be sculpted into topiary type shapes so, Amy got out the saw and branch trimmers and turned the trees into shrubs. They look much better but now you can see where the trees rubbed the paint off the house......Add that to the never ending list of home repairs. If you look at it in the right light it looks like our house has a face with eyebrows. HAHAHA