First Day of school!

Alaina is going into the first grade this year,

her teachers name is Mrs. Blackburn!
She's very excited and I hope this is a great year

for her. She's already reading very well and loving it.

Brenden is going into the 4th grade this year
and his teacher is Mrs. Williams.
This is year is going to be a challenging year
for Brenden, but I'm hoping is goes well.

Clayon my stud!
He is in the 6th grade this year! I think
he's excited, feels and acts more mature.
I have 2 middle schoolers, I feel old!

Mackay is in 7th grade this year!
Another year older and a little wiser.
I hope this is a good year from Mackay
and that he continues to improve.

Alaina and Brenden getting on the bus!

Waiting for the bus!

This is year is bitter sweet for me. My kids are

growing up and I don't have a baby at home anymore.

Now is the time I have to figure out what I'm

doing with my life, beyond my family life.
Should I stay home still and volunteer at the school

or do I try and find work? Time flies too quickly.

Like a friend of mine said. I'de like to say I'm going to

be much more productive now, The house will be

spottless, laundry will be done, I'll get all my

errands done and I will have a snack ready

and dinner going as soon as the kids get home

from school. hmmm....I cannot commit to all that

in writing, so don't hold me to it!:)

Also yesterday we got a new.....

Meet "Frizzy", very cutely named by Brenden.

We found this kitten either lost or abandoned

at Erin's parents house! We have recently lost
one of our cats, who either ran away or got lost

and we've been very sad.

So this little guy has been fun to have around.

Part One: Adventures of being a home owner!

Cutting down Trees!

We have some huge trees in our yard and today we got

and estimate on how much it would be to trim this tree.

Let me just tell you it was outrageous! This tree has to

be atleast a hundred years old.

These are just a few of the many we have in the yard.
These had an old tree house in them, it was unsafe
and falling apart. Erin also cut down the tree house today.

Some of these trees on the side of the house are dying,
so Erin has spent the day cutting them down.
The best part is that it is providing us was alot of
fire wood for the winter.

Erin cutting down the lim that was hanging over the house.

Clayton was a big help to Erin, he helped stack

and pack all the wood.

Our New House!

Dinning Room!

Kitchen!

Look at my beautiful tile!

Upstairs Living room!

More of the Upstairs living room!

The Main Upstairs bathroom!

Erin's Brother Bruce made this new vanity for

the upstairs bathroom, it's really nice

and look at the beautiful tile again!

The Down stairs family room!

Stairs!

Down stairs bathroom!

Alaina's Room!

Brenden's Room!

Mackay's Room!

Clayton's Room!

This my kitty "Blaze" in his new favorite spot!

This is the master bedroom, it's a mess so this is the

best pictures I could come up with!

The Master Bathroom!

You can see the side of the barn and the chickens grazing!

This is my Rooster "Rubyroo" in all his glory,

he decided to start crowing the minute we moved
him into thier new home.

This is the little barn we are using as the coop.

Side view of the field to our house.

This whole fenced in part of this pasture is part of our property!
We are on almost an acre.

This funny little triangular piece will be the garden next year

it's all fenced and goes to the road on either side.

This is the side of the house and the fruit trees,

We have apples, apricots, pears and plums!