Our house

Here are a few pictures of our kitchen and piano. I wanted to show them to my mom, but now everyone can see them. I got the idea for the chairs from a catalogue and thought I could copy them. I like how they turned out. Riley painted the table for me. It took several sandings and coats, but it worked.

Here's a little closer of the chair. It doesn't look like it, but it took me forever to do the flowers. Kathy, please don't be mad.

This is the used piano we bought last week. It is several years old and the keys are not as tight, but for my amateurness, it is perfect. I hardly get a chance to play between naps and the kids taking their turns, but I reward myself if I get all my chores done. I was thinking of painting it yellow or green, what do you think?

The Girls

This was Elli's pink day. She picked out all pink clothes and a pink ribbon and we had to paint her fingernails and toenails pink too.

Amy was just playing on the couch with her Polly Pockets (her favorite things to play with right now). She loves to wear her hair like this. She calls it the "princess hair".

Settling in

Here's Riley and Adam on their first day of work and school. Adam said he didn't want to go back to school but I think deep down he was really excited. He really wasn't looking forward to wearing a uniform but after the first day he saw that everyone else has to wear them too so he doesn't complain quite as much. The bus picks him up just at the end of the street and he usually tries to run out there at least ten or fifteen minutes before it comes. He's already had a couple of friends over from his class after school to play.

Brook found an awesome recipe for this sandwich thing. You bake it between two cookie sheets and it comes out all crisp and warm. We told Adam that this one was his and to dig in. He wasn't sure if we were joking or not and tried to take a bite but didn't get too far. This recipe is a keeper, though. It was really good. It's the next best thing to Papa Kelsey's, our favorite sandwich place in Idaho Falls.

When Riley was putting together all of his gear Elli couldn't help but try everything on. Good thing she had a helmet on because she kept running into everything.

ChRiStMaS dAy!

Kids woke up about 6:30 after a long sleepless night. They got to open a present the night before and all were dissappointed to find matching pajamas.























Adam trying out the telescope.
 

More Space!

I'm standing in the dining part of the kitchen. Look at all those cupboards!

Next is the longest room of the house. I'm standing at the back of the play room. How do you break up that? Last is the other end. I had to show the church accordian wall. Pretty groovy! The fire place does not work. It actually looks nice with all our stuff in it.

 

New Place

Here's the front of our long ranch home. Next is the moving truck. Last is our backyard and super view.