The new homeschool room is ready for action!

I cannot express how excited I am about this room! It is now my favorite room in the house. :) I love how it has turned out and with the way it is set up, it will be easy to keep it looking this way for a good long time! I almost want to call off summer vacation to start school in this beautiful space.

Make sure you turn the captions on. :)

P.S. We have not yet put up the crown molding. It still needs to be primed and painted. I am hoping to get that done when Dh is at work this week so we can cut and put it up this next weekend.

Great Trip to North Dakota!

This past weekend we went on a visit back to ND. The weather was wonderful and so were the ribs! We also got to visit with Great Grandpa & Grandma Zimney along with Great Grandma Elliott. Dalton found out that you are never to old to have Grandpa Elliott give you a ride with the lawnmower. On the way home we had a picnic lunch outside of Alexandra where we saw all kinds of wildlife.

New coat rack. Ready for lunch?

A lot of changes have been going on here in the Rose Garden. It is amazing to be in this new house. We have put our weekends to work lately, fixing up and updating the spaces. Mainly the homeschool room. :) I can't wait to share it with you all. It should be done tomorrow. *Glee*

Other things that happen a week after I move, because I have been in the house long enough to know where I want them to be:

• Put up pictures.
• Hang hooks.
• Add book shelves
• Unpack those final boxes on to those bookshelves

It feels so good to be here. The last house was so horrible and falling down around our ears. As we update and start to use this one, I realise how much stewardship and caring for a house really means. Getting the job done right is really important to how a house feels, and how it performs as well. In the other house, every time we opened a cabinet, or the dishwasher, or went to the bathroom, or took a bath, we were reminded that the house wasn't taken care of. Now it is just the opposite. This house was loved and taken care of WELL. The laundry room actually is set up so that our dryer works better than ever before (clean dryer vents make a HUGE difference in how your well your dryer dries.)... which is wonderful considering I have had to do 9 loads of laundry since we hooked it up on Friday afternoon.

Ok... on to the things that have to do with homeschool:

Well, sort of. I picked up these three lunch bags while looking for red appliances (which I didn't get) with my friend Sarah. We thought they would fit the kids bento lunch stuff perfectly... and they do! In this, I can have a small tin of snacks, and a whole tiffin tin filled with their lunch, along with their water bottle. It is perfect! I think the best part is that these bags are made for reusing, so they are pretty sturdy and they only cost $4 a piece (they are gift bags from Target).

My beautiful coat wrack. I have to say that I am addicted to hooks. I just think they make everything in the house look nice (ie: up off the floor, which is 'nice' to me).

That isn't the only update we have done this week!! Can anyone guess what this is???

I'll give you a hint. It used to be very dark brown.

Happily settling in...

Our new house. :) More pictures to come... I can't wait to share our new beautiful homeschool room with you all! I picked up the primer for the walls today, and we should be in buisness by next week. It is SO exciting! Hope all is going well in blog/homeschool land. Have a great weekend!!

Home Game Win!

Dalton's team got the home opener win with a score of 9-0. Tabor is the umpire for all Dalton's home games. Dalton caught all 6 innings and then played 1st base the last inning. Dalton never let anyone get on 2ND base so he did a great job. How did Tabor do when Dalton was up to bat?....... well ............as Tabor promised Dalton, Tabor ran him up on 3 strikes. WWIII started before the game at the Elliott's and will continue on till who know when. We are back at the park tonight for Tanner's team in Nicollet.

Under the Lights

Tuesday night the boyz got to play under the lights at East. Tabor and Tanner's team coached by you know who...got out to an early lead but fell short to Moose Lodge 4-6. It was a perfect night to cheer the kids on. Tabor on 1st base was hoping little brother would hit a big one but Tanner got walked. Tonight Dalton's team has the home opener if the sun comes out to dry the field.

Girls Camp!!

It was real....it was fun.................it was REAL FUN!! VIRTUE-No Matter What