American Heritage Girls Winter Ceremony

Last Monday the girls had their award ceremony for the badges they have earned this summer and fall. Mikayla earned an art history badge, a kitchen scientist badge, and an archery badge.  Elyana earned a fishing badge, a travel badge, and a communication badge called Let's Talk.

Mikayla doing a skit with chefs and scientists.

News Flash!

We have been searching for a roomier home for almost 2 years now.  Our current home is a 3 bed, 2 bath home that gets crowded when we have company. It is a great starter home, but we feel very cramped in it. We have made an offer on a home in the past that fell through. On Thursday night, I was using my phone app (Realtor.com) and was doing my usual evening search when "the" home finally popped up for us.  We acted quick, called our realtor and set up a showing for the next day.  Immediately after doing a walk through of it, we put in an offer.  Once we arrived in Minneapolis to visit friends, we found out that our offer (that was competing with another offer) was accepted.  Sometime this week or next we will follow through with an inspection on it.  Then, our closing date is March 27th!  We are very excited and nervous all at once.  We have a bit to do to quick get our home on the market.  It is still in the district as the same middle school and high school that Mikayla will attend.  We are trying to decide if we continue to drive Elyana to a new nearby school for the next 3 years or not.  We will continue to let them finish off this school year.  It will be a crazy next few months!

Weekend Get-Away

Here is a sweet picture I snapped of the girls waiting to be called into the dentist. They are wearing their matching outfits and both reading. 

This weekend we took a trip to Minneapolis.  Friday night we toured the Science Museum. We all had a neat time.

The girls got to try out news reporting.  They got to read a teleprompter and Nate and I enjoyed watching them. Elyana really got into it!

A weaving loom!

A real mummy!

Elyana's reaction to a real mummy. . .

Musical Stairs!

We spent the night at the Stiles, our dear friends that have moved away to Eagan. On Saturday we went to the Mall of America and got to go on rides all day. My best friend from high school goes to the Mall of America every year and sends me the all day wrist band stubs that she gets.  I am so thankful for them as we get to enjoy a day with our friends.

blurry photo, but Mikayla, Sophie and Heidi coming down the log ride

Nate, Ken, and the other two girls on the log ride!

Mikayla and Heidi as they venture on the ghost hunter ride.

Mikayla is testing out instruments for Middle School

Mikayla got an opportunity to try out different instruments to see what she should play in Middle School.  I still would like to see her to join choir. She has stated that she is more like a solo singer, not a choir singer.  Here are some pictures I snapped that day.

Feels Like January

Today is January 6, 2014 and there is no school due to dangerous wind chills of -50ish below. So, we so far have made banana bread, a science experiment, build a reading fort, and watched some Netflix. There is a late start tomorrow also.  It is rare that I get a snow day when I have to work. I love getting paid to stay home with the girls and that we have the same days off.

This is what happens when you throw boiling water outside in bitter temperatures. Mikayla said, "We made a ghost!"