Easter at Our New Home

Our realtor had hid a bag of jelly beans in each of the girls bedrooms for them to find.  It really helped get them excited to be in our new place.

Shortly before Easter, a friend of ours passed away from ALS.  We invited his wife and children over to spend Easter with us.  We had an Easter egg hunt in our backyard and gave each of them an Easter basket.



White balloons were released for our friend, Joe, at the burial site.

 Our table all set for guests!

 



Nate's egg turned out ugly...



Egg fight winner!

Shortly after Easter, we had Nate's family over for Mother's day.  We had a good time. One of our highlights was walking over to visit miniature ponies that are at a nearby home here in our neighborhood.

Good-bye Old House

It was bittersweet to move away from our home of 10 years. It was the home I brought both girls home from the hospital in and watched them spend a good portion of their childhood.  Once we were settled into our new place though, I haven't heard remorse from anyone about missing our other house.  We feel so at home in our new place and feel it was meant to be for us.  Here are tons of photos from our Chalet View Lane home.  We were so blessed to have 3 offers on it in 2 days!



Our new deck!



Karin Stiles and I installed this awesome Snapstone tile floor in our entryway in one weekend.



I love and miss this garage slat wall organization!

5th Grade Minnesota History Museum Fieldtrip

Mikayla's class explored the Minnesota History Museum.  I had never been there and it was a neat place.  They had a simulation D-day airplane ride. They had a neat simulation tornado.  There was WWII things to look at. Mikayla got to be choosen to help demonstrate how things went down at trading posts years ago. Also, since it's MN, there was a neat display of a prairie house and lots of older farming equipment.  Mikayla had fun. We could have spent more time there.  We will have to go back as a family someday.

Feed My Starving Children Night

We participated one evening in a fun event held at our church each year. We helped package food for hungry children in poorer countries of the world.  It was fun, the music was rocking, and volunteering as a family was an awesome experience.

February 2014

I have not posted anything since we began our move out of our old home (Chalet View Lane) and into our new home (Chesapeake Lane). I have quite a bit of catching up to do.  So here it goes...
In February, Mikayla's 5th grade class had a 50's/60's party.  It was a lot of fun. I got to volunteer at it.  Mikayla won a dancing the twist contest.  Her Grandma made her the cute poodle skirt she is wearing.

Notice the moving boxes by the piano in the last photo.  It was beginning then.  Also, the poodle skirt Elyana is wearing was made by my mom for Mikayla's first Halloween outfit.  Elyana is so small she could still squeeze into it.

Also in February, I got to do some art to auction for a scholarship fundraiser at my preschool.  Someone bought it for $50!  It was a crayon melt art done on a canvas with acrylic paint.  It was fun to do.