Mom Moves to Rochester!

We are so thrilled to have my mom move from Madison, WI to Rochester. We didn't expect her condo to sell so quickly. It was a scramble to find a place in Rochester, but she did and it's beautiful! She has been a huge help and support. The girls have really enjoyed her dog, Chloe too!



This is her home in Madison.

 

Elyana's American Heritage Girl Camp

In June, Elyana and I went away to an American Heritage Girl Camp. She earned 3 badges: artistic, world heritage, and My Freedom's Heroes. We camped overnight just one night, but that was enough for us. The mosquitos were terrible. She slept in a tent with other girls (no adults) for the first time. 



Ellie with her friend, Emma



This was the highlight of camp for me, huge pizza's!



waking up in a tent



sculpture



I didn't have my house keys with me so we had to wait a bit on the porch. Ellie unrolled her sleeping bag and took a nap. She was so tired after camp!

Packer's Jerseys for Babe and Joanne

I made some neat jerseys for my in laws for their birthday/anniversary (they have all three within a weeks time). Nate's niece, Micah, sketched up the tree with the names on the leaves. My friend, Jen Pauley scanned it into her mac and helped me to print out the image on some iron on paper I bought from Wal-Mart. One shirt says, "Together." The other says, "Since." 1958 is the year they were married. The front of the shirt has a tree with each leaf showing their children and grandchildren. They loved it and so do I!

Mikayla's 5th Grade Graduation!

It was bittersweet to see Mikayla graduate from her elementary school.  We new that it was our last year at Elton Hills school. We loved it so much. It was hard to say good-bye.  Mikayla is absolutely loving middle school and Elyana seems to like her new school.

 

We super loved her fifth grade teacher, Ms. Shurson!

More Cute New Home Photos

Elyana loves cooking/baking in our new kitchen!



Elyana's room now.



My new craft area!



The girls have really enjoyed this swing my mom bought for them!



Baby birds made a nest in a tree in our front yard. It was fun watching them grow and leave the nest.



We made bubbles out on our new deck.



We've been enjoying having a nice fire in our backyard.  We have a lot to burn!



This is an after photo of tons of yard work!



This is more yard that needs my attention. Nothing was done with it for 10 years. That is a lot of overgrowth!



We cleared a path to our back gate we didn't know we had!