Surprise!

Last night for family night we played chutes and ladders. We talked about doing good things for people. Every time you got a ladder you had to say something nice you could do for someone else. In the end Rob encouraged the kids to think of nice things they could do for others.

3:00 am I was putting Max back in bed (it was not a great night for sleep). I noticed Holly's door was closed. We keep it open to let the cooler air circulate in her room. I opened it and noticed she wasn't in bed. Rob and I began a search and a couple of minutes later found her sleeping on the front room couch. She sat up and said "surprise!". She had cleaned the front room and gotten dressed for school at 3:00 in the morning. Just to be helpful. It gave me a heart attack but what a sweetie!

Drumroll please!

This is our new house. We are currently renting it.


The yard and the huge garden plot are my favorite things about this house although we love everything about it.


Flowers from the rose bushes in the back yard.

My kitchen. I love the lights.

Dining room with a big picture window to the backyard.

Living room and Dining room

Basement.



I didn't take pictures of everything. We are definitely in love with this house and feel privileged to live here.

Grandpa "Evil-Slayer"

Rob's dad collects swords. His office wall is covered in them. My boys love it! Sam a few weeks before we moved asked Grandpa if he got all of those swords from fighting bad guys.

I think Grandpa couldn't help but be a little proud that his grandson thought Grandpa fought bad guys and won regularly.

What an awesome vision for a grandson to have of his grandpa.