Regan and the Eggs!

Regan and Kyra are so much fun to watch and listen to. The other day they were playing with their friends and they decided to take a few dozen eggs outside and break them on the sidewalk. Yeah, I wasn't too happy about that. I explained that eggs are very expensive these days and that if we don't have eggs we can't make some of their favorite foods like pancakes, or bread. They said they were sorry and cleaned up their mess. A few days later I was taking the garbage out and noticed a new pile of eggs broken on the sidewalk. I was really angry but tried to be patient. I asked them about it and they told me that they did it again because they forgot they were expensive. Well I have never "grounded" my children before but I took them over to the calender and showed them today (Monday) and pointed to Saturday. I told them that they would not be allowed to play with friends (their favorite thing to do) till Saturday! I expected lots of crying and pouting but they said okay. A week or s0 later I was talking to my neighbor Melissa. Regan and Kyra like to go to her house and they usually tell her everything that goes on around our house. So of course they told her about the eggs. She told me that a few days earlier Regan came over and told Melissa that she had learned how to play a song on the piano. Melissa said Regan started looking around for a piano so she could play the song for her, but she didn't find one. Regan asked Melissa why some people don't have piano's at their house, Melissa said well some people don't have room for a piano or some people can't afford to buy a piano because piano's are very expensive. Regan looked down at the floor and said "oh yeah, so are eggs!".

This is our New dinning room! It's just off the kitchen so I can see right into this room which is also connected t0 the family Room. Way nice















And this is the Family Room































































This is my organizational wall. Each child has their own board to write and keep things for school.

Here's the front room which is not done yet. Kevin is working on the bookshelf!

Good Afternoon everyone;

I have been thinking and thinking that I need to write down this funny conversation so we don't forget it, and I am just going to do it right now so I don't procrastinate any longer.  

Tuesday evening we had a little FHE, 'cause Monday was really busy.  After our discussion we played a game with candy bars and dice... if you roll doubles you get to start opening the candy bar to eat it, and when someone else rolls doubles, you give it up to them, etc, etc....  The catch is you open the candy bar up with a knife and fork.  your fingers cannot touch the candy bar or wrapper.  Fun, eh?  

Well anyway, we were done with the game, and had a few candybars left over, so we asked church questions and if you got them right, you got to have a candy bar (without the knife or fork).  So when Kari got to Regan, she asked her to fill in the blank.  She said 

"Jesus wants me for a ... " 

and Regan replied with confidence... 

"a popcorn ball!"

It was really funny.  And we sure love her.  All our kids are growing up really fast.  It is tough.  we don't want them to grow so quickly, but it is exciting to see the things they do and the surprises that come up.  I love my family.  : - D

Great Day Yesterday!

Thanks to all those who came over yesterday.  It was a ton of fun!  I really had a great time and felt like it was a great experience (spiritually and socially)

Thanks guys!!

Ok, I learned that if you use the "large" image size for your photo, the words look silly on the side of the photo. Sorry about that. Here is the photo of the sheet rock in the kitchen. It shows the new entry, and all the canned lights we put in. It is coming along nicely.

We (you guessed it... loosely) are spending most of our time at the Kinmonts house, then sleeping at our house. It is kind of crazy, and probably beginning to wear on the Kinmonts. Sorry guys we (loosely) are going as fast as we can. We had a small wait on mud and tape for the sheetrock. there was some reported illness, but the ball is rolling and as soon as the painting is done we will have cabinets and cupboards, then I need to get busy laying the tile. It is fun and frustrating at the same time. Man my wife is wonderful! She has done a great job, and continues to carry the load in the above mentioned 'we'

more to come... Kev

photos II

On this top photo you can see what is left of the old wall and the entry into the family room. We moved the wall closer to the front of the house for more kitchen space and closed off the entry to the family room. We also took that little room down that you see through the entry there.
Here is a photo of the small room I mentioned above. There were all kinds of funny boards and plywood in the ceiling of that littl room. We found that when we were pulling wiring for the new lighting.
On
This photo is taken from the living room, looking into the front room and kitchen. On the left is the old entry, and the wider one on the right will be our new entry into the front room. I am sorry to inform you that the brick will be gone also. We (once again I use the term very loosely) put a wall up there. It served to hide the brick, and it also allowed us to install some outlets and light switches. Pretty cool.

finally photos

ok! I have some pictures! We are painting this weekend. I use the 'we' term very loosely. Kari is painting, and Mandy Robby's wife has been helping. I am planning on helping this afternoon and tomorrow, unless there is some crazy thing I can invent to get out of it... (kidding!)

So these photos are going to be a little outdated, but that is alright, I am, too. Right Sal?

There is a before photo up there. Then we have our all girl demolition crew. I think they got those holes in the wall after 47 attempts with the sledge hammer. :-)