Just a quick update on us

Thought I would give you all a quick update on how we are doing.
I would almost swear that the kids are getting bigger by the moment!
Max is such a little ham, now every time I pull out a camera he gives me the worlds biggest cheesy-est smile.
Morgan he growing taller by the moment,  he is really starting to enjoy cub scouts.
And Melessa is turning into a beautiful young lady right before our eyes. We are staying busy with the remodel, Mike is at the point of putting in the tile in Morgans bathroom. It wont be much longer before its all finished!  Can you read my excitement? I am so blessed to have a hubby that is so talented and can do so much on his own. I have been busy with kids like always,  I don't mind though I love being able to stay home and be Mom full time. I know there are many out there that aren't able to and wish they were.  I wish I had a more exciting update haha but hey what can I say? We love our life and know how blessed we are to have it. Here are some pictures...

Our Home Update

Our Home Update

 

 

 

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Thought I would give you all an update on the AMAZING job that my hubby is doing on the house. When we first moved in all the work that needed to be done to the house was a little over whelming that's for sure, but my Hubby has been doing steady work on it since the day he move in- January 2012!  Here are some pictures from when we first moved in....
  Our Street. Don't you just LOVE it?

This is to be my craft room

Our library

Our living room

Our dining room

Our kitchen (sort of!)

The 'down stairs' family room

Our staircase

 The upstairs hallway

Bedroom #1

Master bathroom

Bedroom #2

There are two more bedrooms and a Jack and Jill bathroom between bedroom #2 and #3 but I can't seem to find pictures of them any where although I know I have them somewhere! We also have a breakfast nook, guest bathroom, laundry room, maids closet, full house basement, and a separate guest house. Every single room., let me repeat that... EVERY. Single. Room. needs something done to it.

 

Here are some of our plans:

Up stairs:

 

We are putting in a private bathroom for every bedroom, moving the laundry up stairs, moving the master bathroom to the other side of the bedroom,  building a balcony off the front of the house, repairing and fixing all the bedrooms, building bigger closets in the master and room #3, building a sitting room in the master bedroom.

Down stairs:

 

 We are expanding the kitchen by using the breakfast nook and making it part of the kitchen, building a HUGE pantry, building an outdoor kitchen and patio off of the back of the kitchen, repairing and painting the formal dining room, repairing and painting the living room and replacing the fireplace, redoing the craft room into a guest room/ craft room, replacing the pillars in the front of the house and fixing the front porch, completely remodeling the library to add in more book shelves and a bigger fire place, and the staircase needs to be refurbished. And don't get me started on the guess house we don't even know how to save it. We are thinking we are going to have to have it tore down and rebuilt from the bottom up. 

Don't get me wrong this is a complete work of Love...well most days anyways.  

 We also have a huge brick wall that needs to be righted as well ( another current project my amazing hubby has going on!)

 

 Well guess this post has going on long enough!! HAHA I will post again with updated pictures of the house and what we have done to it!

 



A Kids Update!

 

Soooo..................

 It's been a while since I have really posted anything that was more on the personal side of things so I thought I would give you an up date on my kid's going on's...

Max

 

Max is now 15 months and has started walking! We are so thankful! We were worried that because he had a few seizures when he was younger that it might effect things like him walking and such. He is also talking up a storm!
He can say- Mom, Dad, hi, bye, no, more, eat, want, mine, Mimi, welche ( German for What), Love, liebe (German for Love), and I know that there are several more but for the life of me I can't think of them! He wears a 2T and we will call him Monster LOL He will always be our Monster Max.

Morgan

 

More is 7 now and will be headed into the 1st grade in the fall. He wants to play football again this year but he wants to play tackle although I see nothing wrong with tackle I'm not sure if he has enough size on him yet. Guess we will have to wait and see.  The school year went Perfect for him, he had an AMAZING teacher and never got a single grade below a 98%, we are so proud of him!

 

 

Melessa

 

Melessa has turned into quite the young lady, she currently has hot pink hair ( I dyed it for her) and is a social butterfly. I am starting to think the phone might be growing out of her head and that's why she is always on it! HAHA She did well in school this past year too, she had mostly A/B's and excelled in Science. In the fall she will be starting the 6th grade at the Middle School. I can't believe that she is so big already! I can't wait to see how she grows as a person this year. She is such a big help to me and her brothers. She  makes us so proud.   

 

 

 

 So that's my update LOL I know it's not much but there hasn't been anything exciting to write again in all honesty! It's just the same old same old here which is just fine with me! 

 

Hi everyone!! *quick update*

Hey everyone!
I know it's  been a while since I have last posted but a lot has been going on here! I have new photos up on my facebook page you can link to it here if you have a facebook page I would love to have you as a 'like' on the page! Let me know that you are there from here! :-)
My hubby had to have another sugery but is doing great. He will be back up on his feet again in no time I am sure of it!
It's getting cold here- not my favorite thing of all time but I guess it has to get cold in order for it to get warm again. It also means that it is time to break out the winter boots which I totaly adore! I love love love boots but it's just to warm in the summer to wear them I don't like sweaty feet! - But then again who really does right? ICK!
And is there anyone else out there that the moment it starts to get cold you start craving  sweets? I always wonder why I can't lose weight LOL! It might just have something to do with my sweet tooth.  At the moment I could totaly go for a case of brownies!
There really isn't anything new besides hubby and his medical 'things' The house is a mess like normal, I have to cook now that hubby is on crutches again, and we are gearing up for the holiday season, that pretty much wraps it up! LOL Man I lead a borning life!  But I guess better then being drama filled.
So what is new in your household?

Homeschooling, photography, and fun...

I know that I haven't been here to update in a while and I am very sorry about that. Things have been going well for me and the family here. Homeschooling is going well for Melessa, she has been getting a days worth of work done in 4 hours or less, which is great for us! That then leaves us the extra time to do fun things like go to the park and play group meet ups! I have taken on the daily baby sitting duties for a friend's family, so here is what most of my days look like now:
 I have to get up at 4 am ( yes, really!) and I am out the door by 415/430 and on the way to their house ( yes, I pick them up every weekday) then it's time to clean her house a little get her babies up ( and they are sooo sweet) and head home to start school with Melessa. I get home about 9 some times 930 we start school then, if she hasn't started with out me! we do school work until about 10/1030 and then take a break for brunch ( that would be because I am starving! ha ha) then head back to work until about 1230 or so then it's lunch time. by 1/130 she is pretty much finished with the day and we then have the daily fight over her needing to clean her room ( I swear one day I'm just going to lose it and hide it all!!) and then she has free time to do what ever she wishes! Then dinner and I take the babies home ( yes, I really drive them back every day too!)  I get back home and try TRRRRRRRRY to stay awake long enough to get some editing done on my photos and watch 'my' tv shows but lately i have gotten a LITTLE bit of editing down and fallen asleep while trying to watch 'my' tv shows! I have forgotten how sooo very tiring it was to have babies in the house!
That is pretty much my life at the moment!!  And shoved in there some where is my photography! LOL I have been LOVING every single moment of it too by the way! I am so glad that I took the plunge and started offering my services as a photographer. I have met some of the nicest people and it's all because of pictures! Who would have thought right?  If you would like to view the photography work that I have done please visit my site Here or my facebook page Here I would LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE to have you as a "like" or "fan" my facebook page! It's always great to hear from everyone! 
 I wish I had more time to fill everyone in on details but honestly I'm tirrrrrrred!  and I am heading to bed!
 Good night everyone! Hope you all are having a great weekend!
 p.s. Who is excited for the Fall weather that is headed this way??? WOOOO HOOO I am! Sweater weather here I come! It's my allllllll time favorite time of the year!!


Happy Blogging everyone!

Surgery Pictures as Promised...

Sun rise at the Hospital

Here are the pictures as promised ...
 from the point of getting to the hospital to getting hubby home.  He is doing well, still in pain but that is to be expected. We are just so thankful that he is young and strong! We give great thanks to the Lord for all his strangth through out this while 'ordeal' and for the many months of recovery ahead.  Please keep the prayers coming!! Thanks for all the prayers that have already been said....

I will be posting updates every week or so on Mike and how every thing is going...
Thanks again everyone for all the prayers and well wishes that you have sent our way already!