Holes...

Isabelle had to read "Holes" for her summer reading fo school, but I have a feeling it didn't involve ceilings...This is our kitchen ceiling in the middle of getting the electricity wired in. We only had 2 light fixtures...so between the kitchen and living room, we have added 18 more fixtures!! Sometimes Morrie and I catch ourselves just starring at the lights, we're so excited to be able to see in the evenings now!

Maria gets in on the work. She is putting in all 20 light bulbs for us, she's just the right height to stand on the boxes full of our kitchen cabinets! Notice the new window in the kitchen picture, way to go Morrie!!

These are out kitchen cabinets!! They take up a lot of space. There is one cabinet sitting on the top of the boxes there is you were wondering what they looked like...

Morrie and Loren finishing the new floor where the kitchen table will be...
Do you see how the plywood is all yellow...well, it's now completely white from all the dut, even though we have run the shopvac over it!

Morrie all decked out in his gear to cut the holes in the ceiling...Anyone wondering why I had to take the cat to the vet because he was breathing funny?? We have dust everywhere...it's terrible...but in a good way.

Technical Difficulties

I am having a heck of a time getting my card reader to download pictures right now...because I do have a lot to show you and tell you...more pictures of the kitchen, first day of school pictures...it's all good stuff...

So I am hoping that by writing this, Murphy's Law will set in the the card will work shortly after I post this...

3 years ago...sniff*

How cute are they??? Morrie hates it when I pull out old photos because we miss when they were younger so much, and it seems so hard to remember!! Isabelle was in the 3rd grade here, and now Maria is going into the 3rd grade, how time flies...Can you tell I couldn't find the photos I wanted to blog about today! I came across these, and I had to share!!

More Salem...

You tell me that the other girl in the picture is 11, I'm just having serious doubts...every girl on the other team was her size...Anyway...Go Izzy!!

The girls painted their hair before the first game, you know...intimidation and all...they were having so much fun!

Look at this girl go!

This game can be quite pushy, and it is my goal to keep my mouth SHUT whenever it seems out of line. Sometimes however, I will shout "OOHHHHH" when there is an obvious foul of pulling the jersey, or pushing from behind...Morrie tells me I have to keep quiet, but it just comes out! I can't help it!! It's like a mother bear protecting her cubs...it's instinct...but i think I am getting better. It helps that's Isabelle keeps her own elbow out for blocking purposes.

Go Storm!!

This is what happens when your daughter gets invited to a Storm game...with a bunch of other girls...in a suite...with free sugar...

Morrie had just picked her up, it was late, and she came up to see me, giggling all the while. She loved the game, loved the blow up noise sticks she came home with, and loved the face paint. I just sat there with my mouth hanging open. It was hysterical!

Sassy Lady

This is the sweet Maria, wearing her ultra cool sunglasses. In the lower picture I just asked her to look at me and this is what I got. She is is just too cool without even trying. We showed up to Isabelle's soccer camp early to take pictures and Maria brought her purse, some gatorade and some books to read. Although, she was bored after 10 minutes...

She got her hair cut this summer, which I failed to post about when it happened. She got several inches cut off, as did her sister!! It was very exciting for me because their hair was soooooo long, I was happy to have a more managable length to deal with.


The girls are watching old episodes of the Cosby Show right now. They have been obsessed with it since last spring when I got some DVD's of the show. They now record it on Tivo and watch it repeatedly. I never realized how great the show was for kids...every time I think I should explain a situation that is happening on the show...the characters proceed to explain it for me, and the girls are probably listening more to them anyway. They are watching the episode where Elvin and Sandra are telling them they are not going to med school and law school, but are instead opening a camping store. It's a riot!

Happy Birthday Annie!

Annie turned 1 just the other day! So, she's technically not a puppy anymore...YAY!! This is Annie with her "Skunky" (black) and her elephant. She loves the skunk. Sometimes when she sleeps with it in her crate, she will bring it out with her in the morning and take it outside while she walks around. I have to go find another one, it is a toy that has no stuffing (she's pretty good at ripping stuff apart and leaving stuffing everywhere).

Here is Annie swimming in the lake. It's a little bit like the loch ness montster coming uot of the water!

Here is a pooped out doggie riding home from camping. She was loving the sun streaming in through the window, and trying to lay out on Maria's little lap. I know it looks like she has a million leash devices on, but it really wasn't that bad. So, here's to a calmer second year!!