Fancy Nancy!

This week, Grace had a school project - dress up as your favorite character from a book you've read. Well, of course, Fancy Nancy was on top of the list! These books are so cute, and I love the fact that - lexicon - (a term I use daily in school!) is a focus of the stories.

We stayed up late to put curlers in her hair....Fancy Nancy's hair is a mess of curls....and she chose the "Pajama Day" book. So Grace got to be comfy. I was jealous.

Fancy Grace. : )

For Our Friends, Nathan & Jenna

Roses & Thorns

Every now and then, when conversation at the dinner table is lagging, we play a game called "Roses & Thorns". Each person has to say one rose (a good thing) and one thorn (a not so great thing) about their day. It sounds silly, but it's a good conversation starter for little kids. Gets 'em thinkin....

So in bloggerville, I would say my rose today was, after teaching an appositive sentence lesson at school, one of my students was practicing writing one and said, "Hey, Mrs. Ferrell....you'd like this one....I wrote 'Jesus, my Lord and Savior, died on the cross for me.'." I gotta say, my heart swelled a little just knowing she knew I'd like it.

At the same time, my thorn is....all day today....I still have a nagging thought. My Uganda trip application - unmailed, undelivered. I'm still hesitant about just sending - it - on - in. It's like if I drop it in the mail, then boom. I'm for sure leaving my kiddos for two weeks. Something I've never done before.

Ironic rose & thorn.

Roses & Thorns. Fun game. You should try it.

Pink Ladies!

Halloween 2010. Grace & Sophie....Pink Ladies.

Believe it or not, due to our camera being "in use" by our church's Fall Festival booth, this was the only Halloween shot I got. Thank goodness it was a cute one! (Note to self....take a back up camera to capture the memories!)

Demolition Day 1

I totally expect to gain a few pounds during this phase. Our kitchen went bye-bye in a matter of minutes, so McD's it was tonight. Ugh....Sophie loved it, at least.

The boys were hard at work....tearing down the dividing wall, lovely fruit border, low hanging shelves......all nice 70's stuff that needs an introduction to the new century! On tap, we've got open shelves, beadboard, and hand-scraped wood floors coming.....I'm SO ready to see that day!

The Great Barrier Wall....Coming Down!

Thar she goes....

End of Day 1. Sigh.
I'm already SO over the dust.

Shoreline Transforming....

This was Shoreline Drive when we bought it. (I wish we would have taken pictures of what it looked like BEFORE we cleared the yard of years of overgrowth....)

Now....after a new roof, paint, shutters....it's starting to look like ours........

I think the color works so much better! I can't wait to attack and update the doors and windows....then landscaping.....sigh. Doesn't the list grow long?

However, before we attack anymore of the outside, it's time to start on the inside.

Demolition of the 1970's kitchen starts tomorrow!

What a Way To End It!

It was SUCH a good weekend. Busy but good. The new roof was going on (pics to come later!), we were on time for church, a nice steak for Saturday dinner, spent time out in the country communing with the cows, made some delicious caramel apples, blew some bubbles......

THEN THIS. ......ALL cars out in the yard, not under the carport.....and then it hit. Hail the size of golfballs. Pounding away on the metal roof......covering the yard.....and denting every vehicle in sight. My daughter is still traumatized because the hail hit right as she was naked, stepping out of the bathtub. She'll never forgive me for forcing her to put her clothes on while hauling booty to the hallway for protection! Eeeekkk.......I like a good storm, but this was enough.

Insurance adjuster, here I come!

Hail in our hands!

Hail in the yard

Hail on my car