Moving On

This is the current view of the front of our house. York and Colleen have started moving in to their camper and plan to be at Pelican Lake by Sunday. This means I have moved into the kitchen (20 boxes down, 100 more to go). Thanks Lori, Missy, and Shannon for all the notes you packed in with my dishes. You made unpacking so much sweeter :) Miss you lots!

I'll post some before and afters soon, I just have to remember to go upstairs and take pictures of the formerly sponge-painted walls. You will be amazed!

Back Home

Here we are, good 'ole Fargo :)
These are some pictures of the outside of our house. We've already done some improvements to the outside, including painting the front porch and flowerbeds, new house numbers, mailbox,and a flag. We stained the back deck and added lots and lots of flowers. Not bad considering we don't even close on the purchase of the house til Friday!
I have pictures of the inside, too, but I think I'll post those room-by-room as I finish my painting projects and we get our furniture in here. Look how green everything is here... It rained for the first two weeks straight, I swear. And some days I think I'm going to choke to death on the humidity. I heard someone say recently, "I washed my hands today using only a bar of soap and air" LOL. It's gotten better, though the temps are up and the humidity is down so I'm happy.



Oops, I guess I didn't do a very good job of showing the trees and all the greenery, but more pictures are to come.
I miss all of my Colorado friends and family so MUCH and think of you everyday!!!

Badlands

A couple of weeks ago, I went to Medora, ND with my mom and visited Theodore Roosevelt National Park and saw the "Medora Musical" we had lots of fun, minus the gnats that seemed to be everywhere!!! Here are a few of the pics. The scenery is absolutely beautiful there. So different from the Eastern side of the state where I'm from.

Dance Camp

Belle spent the last week in a Dance Camp with the West Fargo High School Dance team. This is her dance they presented on the final day. Look for her on the right side of the screen. There are a lot of blonde ponytails to keep track of!!

The Fair

The "fair" was in town this week, so my sister-in-law and I took the kids. Belle and Lexi are graduating from the kiddie rides to the "big-girl" rides, but as you can see they are still enjoying both. They were mad that we wouldn't let them ride The Zipper, but I really didn't want to clean up any puke that day. Gunnar was just as happy as could be riding around in his stroller and hamming it up for the camera.

Tattoo

Well, now that Jake has broken the news to Mom that I got a tattoo I guess I will post some pics of our little outing! Lori, Shannon, Missy, and I all got tattoos yesterday. This was a first for Shannon and I and we were both pretty nervous.

I got a columbine flower as a symbol of my time in Colorado. One of my students drew it for me and added the word "inspire" which I love!

Shannon's is a cross, modeled after a pendant that her mother-in-law got at the Vatican.

Lori got a cherry blossom branch in keeping with the floral theme on her feet. (or is it a symbol for the Cherry Creek Mall?!) Just joking, Lori!
Missy's is a palm tree with plumeria flowers (she's got a tropical theme going on).

I can't imagine, that I'll be getting anymore tattoos, but I'm glad I did it! Pain and all!

Belle's New Glasses