Summer!!

This summer has been a good one. Piper even taught herself how to swim!!!

I have decided I an never going to let Charleigh Drive!!!!

Having fun in Iowa! I love my family and miss them so much.

It has been way to long!

It has been forever ago that I last posted so I figure I will start with the start of school. Charleigh is now 11 and in 6th grade! She is developing into such a beautiful girl. She is always so excited
to start school. And my baby, Piper, is starting kindergarten! She has been so excited all summer to start. I was asking her about her 1st day and she was telling me that she told her teacher she was excited to learn to read. I asked her what her teacher said and she said " nothing and I was like is that all you got". she is a silly girl.

I can't believe Piper is 5!!!

This year Piper has been busy as well. This past summer she was asked to join the competitive team for Gymnastics. Recently she did a demo where she was a cute little elf.

She is also taking Ballet. It amazes me that she remembers all the terms. She is learning so quickly.

Charleigh has been a busy girl!!

Charleigh is in 5th grade this year and is busier then ever. Between book reports, homework, singing lessons, activity days, and presentations at school we seem to be forever busy. This month she had three performances. One was for dance which was Happy feet. Doesn't she make the cutest penguin!! She is very good at tap!

 Her next performance was a 4th and 5th grades take on snow white. They did a really good job. Charleigh was witch hazel. From where I was sitting I really couldn't get a very good picture.

Her last performance was her vocal music concert. Their opening number was Hot Chocolate from the movie Polar Express. They did really well. Charleigh is very expressive when she sings.

She is working hard to do well in everything she does....I am very proud of her!!

our new floor!!

Our poor living room floor was in need of something new. Our wonderful dog decided he would water our rug and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't seem to get the smell or stain out of the carpet. So a friend of mine got me addicted to a sight called Pintrest! Love it.....anyway as I was looking thru some pins I saw a picture where someone had used paper bags on their floor. It looked really neat so Dennis and I decided to give it a try.

This is the floor after the rug had been removed and floor sanded.

 This is our kitchen

These are wonderful friends of ours who came to help Dennis put the floor down!! Thanks John and Terry!

This is the finished product. We also painted the molding and made me my wonderful pallet shelves! i have such a good hubby and I think the floor came out great. I will have to take a picture once we get everything put back.

It has been forever

 It has been awhile since I have posted. Most of that has just been pure laziness. So lets see.. things that have changed.
  Charleigh is almost done with school ans saying goodbye to the 4th grade. She has done really well and I am sure her last report card will be great. She just recently did what they call "mini society". It is where the kids start a society and create a business. Charleigh decided to do a candy sushi business.  She sold out and she received a  reward for the best looking shop!!! She was really excited. In a few weeks she is going to be going to her first overnight camp. She is going to be gone for a whole week. I am going to be a mess but this is something that she really wanted to do.  She will also be starting voice lessons this summer.
  Piper has been busy with gymnastics and has been asked to join the team!! She will start team the week of June 20th. There will be two meets one in Dover and the other at her own gym. I am hoping she will work hard and do well. She has lots of talent. She has also been busy being naughty. I really don't know what I am going to do with girl.
Dennis is busy with school and going to school to get his masters. I know he will be thankful when it is done.
 As for myself I have been busy trying to lose weight and get into shape.

A Few Saturdays ago we went to a bowling party for a little boy we go to church with.  They had rented a small little bowling ally for all the kids and this was the sign on it.