New Carpet!!

We finally got around to putting carpet into our living room. Cold, hard, uncomfortable laminate floor just wasn't cutting it for me (or my knees during family prayer). I LOVE the carpet. The room feels much more homey now and it doesn't echo anymore when I shout. :) These are just some pictures of the progress the room has gone through in the last year.

Cloudy with a chance of ???

I just had to post these pictures that Kari took because I thought the clouds were so cool. They moved very swiftly over our house with a little bit of wind, but that was all! I thought for sure some ultra-dangerous storm was upon us...as we're out taking pictures and picking veggies from the garden.

Soccer

Preston was able to play soccer this year! It took a few days for him to really enjoy it, but by the end he was a little pro. This picture is on the last day. You can tell by looking at him that he did a lot of running that day. He was actually told to STOP kicking the ball so that someone else could have a turn...even though half team was picking bugs out of the grass. j/k

Preston is the one kicking the ball in the back. My camera battery was dying or else I could've gotten the goal he scored.

Before each game the times grouped up and shouted a little chant across the fields to the other teams. Once again, I waited until the last day to bring my camera...with the dead battery...so I couldn't film this either. :(

First Day of School

Preston started Preschool this year at Zion Lutheran Church. He goes 3 days a week for three hours each day and I love it...I mean HE loves it. Except chapel time. He's not a big fan of that yet.

Braden and Kari started school at the end of July. I put them in the "optional" calendar. They start about a month earlier then everyone else and have two 2-week breaks throughout the school year. Braden is now a 4th grader and Kari is a 2nd grader. I also switched them to Meadowlark Elementary, which is the school close to our home. Kari misses Windy Hills, but Braden is doing much better at Meadowlark. Yeah!