Weekend Paint Job - We discovered color

Dining Area Before

Dining Area After

Fireplace before

Fireplace after

The girls

Ashlyn wanted to know what a curtsy was so I showed her. She thinks that it is fun to curtsy now when she wears a dress.
The girls!

Someone needs a haircut in this shot. We cut her bangs more pics to follow soon. Her new hair-do is cute.

Guess who is 5 now!

Ashlyn Raine

09/08/08 Ashlyn turned 5 years old and was able to bring cupcakes to school for her class. After school she wanted to bake a cake for her dessert after her Red Robin Birthday Dinner.Here is Ashlyn at her party the Saturday following her B-day. Thank you everyone for coming and taking part in this special day. Ashlyn had a great time!


WOW!!! How 5 years had flown by. We love you Ash!

Daddy's Helper

Ashlyn has been such a big girl. While Jake was working on his garage project she was able to earn some $$ heloing him. She loved every minute of it. Don't they look a like? I love it!

Sisters!

These two just have so much fun together

Look who is a Kindergartner now!!!!!

Today Ashlyn had her first day of Kindergarten. She picked out this new outfit from her Gma Jan(Amy's Mom) to wear on her big day.

Ashlyn turns 5 on Sept 8th and the Kindergarten cutoff was August 31st so challenged MV public schools age requirement by having Ashlyn take a placement test from the district psychologist to see if she was ready. She passed and was reccomended entrance.

I was doing so well with this whole "being a big girl" thing and not even ready to cry until I got a poem from her teacher after class.

This is what it said:

Your baby started school today

A first big milestone along the way

She's not a baby, oh no not she

As big as any in the class you see

Till now you've been her shining sun

Your influence has equaled to none

But now I'll share in her work and play

Thanks for lending me your child today

This little hand so small

Is starting school today

This little hand will learn,

With others to work and play

And I will try to train

This hand throughout the year

I wonder if this hand will belong

to a scientist, pilot, or engineer,

to a teacher, farmer, or financer

Affectionately,

Mrs Avery

Our Recent Purchase

Specs: 3 Bedrm 2.5 bath 1580 Sq ft

So we have been waiting since May for this house. The sale seemed to take forever, but the house is now ours. We love it!Backyard

Kitchen

Kitchen
Dining Room

All appliances stayed with the house including these.

Front door entry

Front sitting room

Family room

Gas fireplace in family room

Dirty Munchkin

Olivia loves dirt...She even eats it!