Oreo Kitty Portraits

I love how these turned out. I just put up the curtains to give us some privacy from the street and noticed how it matched Oreo's eyes. He was quite excited to play with them!

Literature For Lunch-The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

We are not ready to dive back into our routine as we are still unpacking in a major way, but why not an audiobook? This sweet story has been on my list for awhile and who doesn't love a story read by the author?

There's a surprising about of information about swans and nature (and business dealings!) in this story which is delightful. Both myself and my 13 and almost 10 year old enjoyed The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White.

St Patrick's Day Costume

Sarah loves to decorate for each holiday. Here she is with some decorations (she made a shamrock to hang from the ceiling out of that green yarn) and a costume. Can you see her headband and matching earrings and bracelet (not to mention the shoes!!)?

Let's Get Electricity to the Barn

Dan noticed the table in the barn has an electrical strip and decided it was necessary to run all our extension cords down the fence. He did an awesome job being careful not to get them dirty and made sure there was enough to reach. He likes to hardwire stuff including the computer. Love my almost 13 year old boy!

Dan's Campfire Pit

Dan is very excited about being able to have a campfire in his own backyard!

We Did It!

We did it! The old house is empty and the new one is FULL! We are here!

I will miss our great private wooded backyard and the view of the changing seasons from the dining room. But there are great new memories in store!

Packing

My friend Christi has been helping me pack. She's come to my house FOUR times. What a sacrifice for her and her entire family to love us this way, I'm so grateful.

We packed the kitchen today, tomorrow Jeri is coming to help pack, the movers come on Friday and Saturday we get a UHaul to get the last including the firewood.

The entire month of February was spent p-a-c-k-i-n-g. The kids did a great job working with me to pack their rooms. It was a new experience and stress has been high with all the boxes and the mad dash to get everything purged and packed. We've had loads of giveaway and Christi has helped me throw away and she has taken away a lot of stuff to Craigslist later on. We've worked like crazy and it is paying off!