We got our homeschooling papers back from the State of Nebraska today and we are officially homeschooling again next year!!!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Sleepy children!
You know what happens when you are super busy over the weekend? The Kids sleep in until 8:30!!
Christian actually fell asleep on the way home from our family get-together at 7:30 last night and he woke up around 8 this morning. I hope he feels well rested!
Here's to another busy week!
Christian actually fell asleep on the way home from our family get-together at 7:30 last night and he woke up around 8 this morning. I hope he feels well rested!
Here's to another busy week!
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Birthday party was a success and good-bye to the camper.
We celebrated Christian's 3rd birthday party last night with all his friends and family!
I felt bad putting it on a Friday night, but I really didn't have an option this year, but despite that, we still had a great turnout! Many people left when it started to storm, so I hope everyone got home safe.
Christian was super-excited all day for his party and that was all he talked about! He loves all his new presents and he super-loved his cake. I will definitely post pictures.
In the middle of trying to host a party for 40 people, Matt was working on getting not only our camper sold, but also an extra jetski trailer we have here. Every time I turned around, he was texting the two perspective owners back and forth. Poor guy! I know he just wants these two things sold and it is going to happen today. Matt will be delivering the jetski trailer and the camper to their respective new owners this morning!
I am sure going to miss our old camper, we had a lot of fun in there! I still remembering buying it when Courtney was about 11 months old. I remember her "scooting" around on the floor and into the bunks. We made a trip to St. Lous, two trips to Memphis, TN, a trip to Colorado, one trip around Iowa (Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Okoboji), and a trip last week to Des Moines. We made many trips to Fremont along with camping at Branched Oak and Mahoney. We got plenty of use out of it!!! (And between insurance money and the sale of it today, we are going to get back exactly what we paid for it 6 years ago! What a deal!)
The camper has been such a good investment in family time. I don't think we would be doing all these trips and spending so much time for a family if we didn't have it. We both value family time and it has been great for that! When we went to go look at new ones, he says he doesn't mind spending a little bit more because it has been such a great investment for our family! I love the way he thinks!!!
I think we are going to be picking up our new camper Wednesday. We emptied out our old one out this morning and just put everything in the garage, this way we can load the new one up Thursday and go camping on Friday!
I felt bad putting it on a Friday night, but I really didn't have an option this year, but despite that, we still had a great turnout! Many people left when it started to storm, so I hope everyone got home safe.
Christian was super-excited all day for his party and that was all he talked about! He loves all his new presents and he super-loved his cake. I will definitely post pictures.
In the middle of trying to host a party for 40 people, Matt was working on getting not only our camper sold, but also an extra jetski trailer we have here. Every time I turned around, he was texting the two perspective owners back and forth. Poor guy! I know he just wants these two things sold and it is going to happen today. Matt will be delivering the jetski trailer and the camper to their respective new owners this morning!
I am sure going to miss our old camper, we had a lot of fun in there! I still remembering buying it when Courtney was about 11 months old. I remember her "scooting" around on the floor and into the bunks. We made a trip to St. Lous, two trips to Memphis, TN, a trip to Colorado, one trip around Iowa (Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Okoboji), and a trip last week to Des Moines. We made many trips to Fremont along with camping at Branched Oak and Mahoney. We got plenty of use out of it!!! (And between insurance money and the sale of it today, we are going to get back exactly what we paid for it 6 years ago! What a deal!)
The camper has been such a good investment in family time. I don't think we would be doing all these trips and spending so much time for a family if we didn't have it. We both value family time and it has been great for that! When we went to go look at new ones, he says he doesn't mind spending a little bit more because it has been such a great investment for our family! I love the way he thinks!!!
I think we are going to be picking up our new camper Wednesday. We emptied out our old one out this morning and just put everything in the garage, this way we can load the new one up Thursday and go camping on Friday!
Thursday, June 13, 2013
New Camper! (Or "tamper" as Christian says)
In April, our camper got totaled out in the hail storm. There was hail damage on all four sides and the insurance decided that it would cost more to fix it then it was worth, so they paid us out for our damages. We decided to buy the camper back from them and then sell it on our own. Good plan, right? Most definitely.
So in the meantime, we have been searching for a new camper. Between the insurance money and some of our own thrown in there, we decided that we can get a pretty good one. Our first intention was to get a new-used one, you know, one that is really new and nice yet, but yet a couple of years old. We also want a camper with a bunkhouse, less than 8000 pounds, and fiberglass siding.
We started searching online and going to camper dealerships and soon realized that this wasn't going to work out like we thought. We didn't find any slightly used campers with our specifications, so we started looking in the" new" department.
Tonight we finally settled on a camper. It is 2013 Rockwood Windjammer 3006W. It has fiberglass siding, bunks, and weighs just a little bit more than our old camper. I think it will work out great! It has two slide-outs and a door from the outside right into the bathroom. It has plenty of storage and the kids seem to love it. It is a lot nice than our other one!
Now to get our other one sold because until then we have two campers. :)
I don't think we will be able to pick it up until next Wednesday and we are going camping on Friday!!
So in the meantime, we have been searching for a new camper. Between the insurance money and some of our own thrown in there, we decided that we can get a pretty good one. Our first intention was to get a new-used one, you know, one that is really new and nice yet, but yet a couple of years old. We also want a camper with a bunkhouse, less than 8000 pounds, and fiberglass siding.
We started searching online and going to camper dealerships and soon realized that this wasn't going to work out like we thought. We didn't find any slightly used campers with our specifications, so we started looking in the" new" department.
Tonight we finally settled on a camper. It is 2013 Rockwood Windjammer 3006W. It has fiberglass siding, bunks, and weighs just a little bit more than our old camper. I think it will work out great! It has two slide-outs and a door from the outside right into the bathroom. It has plenty of storage and the kids seem to love it. It is a lot nice than our other one!
Now to get our other one sold because until then we have two campers. :)
I don't think we will be able to pick it up until next Wednesday and we are going camping on Friday!!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
We did it!
June 10th is a busy day in our house.
It is our anniversary and Christian's birthday.
It really bothers me that we share the day and I struggle all year with how to celebrate both. Why couldn't he have been born the day before or the day after?? (You know when your water breaks at 2:30 am and there is that silly 24 hour rule, there was no way around it at the time!)
I think we celebrated both this year and it worked out great!
We went out for lunch for Christian's birthday and took him shopping for his own presents (terrible, I know!)
Then in the evening, grandma watched our kids while Matt and I went out for dinner and camper shopping.
I felt good at the end of the day. I felt both occasions were celebrated appropriately and I didn't feel like I lost my day to a 3 year old!
Of course, his birthday party is Friday night, so he will get to celebrate some more!
It is our anniversary and Christian's birthday.
It really bothers me that we share the day and I struggle all year with how to celebrate both. Why couldn't he have been born the day before or the day after?? (You know when your water breaks at 2:30 am and there is that silly 24 hour rule, there was no way around it at the time!)
I think we celebrated both this year and it worked out great!
We went out for lunch for Christian's birthday and took him shopping for his own presents (terrible, I know!)
Then in the evening, grandma watched our kids while Matt and I went out for dinner and camper shopping.
I felt good at the end of the day. I felt both occasions were celebrated appropriately and I didn't feel like I lost my day to a 3 year old!
Of course, his birthday party is Friday night, so he will get to celebrate some more!
Megan and Rachel
Morningstar Ballet Dance Recital
May 31st, 2013
Ok, Megan, next time I want to take a cute picture with your friend, stand up straight, ok?? :)
It is still pretty cute!!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
High Trestle Trail in Des Moines, IA
Last week as we were heading home from Des Moines, we decided to go out of our way to check out the High Trestle Trail north of Des Moines, Iowa. A friend of the family had told us it was pretty neat, so we wanted to see it ourselves. The High Trestle Trail is 25 miles long, but on the trail between Madrid and Woodward, there is a half mile bridge that makes up the trail and it takes you over the Des Moines River.
Here the girls are getting started. We parked about a mile away from the bridge.
Approaching the bridge:
The bridge over the Des Moines River. It is supposed to look like you were inside a mine since a lot of coal mining was done in the area.
The view from the other side.
Learning about the history of the bridge:
Somebody who was not having F-U-N at the time!
We only biked beyond the bridge for about a mile, then we turned around and headed back to the truck. We are glad we did because about five minutes later, it decided to rain!
2 1/2 hours later we were home!
Here the girls are getting started. We parked about a mile away from the bridge.
Approaching the bridge:
The bridge over the Des Moines River. It is supposed to look like you were inside a mine since a lot of coal mining was done in the area.
The view from the other side.
Learning about the history of the bridge:
Somebody who was not having F-U-N at the time!
2 1/2 hours later we were home!
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