The Kitchen project

And more....

Our present living room. Ah - a basically "blank canvas" - that's the way I look at it - for the possibilities!
Next is the dining area... ya the light will someday be replaced but for now it functions and we can see our dinner.
Here is a little baby bird outside our bedroom window - a little sparrow. Mommy bird comes to feed it often.
And now - the kitchen in transition. The cupboards were that 80's style wood. I suppose we could have sanded them down and re-stained them but we decided to just go ahead and paint them an off-white. Rachel does as much painting as she can - as the children "allow".
Haven't covered the windows yet either.


For now we plan to paint the light fixture (the wood around it) to match the cupboards but eventually we'll update the lighting altogether in there.
Thanks for joining us on this journey! I'm sure you'll see much progress as our kitchen and house changes as the time goes by. Blessings!

More March pictures

Arielle wearing a nightgown that was my mothers when she was a baby!!



Arielle "Little house on the prairie" style.

Did I already show this one? Well if I did it deserves a second glance - the two of them together - it is so cute! Nathanael loves his little sister and she sure does love him too.
Arielle already likes to talk on the phone - not even six months old yet!
"It's for you"


Here are some pictures where you may notice the boxes and clutter from our recent move. It's a slow process cleaning out the counters, cupboards and drawers in order to put things away. We're doing the best we can considering that everyone's too busy or too far away to help. Day by day and box by box we are slowly settling in and making repairs to our little fixer-upper.


Nathanael sitting in the stroller in the living room.

Arielle in the high chair playing happily.

Nathanael hiding as usual from the camera - this time under the table.

March pictures and updates

March has been a busy and eventful month for us. We purchased our first little house! We are so excited about our new home. We have also had to say "goodbye for now" to a wonderful lady: Carol Badger (Scott's maternal grandmother) passed from this earth into Heaven to be with Jesus. And although we celebrate her presence with the Lord we also mourn for our selves who will miss her greatly until the day we are all united together again.

My brother and sister in law stayed with us for a few weeks in February and March. Below is a picture of the children all "camping out" one night with my mom (AKA: "Mima"). Hannah (L. Joshua's sister), Andrew (AKA: "Bubu"), our Nathanael, Joshua, Nicholas (AKA: "Pickle"), and Layla. All very tired from playing together all day.




















Arielle in her carseat/stroller






















Arielle trying to chew on the car seat cover. Nathanael riding along in the sit n' stand.

















Arielle in her little purple dress. She wore this to Grandma's memorial service.












Arielle wearing an outfit that Rachel's grandmother "Granny C" gave to her.























Arielle in a cute little pink bouncy seat. I took it back because she actually likes Nathanael's old one better!














But she sure did look cute in it so I took some pictures of her in it.
























Another picture of the kiddos altogether.















Arielle playing with and putting her feet in her mouth - such a silly sweetie!




































Arielle's pacifiers (he, he).











Nathanael and Arielle
















Earlier Arielle had an ear infection in both ears - here's Scott/daddy gently taking her temp, which confirmed she needed a visit to the doctor and sure enough - we were right - both ears. Poor little baby - she's doing much better now.










Arielle on her play mat.