Life in Nebraska ....

These pictures are all out of order.  But they show you a little of what we did in the last month. Mathias played and handled the big moving day like a pro. Matt's parents and Uncle and Aunt took care of the whole putting the freezers back together thing.   The swarm of kids were here for a bit.... First Morning here....cereal as ususal.  Shilah came and spent 5 days.  We just got back from taking her to the airport.  It is a  sad night here.  We're loving the bar area.  Shilah and I went out to the shop and found some bar stools on Sunday.... One area I am pretty happy about....a small bit of order. Dear Aunt Shilah and my Mathisas. a curtain I found on clearance... The worst of the freezer business.... One small precious who helped moving day.... Add caption Paper bag fun we had one evening Our last chance to walk the woods where we lived before...It was a beaut...

We went to the zoo the other week.   The safari Jeep in the hands on building.... One of the finer moments in a baking Friday.  I came upstairs to find this going on.  Mathias' gift for number 2 day.  Destroying as always!   Staying "waream"....translated warm.   We are on the count down to moving!  A week from now we will be gearing up to be out of here!  My sister Shilah is flying in the 24th to help us for 4 days and we hope to make  much progress in getting settled over there.      Our lives are very busy.  Last week was full of adventure.  Some not so nice.  Some really nice.  The roof Matt had going last week turned out to be much messier and bigger than he thought and it was 2 hours from home.  We saw him in tiny little bits  at bedtime.  And on Thursday we actually ate supper together!  After supper he left to work on the house...

I don't know how it happened but my baby boy turns two today.  He's been our little healer and joy.  He's our gift from God.   Last Sunday we went to the park for a little cousin's birthday.  He was forever hurting himself.... At the Skrivseth family reunion...with Grandma Foof....as he so lovingly calls her!  When he sees this picture he talks about himself dying.....he means he's crying.... He's my happy boy.  He thinks he's as old as his brothers and he truly believes everybody loves him...and it's their loss if they don't.  He's been trying to tell me all sorts of things lately....most of which has to be said with gasps of breath and much thinking till he gets the whole sentence out.  When I finally understand what he's saying he'll nod his head and say  uh-huuuuu.  Which means yes.  or Day means yes too.  either way he communicates quite well.

This is the closest in color on a pic as I can get Dear Precious was telling me something...I wasn't getting it....he was frustrated. Pantry closet And a crooked picture for April.    The new windows for the kitchen just came in so when we get those in and all fixed up I will be ready to scrub that kitchen HARD.  Because some mice got in there and scared me silly.  Matt had a nice big grin on his face because I screamed.  But you  would scream too if you saw a scurry of grey and a fat gross tail go scuttling out of a drawer!  I have traps set everywhere....And I'm hoping they all get caught...and suffer as they die. So anyhow, go to my last post to see the before pics.  And when we're all done with the whole mess I'll post some final pics too of the whole house.

So this is where we are right now.  Dirty/ Ugly rooms abound.  But it's getting better.  Thursday we do a paint day and we shall see what improvements happen that day.  I'll show you then what progress we made.  Until Then....have a good week.  

      There are a lot of little things being completed now.  Our Fall time is here.      At the house, Matt got the paint picked for the outside of the house.  Looks perfect.  Next summer I'll get the exterior doors painted.  In the end it will be red white and blue! :)  Other things happening at the house:  We have two guys finishing up mudding and sanding and trim work.  So next week I can paint... the rest of the house!  Yes!     Our revivals are done.  We had a great week of revivals.  Very refreshing for Matt and I.      My canning is nearly finished!  I actually got some fabulous tomatoes from those plants I planted two months late!  amazing.       My oven and my washer both died in the last week.  Matt has purchased some VERY nice replacements for me.  There is something nice about having household appliances that work well.  I am s...

    Today I took my Keagan once again to the doc.  She says my boys look like they're suffering allergy issues like all the other people in Nebraska right now.  Dark circles under the eyes and drainage and swollen glands.  She says with the drought dryness  making sick dead grass mold spores float everywhere and the corn dust being kicked up with harvest getting into gear, that most of her cold issue patients are actually allergy issues.  So there you have it...it's all Nebraska's fault that my kids look like I push them to their limits and they don't feel good.  I really do let them sleep now and again and I really do feed them real food too.     Speaking of sleep.  It is 9pm and all the tiggers are tucked in already!  Our schedules have been so rotten lately.  But tonight Matt worked at the house without us and he's just now on the way home.  Keagan fell asleep on the big chair right after supper.  I just chec...