September #2

Laundry/Mud room floor

Master Bath floor

Boys bathroom

Railing on the garage landing

Stair railing and trim and doors (which yours truly stained, den helped a bit, and gina too)

Have I mentioned how hard Den and others are working for us? I'm so thankful!

Kitchen before counter tops

Kitchen after counter tops. I LOVE them.

Counter close up.

And some extra cuteness for good measure.

For anyone who is confused: We are living with Den's parents, and hopefully moving in to our house very soon. We have started homeschooling but will dive more into that once we are settled in our new home. 

September #1

1st day of Preschool!

Swing!

Do not be deceived by this sweet spaghetti covered face. He has been a royal stinker. (some of the time)

Celebrated mom in law Donna's birthday. Frogmore feast at Dave and Gina's. Four generations present.  Thankful for this woman and that she is willing to let us crash their pad while we finish our house!

Front doors, partially installed kitchen, hickory flooring in great room and our ugly old fridge to keep it real.

The brothers working hard to make me happy.

My boy. He lost another tooth!  When does this stop?

August #2

I was able to take the 3 littles to Dutch Wonderland before we moved south.  The older two worked hard and read tons to earn their free tickets to go. I took Van along and he loved it. Always fun to have a day of yeses with the kids. Loved it.

In one of the lines I saw what my brother could look like in the future...almost.

Uncle Dave is a hero when he gives go cart rides. Notice the safety goggles on Joash. Safety is obviously a priority once again on the Spangler farm.

Some of us don't like it when the ride is over. You can tell that I am very sympathetic.

Spangler fam reunion 2012!  Dennis' dad is in the blue on the right with is siblings. Yes, 10 kids.

Van and Joash at their preschool open house.  They are not in the same class and I think it's probably a good thing. TROUBLE!

*For all of you that are thinking...ya ya ya...where are the house photos? Hold your horses, they are coming.

August

Dennis has been super busy. Bless his hard working self.

We had an anniversary! 13 years. Love him. Dinner at home with the kids (well...really at Tina's where we were camping out for a week while she was at the beach with her family.) Spinach & garlic stuffed pork loin, roasted potatoes, asparagus.  Went downtown for dessert at Pour where I had the blackberry sampler (no longer in season) and Den had a salami plate.

At our Lapp home staycation.

He broke into his buddy Sydney's shoe stash.

Our life in boxes.

Took one last walk/ride down Clearview Rd.

Some of us didn't get it at first.

One last ball game in the yard.

A paint mishap from the early years.

What I was greeted with when we first  moved in during a huge snow of January 2005.

What I won't miss. 

 

 

 

 

 

We were grateful for this home. It was a lot of room, a lot of character and very little rent. It allowed me to be close to everything convenient and close to some dear friends who were a support in the first "dark years" here. We brought 2 babies home to this house.  This place was a gift.  But I am over it. Being close to all those places and people...not so over that. But the healing will come. To this house I say "Yes, go.  I would not wish you back again."