some details...

cedar impressions siding on gable end of garage

siding w/ trim around dining room french door. these doors were free! yay for that but I wouldn't have chosen the grid in the glass or white. Den says we can paint them :)

basement has concrete! now the kids can ride their bikes down there.

more siding on the house (garage)

Front of the house w/ windows, some siding and temporary front doors (don't want to nic up the nice ones)

Days...

He wanders.

"I'll come back, but I don't have to like it!"

"Mommy I have sticks, and I want to put them in water."

sure.

The Bread

These boys are the bread on my kid sandwich.

I love capturing these moments where they are on the floor looking at books, being peaceful. Because if I don't I'm sure that I'll forget because the living room is usually a wrestling ring, or a bull pen before bed time.  That is too loud to forget.

They hang out.

I'll be heading down tomorrow to see what they've done, but this is from last weekend. There is some siding on the south side.

Den started some stone around the basement to see if he could do it himself. He's feeling good about it.

Storage above the basement steps. Eden was in a "don't take my picture" mood.

Dennis has been installing recessed lighting.

My tub, that I got a FABULOUS deal on.

Front of the house.

And this is a live and learn kind of thing.  I wanted a sky light over Eden's bathroom but I did not know there would be a bubble sticking out of our roof. I don't know if I would have done it still.  But Dennis says there will be other things sticking out of our roof too. I don't like that. But whatcha gonna do?

Winter?

We've been taking care of the neighbors chickens, and getting to keep the eggs!

My animal girl loves this.

We have another independent reader in the house. Or perhaps just another Star Wars lover as the book has blueprints for ships from a galaxy far far away.

Our neighbors moved (thus watching their chickens until they come get them) and the kids were able to run free on the other side until the new ones came. Come they did. I'm such a baby about change. Let's just say that I'm going to love living in the country again.

This guy is my little helper. He's been asking me to play with him more and I'm doing my best to oblige. It's really not my strength as a mom. I'm better at having them do things with me, sometimes. Like these cookies for Jesse's class.

Or games, I like games :)

He made this in Sunday school.

We were excited.

So, someone (la) had asked about my new camera. It's a new to me SLR, an upgrade from my power shot which I bought with Christmas money for 1/2 price. Woo!  I'm still learning and playing with it. As you can see by these seemingly good photos of Van until you look closely and see that his forehead is the part of the pic that is most in focus. Like I said, learning.

But, his beautiful eyes distract, don't they?

Flowers in February, what? Is this PA winter?  Not according to the natives and I'm totally okay with that. We've hardly had a day that lingered below 30.  Thank you Jesus.

For the record I notice Jesse is missing again! Ironically he is the best about posing for the camera if I ask. But he's always on the move so I need to be more intentional of recording his life. Who said the oldest child always has the most pictures taken of them? 

A Bit More Shape

Last Monday I went down to watch them set the trusses for the roof. I only stayed for 2 because it was FREEZING. But it was fun to watch with the boys and the machine looked like a transformer.

We pulled up right behind the load of trusses.

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