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Down stairs

Here is the living room with fireplace down stairs and the small kitchenette.

There is also a canning room and a pantry down there. Oh, and don't forget the cedar room. I now have that extra closet space I have always needed. (ask mom)

Perfect setup

There are three bedrooms upstairs (master and 2 rooms) and 2 bedrooms downstairs. (perfect) I have always dreaded having a master where I would have to climb stairs or having one of the smaller children down if we were upstairs. This worked out perfect. Mackenzie and Mike can be down and the two younger ones can be upstairs with us. Kenzie liked this room best because it had the closet that was so big under the stair well.

Mike of course did not care what he got. He just loved that he was down stairs away from us.

March has been busy!

Well, we have been busy here. Darrel is in Washington State if you didn't know. We all (the four kids and I) went last week over spring break to see him. I needed to find a place to live since we will be moving there at end of May (or first week in June) and needed to at least see where I was going. I dreaded it but once we got there it was wonderful! I loved it. We found a great house, the kids got to do some sight seeing and we spent lots of time together which was not bad. The house is 5 bedroom and 3 bath with a basement. The nice thing is the basement can be entered by the garage so you don't have to take any furniture through the stairwell. The house is older (built in 1979) but it has all the things we were looking for so I don't mind. Here are some of the pictures. The kids love the house too so that is nice.

Here is a picture of the entry way where there is NO carpet to ruin when you come in wet. (yea!) Just forward and to the right is the entrance to the laundry room where we will be keeping things when they are wet.

Michael

Oh, Patsy will get a kick out of this. Forgot to tell you how Michael finally got both of them out. The first one fell out when he bit Mackenzie on the leg. The other one fell out when he was playing football and he threw it and it bounced off the wall and hit him in the mouth. They both were very loose when each happened but not the typical way of having them fall out I guess.

Toothless Mike

Well, these teeth have been loose forever! They finally fell out. He is all gums in the front. He has his two incisors on the bottom that are loose also.

Now I'm beautiful!

Amanda has been telling me for weeks now she needs a hair cut. She has scared me that she will try to cut it herself so I pulled out the sissors and cut it the other night. I trimmed off the back about an inch and a half but it curls up so it looks like a lot. Anyway, after I cut it she said " Momma, now I am beautiful!" (she is only told she is beautiful 10 times a day. I guess that is not enough)

Mackenzie

Well, her birthday was Sunday. 9 - I feel old. She loved her birthday though and especially her webkinz she got from granny. I don't have a picture of it though.

Amanda and her pretty dress

Amanda may play hard but she still likes her dresses...

The baby is getting big

Funny thoughts

Amanda says the funniest things...I asked amanda why she was putting stickers all over her legs. (she had my little pony stickers) She said the ponies would protect her when she fell down.

Picture

Here are all the pictures I was talking about before.

Granny's quilt

Here is the whole blanket. It is so cute. She will use this for years. And her colors too. Pink and purple.

Amanda's bed...

Granny made this blanket for Amanda's bed. It is so cute. I know it was in the other picture but we needed a close up of it. It has a little girl sleeping on a pillow under the blanket. Amanda saw it and said, "Ah, it is so cute!". This is her saying for anything that she likes (stuffed animals, dolls, scrapbook pages I make, ect.)

Above is a closs up of the whole blanket.

Dresser

Here is a closs up of the cabinets. Amanda and her books and stuffed animals and Jake with his trucks.

Amanda

Here is Amanda's side of the room. Can you tell she is into Dora this year?

Jake and Amanda's room

Look at the new furniture. Actually it is old but in a new part of the house. This was the stereo cabinets. Since I have owned it for 8 years though and never had the stereo hooked up I didn't figure it was worth cluttering up my living room any longer. Jake and Amanda do not have a dresser. This works very well for them and helps clean up the room.

Jake

Jake in his bed. He looks so tall. He is tall but he is standing on his tip toes. His armpits go over the side of the bed with the mattress all the way down when is on his tip toes. (the only way he stands)

Pretty in Purple

This is one of the Christmas outfits that Granny got Amanda. We always worry about a white shirt with Amanda. She is just like having a boy. Not a clean stitch on her. We made it all day in this then about an hour before bed she snuck in Mackenzie's room and got ahold of her make up (blush or eyeshadow) that was brown and now the shirt is covered in makeup. I have washed it once and most of it came out. I am going to try one more time before I give up.

The Candy Santa

Here is the candy santa.