My apologies!!!

I was just looking at our blog and noticed that I haven't published the recent work we've done on the attic. OOPS, I had taken photos but never put them up! Big sorry to those who diligently are watching our progress...
Technically we haven't done that much. James and I finished insulating last week (Hallelujah), and have begun hanging more drywall. Many thanks to Dad and Devon who helped us get it upstairs! For Labor Day I think we will be hanging even more drywall as that is the point we are at. I can tell you that it is not our favorite part of the process, especially since there is not one wall in our blessed home which is square! Even more dreaded is the mudding and sanding which comes next...ugh.

End of summer fun!

Here is the update for everyone on "the flowers" progress. I would also like to introduce, Connor, our new neighbor and Quinn's friend. As you can see both children and flower are growing like weeds and having fun to boot!

James and I finally hung our hammock that we received from Brooke and Jay years ago from their adventures in Mexico. It's already had a hole(which I was able to I sort of fix)! Ahhh the joys of having children! In any case all of us, even the neighbor..., are really enjoying it and have put it to good use!

In case you don't watch our running blog, we recently participated in a fun run with Lauren! It was a fun...but also an exhausting 5 miles along the lake shore! All three of us completed it with smiles on our faces and sweat down our backs. In other news, James is running the US Cellular Half Marathon taking place on Sept. 21st! So keep him in your thoughts!

Summer updates...

Summer is in full swing here, and with only one month to go before school starts, we have tons of things left to do. I wanted to quickly update everyone with some of the recent photos we have taken, accounting for some of our activities.

First, here is Quinn with her garden project. After planting seeds for a second time, we finally had some success and she now has something to show for her work. This is how big her plants are today, and with any luck they will only get bigger!

Owen completed his second summer of baseball. This year he was in a new league (sponsors were the Bandits) where they had pitchers instead of a pitching machine. He mostly played short stop and, all things considered ,played pretty well for his first year with real pitching. I believe the team went 7-9 which says a lot since most of the players on the team were 1st year players. James, as coach, was really proud of his boys and expects them to get even better as they become more seasoned! This is Owen on the field with the big "Bandits" at a recent home game, to celebrate the end of the season. I know you can't see him well, but they had a really good time!


July was a busy month, between holidays with the D's, anniversary parties in Indiana, birthdays and a trip to Devil's Lake in Baraboo we kept very busy. This is us at Devil's Lake. We did some geocaching along the north shore and had to climb some rock walls to get to our destination. Quinn amazed us by climbing the entire way herself! Stubborn and headstrong...I wonder where she gets that from!



Work on the attic is still underway. We finished the knee wall on the east side of the house and framed in a closet. Construction is at a stand still for the moment,until we can find some money to buy more supplies, but slowly the room is taking form.