Look what I found!

I have been doing a little packing around here the last week or so. We are going to be moving in with Mimi and Popi (Mike's parents) for the next few months until the renovation is finished. We are so excited about this move and feel so blessed to have a family that's so gracious and giving.
We are looking forward to making alot of special memories these next few months, getting in alot of quality time with the grandparents (plus I'm gonna see if I can milk a few extra skills out of it like learning to knit and sew from Mimi, I'm pretty darn excited about that!) and Mike and I will be able to work on the reno. more together which is a huge blessing.
This has been such a testimony to God's provision for our family and we are so thankful for the countless ways He has shown His faithfulness.


This morning during packing, the girls decided to make forts out of our boxes. It kept 'em pretty occupied which was nice for mom b/c I got alot of packing done :)

Chillin' in their forts.

Decorating their forts. Emms' has become quite the little artist!

A Labor-ous Day

Saturday was full of painting! Glad to finally get a bit of color on our white walls. We started in the girls' rooms.

We chose to paint Lili's ceiling a light green, her walls will be painted white wainscoting for contrast.

Emma chose lavendar for her new room. Never thought I'd have a purple room, but I was really satisfied with how it turned out. It's not a very bright lavendar, its pretty subdued.

This is going to be my future guest room headboard! Can't wait to get started on this!

Drywall is UP!!!!

These were taken on the 2nd day of our drywall installation.

Walking through the front door into our living room area.

Future bookshelves and audio/visual.

Hallway to our master bath.

Tub in Master bathroom

Master shower :)

Lili's room

Lili's room again

Emma's room

I can not believe how quickly it went up!

Our First Grader!

School started today for our 6 year old. She was so excited to meet her new teacher and see all of her friends. It's really been a great summer but it went by so fast. We are so proud of our big girl. Time has certainly flown by.

Milestone

Emma is riding her bicycle without training wheels. This morning we went out for a little practice.

My fearless child

Emma started doing flips off the diving board today!

First Half

So, here are pics of the first half of our vacation. We were down at my mom and dad's for a week where the girls got to enjoy some good ole' southern fun!

Definitely not camera shy!

Had to do something to cool off!

Enjoying a nice picnic and then on to more swimming!

Emma (and Pawpaw) LOVES Bass Pro Shop, so we spent a little time there one day.

Enjoying target practice with Uncle Brad.

Pawpaw tried teaching Lili. She was more interested in pushing buttons and blinking lights though.

Um, I think a camping trip may be in our near future.

These are blurry, but it captured just how much fun these girls were having!