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"Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life." -Sophocles

Families at Heart

We went to our first Families at Heart event. At the aeromed hanger at the airport, there were some cool rescue vehicles that the kids could get up close and explore including a firetruck, an ambulance, and a helicopter. We got to ride in a vintage fire truck. Ella's also enjoyed sitting in the helicopter seat and fastening the seat belt buckles. For the grand finale, we got to watch one of the helicopters land.

It's a four-point harness! Ella just loves any sort of buckles and likes to fasten them herself.

This is a brand new helicopter that has not yet flown any patients.

Our kitchen remodel - phase two

Tyler's dad, Michael is visiting and the two guys are working on part two of our kitchen remodel. They completely demolished our old kitchen and are turning it into our dining area. Old cabinets-gone! Old plaster walls-gone! Old red and white parkait floor-gone! Old back door-gone! Old kitchen window-gone! What's new? A widened opening from the family room to the dining area, a perfectly leveled sub floor, a new window. What's to come soon? New drywall, new hardwood floor, new light fixtures. Can you believe it? Our last remodeling project and our 105 year old house will be complete!
























Tyler removing layers of old flooring.

























You can actually see down to the basement.




















A view from the outside. Old door-gone!





















The make-shift plastic door to keep out the dust.





















The third pile of junk outside our house.

Can you believe Ella and Maddy are both sleeping right now through all the noise?

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Happy Birthday Marcella

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