Building plans

If you follow me on Pinterest, you know that I have been pinning LOTS of floor plans... We have decided that we want to build a new home! Pretty exciting and a bit daunting too. After looking at hundreds of plans.. (they all start to look the same after a while), we finally found this one that we really like!

We want to change the front a bit. It won't jog out or have the double dormer, but I was inspired by this picture:

So we want to try to do that.

The main level floor plan. Pretty much perfect, just trying to fit in a pantry space, and elimanate the front door off the master bedroom, as well as the cute little nook (to cut down on costs). We will probablly replace it with french doors. And elimanate the french doors off the dinning room.

The upper level is again just about perfect, we will frame in the rec room to make another bedroom though, and leave the bonus spaces unfinished for now. Well thats it, our Dream Home! Now just chipping away at all the little things that we need to do to prepare to build. Yesterday Wayne and Dad started clearing some russian olives to carve out our site. It was pretty exciting to see something happening! A lot of work ahead, but so excited and looking forward to the end result! :)

Anna's Insect Collection

Anna was assigned to create an insect collection for school. We had lots of fun finding insects all over our yard and feild. We even found a praying mantis!  (though it was missing a leg). Anna came up with this idea for dispalying them, it turned out really nice.  She is enjoying 3rd grade and is busy with homework, Activity days, Dance and new this year: Piano. She really likes her piano teacher and wants to go 2x a week instead of just once!

I found this cute back to school subway art printable on pinterest and came up with my own little back to school decoration, featuring our cute kids back to school pictures inside the bus and school house. It has been fun and helped us be excited about school! :) 

Megan is enjoying 1st grade. Her teacher does lots of cool stuff with them: a mighty "Oh yea!" when they do something good, and a mighty Grr! when they do something bad. She is constantly reapeating their rules "Be smart, Be safe", and telling us about draining your brain, ect. She is also busy with homework, dance and new for her: Gymnastics! Yeah! she is on a roll, literaly. Praciticing front flips, kart wheels, hand stands and more. 

 

David starts Preschool

David started preschool this month. He loves it! The first day we went together and learned all about what he would be doing. He was such a jabberbox and little social butterfly. He is definetly not shy! He made this little rocket that hangs in his class. Sorry the picture is blurry, I dropped my camera in some sand and its not working so I've had to use an older one lately.

His 'new' spiderman backpack :)

He really loves school, and wants to go everyday not just twice a week. After the first day he went by himself he was telling me all about the fun things he did and playtime outside. I asked him if it was fun and he said, "It was fun, fun, fun!" What a cute boy! He's growing up too fast.