The outside of our house !!!

Ok so you can kinda see how it was before,
it was ALL peeling paint like the far side there
when we bought it, then we started to side it
two summers ago and we are finally getting to
paint it!!!!!

And a little after, the garage on the side
there will soon be tore off and our new
addition will go in its place!!! Hopefully
next summer or so :)

My boy's helping out on Sun.

a little more of the front

All done with the front!!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE it :)

The Boy's new room :)

A good shot of one of the walls in the
Boy's NEW room!!!

A shot of the new paint job and also
Reed's first night in his new big- boy
bed :)

Another shot of the walls

The built-in dresser that Nate made
for the boy's!!! I LOVE IT :)

Gavin Sleeping in his new bed :)

It has been a long but not too long of a project, but I'm glad to say that all we have left to do is strip and stain the trim and that room will be TOTALLY done!!
something that doesn't get said alot in our house.....seems that we start little projects and then the weather gets nice outside and there is something else that needs to be done or whatever it is :( so I am really stoked about this!!! and Reed has not climbed out of his bed one time yet!! and Gavin is sleeping in his bed more than our bed now, so that is awesome too! for about the last year or so he has gotten like a little separation anxiety or something he doesn't really like to be alone anytime ?!?! oh well I better take when I can get it right now, I'm sure that will change before I know it !!! It would just be nice if it wasn't at 3:00 am!!! oh well that's what we signed up for with this parenting thing right?!

Spring time fun!!!!!!!

Well I have alot of updating to do!
We are so glad that it is getting nice outside! we have been waiting for this all winter!



Well Reed has been walking now for about 3 1/2 weeks now and he loves it :)
It is so cute to watch them get this independance.

Gavin is growing so fast also, I think he is getting so tall, I hope he isint having his growth spert now like I did or he's doomed :)

ok so this day we were enjoying the awesome
weather outside and Gavin had to pick me his
favorite flowers Dandelions! I noticed that I needed
to pick out the dead stuff out of my Flower pots outside
and I said to Gavin "we should go get new flowers to put
in my flower beds?!" and Gavin said to me " Mommy you don't
need to buy flowers we have ones that grow all by themselves"!!!!
oh my gosh he was talking about Dandelions :) I about died!!!

This looked like it spelled disaster!!

Gavin and Jaedin having a play date,
They are such good buddies :)

Reed's 1st haircut :)

Well I gave Reed his 1st haircut lastnight after I was done with my clients, not that the sides and back were long (because we didnt even touch them!!) but the back was terrible, a perfect MULLET!!! yuck! and when he got mad or really tired he would just pull on it and it was really bad, so we buzzed it off and he looks so grown up now, he will be 1 year old in a little less than 2 weeks!!! I cant even believe it!!! a year old already!!! it goes so fast :)



Reed Before his 1st haircut !!






Ok, so he didnt like it at first, but then
he was fine :)


SOOOO cute!!!


All done!!! and SO much better :)

My Brother


This is what happens when
a rock meets your eye!! Ouch!


Cheese!!!! :)


This is how the summer will go,
a baseball bat in one hand
and whatever else in the other!!!!


Gavin checking out some tunes!!! :)


The dresser coming together!!!!

Progress!!!

Well here I am again........Longer than I expected it to be again but oh well!!
Ok so we have been really busy again (or wait, I don't think it ever stopped being busy!! :) ) we are ready to fix the sheet rock in Gavin's room then we can paint!!! yay!!!! we've had lots of baseball already too, not enough for me though!! I could just sit and watch all day every day!!! I love it :)
we went up to St. Cloud to watch my brother Noah and his team yesterday, they were in the playoffs, they lost both games and are done for the season,but it was still a very fun day!!!
It was Nate's 27th birthday on the 26th of April, we didn't do a whole lot, we gave him his present on Fri. night so he could use it on Sat. morning when we went down to volunteer in Winona with our Church, it like the 7th time that we have gone as a Church!!! It has been very rewarding and such a blessing to be able to help those that were devastated by the flooding a year ago this last Aug.!!
there is still SOOOOOO much work to be done down there I cant even imagine what it would be like to go through what they have and are going through!!!

It is our 7th Anniversary today!!!! 7 years!!!! I cant even believe it! it really seems like just last week :) (not yesterday, but maybe last week!!) it has gone very fast none the less, and it's really been a fun ride, literally! lots of ups and downs, but more ups than downs I would say!!! I love him more now I would say than I did when I married him :) if that's possible!!!

well I am going to post some pictures tonight when I get back from my running clinic that I'm taking ( it is soooooo fun)!!!

Spring is here!!!!!!!

My Boy's


What? I'm Working!


Oh no!!!! You weren't
supposed to see me!!


My Master Planner!!!!


Gavin, ready for spring Ball !!!

So here I am again, it's been a long time since I have updated! So here we go:
So the beginning of March my Grandma Olson had a massive stroke and passed away (as you can read in earlier posts) then we got through all that and then had Easter with Nate's grandma the Sat. before Easter, the next day there was and outbreak of the flu at her nursing home and she never really recovered form it, so almost 1 month to the day of my grandmas passing, she passed away also.
So I am done going to funerals for a while I hope!!!
On a happier note, we started building a built-in dresser in the boys' room probably the middle of Feb.so after all of our busy march and April I think we are getting ready to wrap that project up!!!! I hope so, we have A LOT of outside projects to start as soon as the weather starts to stay nice for a bit!!!!
The boys are getting so big, Gavin can open the screen door at great grandmas now all by himself! he thought that was pretty cool!
Reed took 3 steps on his own yesterday :) it is so cute to see them gain there Independence :)
I am heading into the Prom and Wedding season starting tomorrow!!! yikes!
it is always a busy time of year! and this is proving to be no different.
Nate is also keeping very busy at work and at home! It's good, it keeps him out of trouble :)
Well it's late and I need to get my rest.......busy day tomorrow!