One year ago

It has been on my mind lately that we are coming up on a year in our house. So it wasn't a surprise that I pulled out moving pictures to work on tonight. What was a surprise was realizing that is was exactly one year  ago today! To read all about our crazy moving day check out this post.

So after a year, we still totally love this house and have really made it a home. There are still some boxes to take care of, an office to figure out and we hope to have a few more things on the wall before family visit this fall. We're loving it here!

Take Twelve

My Sept layout. I love that I am able to get this finished each month.

 

Products:  LivEdesigns SSunFun kit, Ella Publishing take-twelve-guided-inspiration-kit 
Find more Take Twelve info and link ups on the ellapublishing.com blog.

Ten Things - First Day of School

This year brought us big changes with Aiden starting kindergarten. We have definitely been going through an adjustment period with the schedule changes. Another change was that the boys did not start school the same week. So here are 10 pictures from their first days for Shimelle's 10 things this month.

 Taking the bus for day 2

 I helped out at lunch the first week.

Logan all ready to start his Sea Turtle class.

Had a great first day.

Baking muffins with Logan

Needed to use up some bananas so Logan helped me make muffins. Tried this recipe. 

My little helper

yum Banana muffins!

Take Twelve

My layout for August. I ended up changing one of the items on the list just so I could include my new, super cute bird house. 

Products: Persnickety Prints Sun and Sea Free kit, Ella Publishing take-twelve-guided-inspiration-kit 
Find more Take Twelve info and link ups on the ellapublishing.com blog.

Ten Things

For this month's Ten Things I'm going to do a highlight of our recent vacation.

 Picking veggies from the garden. The boys were really impressed with the garden (don't think they ever saw a real one) and was asking what each plant was.

 Having fun at the Mall of America.

 Sea Life at the Mall of America.

 Helping Grandpa plant some flowers

Checking out the Dino's at the MN Zoo. It was only like 98F this day. So much for getting away from the heat.

 Visiting the puppies and Uncle Kev.

 Hanging with cousins...Elizabeth

and Carmine

 Helping Grandma and hanging outside. Temps are much better.

Seeing the Twins at their new stadium.

Ten Things is part of Shimelle's10 Things.

A new recipe

I came across this recipe for Tortellini and Spinach Soup on the Disneyfamily.com site. It looked really easy and had some veggies, things I'm looking for. It was a hit. Logan didn't eat it but he only eats like five things, but Aiden ate it even with the spinach which he previously wouldn't touch. Yeah for small victories. Check the link for a better picture.