Friday Night Football Game ~ Part 2

Lauren was in a dance camp this week after school and they performed on the field before the Johnston High School football game.  She was a tad nervous believe it or not... but once she was out there... she did great.

She looks so worried here because she was looking for us in the crowd and didn't see us!

 

Lauren and her coaches.

We stayed for the first quarter and Lauren was really into it.. she had no idea what was going on but when the crowd cheered... so did she!  Then she got really hungry so we left and went out to eat with Grandma and Grandpa Hubbard.

Friday Night Football Game ~ Part 1

Elise had her first cheer performance at the Johnston high school football game.  She was dressed well before we had to go and was soooo excited!

The Silver Squad!

Elise and Paige.. best buddies.  They were even more hyped up last night because Elise got to sleep over at her house... she is growing up way too fast!

 

 

The Painted House

We are finally getting the house painted!!  It has needed it for a few years now but we finally made the decision to do it.  My sister Mollie actually found the paint color so I can't wait to show her the after pics.  These next pics are the before pics... the blue/gray color.



I didn't get any before photos of the house because I had been out of town at a conference and when I got home, the back was all ready done... so this is it for now.

The lighting isn't great but this is the new color... Dovetail by sherwin williams.  They still need a second coat on the front and then the white trim needs to be done.. then that project is done.  I LOVE the color.

 



The McAuley's come to visit.

Matt, Mollie and Charlie came up last weekend so Matt could help Eric with the deck.  The girls loved playing with Charlie and I think he liked it too.

Charlies loves his trains. 

Not really sure why Charlie wanted to ride in the bottom but he liked it.  It was so funny.

Charlie and Elise looking at our fish.  Charlie was quite excited to watch him swim around.

This was hilarious to watch.  Charlie was "beating up" Elise.

The big bad beam!

The neighbor guys coming over to help get the beam on... it's only about 30 feet long and really heavy.  Eric told me not to take pictures.. hee hee

And it is done.. at least the structure is.  We have passed inspection and now we can put the deck boards on and the railing and the stairs... and October starts in 3 days so here is hoping the weather holds out for us.

A little rest on the "deck" (you can see my house paint samples behind him... more to come on that).

Fall is here!!

Miss Arnold's First Grade Class

I was able to go on Lauren's field trip to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch in Cambridge, IA.  It was a chilly morning but sooo much fun.

The Tunnel

Sitting in the old school house.

Faith Fluerehelm (front) and Lizzie Alsteen (right).

Learning how bees pollinate the apple trees.

Learning how they put weights on the apple trees to open them up for the sun.

Lizzie Alsteen

These horses were so beautiful and HUGE.  Our instructor told us that if we clap the horse will come out of the barn and sure enough, the kids clapped and out she came!

Piggies!!  Reminds me of my aunt and uncle's farm up near Pomeroy, IA.

There were goats everywhere.... they had a very high bridge and they just run around.

Awwwww, baby goats.

 

Learning how they pick, sort and clean the apples for shipping... it smelled so good in here.

Group hugs!!

On the hay ride out to the pumpkin patch.

Miss Arnold with Katelynn and Caroline.

Picking gourds in the patch.  We all were able to bring 2 home... there were some really pretty ones.

Lunch Time....

 

We didn't have a lot of play time but had a few minutes to jump on the giant pillow.

This was a challenge to get them all to stop bouncing and screaming long enough to snap a photo!!

 

This video is hilarious.  There were the houses for the 3 Little Pigs... and they were running from the big bad wolf!!