Lots to Celebrate!

11 years of marriage

The boys sharing their cards with Daddy

Laughing with Daddy on his birthday

Saturday morning laying low as Cole gets over his sickness

March has been a really busy, but fun month. Levi and I celebrated our 11th anniversary on the 18th, and then his birthday was on that same weekend. We went to KC to visit my family and go out for dinner to celebrate our anniversary with our friends Jen and Nate. We had a really fun time, and even stayed an extra day longer than usual as Levi had the next week off of work. I got to go shopping with my Mom on Saturday morning, and I loved and cherished that time with her. We've had fun watching the NCAA tournament, finished cleaning up our mess from all the construction around here, worked a lot on a school fundraiser that we had last night, and just enjoyed a lot of family time. On Friday night Cole got sick in his bed, then several more times yesterday. We are thankful that he seems to be doing so much better today. Thankfully he is an incredibly good sick kid...he feels bad, cleanly does his business, then you find out later that he got sick again. He isn't dramatic about it in the slightest. I hated that he didn't feel well, but I did get to hold him and cuddle him most of the afternoon yesterday. (which is very rare) We had our Trivia night fundraiser at the school last night and it was so fun! Levi ended up staying home with the boys, but we still had almost a full table of friends and family there. I think it was a huge success, and I haven't laughed that much in quite awhile. Levi and I are thankful to the Lord for our 11 years together, and thankful for our friends and family who we can always count on. You can't possibly know how precious you are to us!

Spring Break

This week Marcus has been home on spring break. It has been a great week to just be home enjoying our family. It has been a very relaxing time, and it was much needed. With the kitchen remodel pretty much done, life seems much less hectic. We are thankful that we got so much done in a short amount of time though, and the new kitchen is already such a blessing.

The boys are enjoying all their time together this week. I'm so thankful they love playing together and usually get along so well. Tomorrow it is supposed to be much warmer here, so hopefully they will get some time outside.

Nearing the finish line

David and Jim
Jim and David
Levi

David and Jim started working on our trim (crown molding, baseboards, and wall trim) on Friday. By Friday night they had almost all of the crown molding up, and Levi was able to caulk all of the places that needed it when he got home from work. Saturday they were able to get all of the baseboards up and so all that is left is the trim that goes on the top of the beadboard, and corner pieces. After that is all up we will go through and add one more coat of white paint to everything, then we will be done with the kitchen renovation.

On Friday night I sealed the grout on the kitchen floor, so by Saturday we were able to move the stove and refrigerator back in. It's really coming together nice, and we are so thankful for everyone's willingness to work on this project. Thank you guys for all of your work!! Our house is really feeling like a home.