What we have been up to!!! Before and Afters!!

 So our old house had lovely "bones" or( so WE thought!!) but lacked the character and t.l.c. of a beloved homestead. This is the before picture of when we bought it. an attached garage, and a small hall/entrance way...

                                a plain little lawn with no walkway leading to the homey front porch

                       Well this is what we have been up to the last month and a bit!! Lots of freebie plants("come and dig them...mine are getting too big and overgrown" type of freebies. Free rock and dirt"do you want these? The flower beds are causing my garage to leak water and my back is too bad to haul it all away, but I want it gone, if you want it, come take it " And lots of sunshiney days to work away, and these are the results!!!!

         Our darling home is looking so happy and healthy..(.well don't look too hard at the roof and windows!!)In time...in time!!

  My husband is the oh so talented rocksmith....isn't he a wonder??? :)

    So the old garage and small dark entry we are turning into a sun filled family room and roomy mudroom!! Gone is the dank, cracked cement floor and musty smelling room, and in it's place is a big warm room ready for gyprock!!! So I will post pictures of that when we are done...hopefully before the end of the summer, but we will see!!!

                   A huge big window to let the suns warmth in, and a long flower bed not complete yet.

                    Lots to do but oh the fun in seeing all the changes!

Eva Turns 4

 Eva's day of her party was spent dancing around very excited getting ready for her big celebration, and helping Mommy decorate her fun cake.

                                    When everyone showed up and started in on the food, the party was on!!! Jake found a great spot to rest,under the kiddos table!!

                         THE CAKE!!!!

                                              

                                                           Big puffs and 4 year old wishes

                                            The gifts came fast and furious!

                        And kept piling

                and piling...

  And piling up!!Eva had such a fun time and was a very happy girl.

                        Birthday morning family snuggles on Mommy and Daddy's bed!!

                      Family gifts too. Cards from Grampie and Grammies, Greats and Grands too!

       Eva received this movie in her stocking this past year at Christmas. She was so exited when she opened it that she snapped in in two trying to remove it from its case.The tears and sobs and the questions of "when can I get a new one Mommy" were so that we planned to give her another for her birthday. She was thrilled to open it up. Her real favorite though was the big girl Bible that Ryan and I gave her. She has been so wanting one with the whole Bible not just the New Testament ..and she got a little pink one!! Eva had been such a blessing to our family, and we are so glad that God has gifted her to us to love, cherish and raise  in His ways.

Catching up!!!

 Well, this is really too late to continue on my last post, but here it is, almost 1 month later and on this blog, the next day!!! So we went to Prince Edward Island the first of May for Ryan to take a seminary course. HE sat and learned all day long, and the girls and I had vacation! The first night we went to the beach but it was way too windy and chilly..the next night however......the girls donned their swim suits and lived it up!!! The locals thought we were crazy I think, but what a time the girls had!!

 Gleefully dashing in out of the almost frigid water!!

                        Having a ball in the sun warmed sand.

                                  My not so tiny anymore baby!! She loved stirring the sand around with her hands, feet and toes.

                                            family sand castle building!

                                        Mommy and Elin bubble blowing

                                         Meanwhile back at the farm!!!!!  This is baby May, almost 2 weeks old

This is Moses and May snuggled together

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 Our lady -in waiting Pippa, getting lots of rest...her time was near!!

                    Em and Moses

 Finally the day Emily had waited many months for!! Pippa was in labour!!

 Such a good first time Mommy! Emily helped deliver this little boy named Max

We stayed with the new little family as long as we could but had to run off after an hour to Emily's Awana closing event. When we returned, there were twin boys in the pen with a very tired and happy Pippa!! Emmy was over the moon happy that night!!

A fine day for the beach!!

Ryan had a seminary course to take on P.E.Island this week, and last minute found a spot for us all to stay while he was in class all day long. We were 5 min from Brackley Point Beach. The girls and I would spend the day at the cottage, and Ryan would come home from class, eat supper and take us there!! The first night we went it was a little cool and windy, but the girls had a blast running around and playing in the sand.

                               I love taking beach pictures.

                                        Elle's energy is limitless !!

                   

                                   Eva loved slopping around in the wet sand.

Me and my not so little baby!!

 Emily became a photographer for Ryan and I so we could have our picture together!! She rolled her eyes at this one!! (But grinned the whole time!!)

                                 Almost 12 years! Crazy how time is passing so quickly.

                   Emily's heartfelt message to us in the sand.

          Heading back to the cabin for bed. They have never slept so well since we can remember. All that fresh Island air. Another fun experience was that the 4 girls shared 2 double beds. Elin and Emmy slept in one bed, and were so happy to snuggle down together, and Elle with Eva .They loved it!! Elin did tumble out of bed 2 nights in a row, but no major damage was done to her little self, just a few tears. I backed a chair up against her side the next night and it worked great as a little rail.
It was so much fun just getting away from the regular daily life!!