Spring Break

Well, this week is Spring Break and everyone is home and fully occupying our little house. We have lived in this tiny, 100+ year old house for two and half years now. Katlyn was living with her dad when we moved here and has since moved back home. So, what started out as cramped quarters has become even smaller. Oh, and we've added a dog to the mix too! It can be a real mad house sometimes. As in, everybodys mad because the bathroom needs a revolving door. At least we can say we have togetherness.... Sunday when Cody came home from his dads he brought an unwelcome guest with him- a stomach virus. It has hit Riley and now Hannah. Our family doesn't get sick often but when we do we all get it. I had some projects planned for around the house that probably won't get done because of it. Oh, well. I wanted to go through all the bedrooms and get rid of a bunch of stuff and hopefully free up what little space we do have. We got a few things done today that I've had on the to do list for a while. When we moved here one of the walls in the living room was slightly bowed. The living and dining rooms have paneling (yuck.) Turns out the plaster behind the paneling was crumbling. It kept crumbling and the paneling was coming apart. It is the first thing you see when you walk in the door and it sort of had that funhouse look to it. We got that fixed today along with the light fixture in the dining room that one of the kids broke (of course nobody knows who could have done that.) Even though they were minor repairs and the house is still kind of a dump I feel better. We're not going to be moving anytime soon so we might as well be taking care of the place. The kids that aren't sick have gone to a couple of movies. We've gone to the park. It's been really nice to just relax and not have to go to work or school or games for a few days. Carley got the bright idea tonight to have each of the kids write a short note to grandpa on an index card and she would put them all in the envelope and address it and mail it. Their letters were really cute so I'm going to invade their privacy and post them here:

Dear Grandpa I'm writing to
you because I haven't heard from you
for a wile. I wanted to tell you that
Im promoted to sargent in rotc. I'm
doing good in scool(crossed out)schooland
favrite classes are still metals and
rotc.I decided that I will go into the
military when I grow up.Hope to see you
soon. Dakota

Dear, Grampa
Hi Grampa! It's me Riley. I'm really good
at origami. I can make a lot of things. For
example-a crane,a scorpion,a penguin,a chicken,
a lily, etc. What are you really good at ma-
king? I can't wait to see you again.
Sincerely,
Riley
P.S. The crane's from me.

Hi Grandpa! I wanted to tell
you in girlscouts I'm working
on the healty eating badge
I have all ready earned three
more badges in girlscouts.
We went on fieldtrips.
and we selled a lot of
Girlscout cookies to people
at stores and we went
to there houses nad also
on my Birthday I got
a dog named peanut she
is a pomerenian and she
is pure bread and I will send
you a note every week
love, carley

Hi Grandpa! I love you..mwah...Hannah

Katlyn doesn't write letters. (Party pooper.)

I'm sure he will love these little notes. I know I did.