Easter 2017

This year, we celebrated Easter, Emmy's Birthday and Mimi's birthday 

in Chicago! 

A throwback t-shirt to Em's childhood favorite cartoon...

Rugrats! 

Kiera being her goofy self!

Happy 39th (again!) 

Relaxing on the couch

Easter goodies from Mimi and Papa

Our Easter Bunny made a special

delivery to Chicago

Emily's cute sign

Em curled Kiera's hair and she loved it so much

It wouldn't be a holiday if we didn't dress Hazel up and make

her pose for pictures!

The hostess with the mostest

Hosting their first holiday at their apartment

Cabin Cabinets

The cabinets were installed at the farm.

We were a little worried that all of the dark

cabinets would make the small cabin seem

even smaller, but they are perfect! They are

custom-made Amish cabinets. Can't wait to

fill them up with all of our stuff! The beds will

be installed next week. It's been a slow process,

but it's all coming together!

Kitchen 

(opening for microwave and below it a stove)

The sink will be in the left corner and a little

breakfast bar will be extended over the refrigerator,

freezer and mini-dishwasher. Countertops will

be coming shortly!

This is the laundry room/storage area, the big tall 

cabinet conceals the hot water tank. To the right

of the cabinet will be a stackable washer and dryer.

 There are two of these cabinets flanking the sliding

glass door to the four seasons room. This one, to the

left of the door hides the electrical panel and has a little 

storage. The one to the right (no pic) will be an "entry

way closet" for coats, etc.

 This is the most beautiful piece...a free standing 

armiore in "Kiera's room" under the loft. It will

be for storage and will have a bar for hanging clothes.

The built-in bunkbeds will be opposite this piece.

Father Daughter Dance

The annual school Father Daughter Dance...

Another fun night in the books for these two!

Shed Hunting

 It was a beautiful day for a hike in the woods. We followed the deer paths and 

went searching for deer sheds. We're quite novice shed hunters; we only found one

small one. But we enjoyed our time together nonetheless! Kiera was a trooper 

despite having her arm in a sling. 

 Stopping for a rest half way up the hill

 Overlooking the pond as we hike down the hill

 Posing for pictures on the mossy rock

Kiera's First ER Visit

Kiera reached a milestone that we would rather not have met...her first visit

to the Emergency Room! Friday night, Kiera was in the basement getting ready

to give us a "gymnastics show." She was doing a back walkover and landed on

her right arm funny. We tried ice and Advil at first, but thought a trip to the ER to 

have it checked out was necessary. The doctor thought it was a fracture but 

 x-ray was inconclusive, due to swelling on the elbow. As a precaution, Kiera's arm was

 put in a splint and a sling. A follow up appointment with an orthopedic pediatric doctor

 gave us good news...a sprain rather than a fracture! She's been pretty upbeat about it

all. Her favorite part of it all? Not so much writing to do at school! Her least favorite

part? Other than the pain, not being as active as she usually is. In addition to her arm, 

she had walking pneumonia earlier this winter...we're hoping for a much healthier

2017 for Kiera!

Life Lately

Snow much fun! 

Girl Scout World Friendship Day 2017

Anna, Kiera, Jess and Mena representing Japan...

love the chop sticks in their hair!

Though it's February, the Christmas Cactus is still in bloom!

Warming our "paws" by the vent! This is one of Brooke's fave 

spots to lay.

Horseback riding with the Girl Scouts

Found this gem of a wreath at the thrift store and knew it would

look great in Kiera's room...I didn't know it would also look so cute

framing her face. She's such a goofball!

January Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Gram and Ty!

Gram wasn't feeling well on the day we planned her family birthday party, 

so a couple weeks later we  stopped over with some birthday bakery.

We celebrated Ty's birthday with dinner at his new place.

He made us dinner (tortellini soup and salad), we brought 

an app and Mimi and Papa brought the birthday pie.