it's all fun and games: August 2022

the addition!

chris has been busting his butt the last month on building the addition. we are SOOO grateful for shawn's help with the roof tresses/gables! the framing is almost done! shawn took the first picture from the top of the addition.

the addition is going to be connected to the cabin, it will have the kitchen, bath/laundry/woodstove small seating area/dining room. the top floor will be chris and my room. its got everything weve dreamed of...ha. and yes, i will have a coffee machine/small fridge in the room. haha

off to the left of the addition is the mud room and behind that will be the guestroom.

the garage will be connected to the mud room...and large enough for me to open my car door with out hitting the wall! that was such a pain in the butt in moncton!

its slowly coming together!

i wasnt sure what to expect with us living in a smaller space with 1 bathroom. we are use to spreading out and having space. its going so much better than i thought! the girls seem to be getting along much better and nate is happy with his room...

the plan with the cabin (once we've finished building) is to take the kitchen out (we can only have 1 for insurance reasons) and use that as a hang out/play area for the girls. the loft will be nates space, hes getting our room but hes surprised us by telling us he wants to keep his room where its at. so if that happens ellie will get our room and the loft will be another spot to hang out/watch tv. the porch will be my library! cant wait! and the school room will be over the garage which will be separated from the house. im thinking that room can also be used as a space to do homeschool activities/classes etc...

i absolutely LOVE living out here. sure its a 20 min drive to town and its a pain to drive nate to work...im learning to time trips with events/appointments etc..and its a small season. nate will be driving in a yr...i dont miss the moncton house. at. all! soooo glad we sold and moved!

chris hopes to be in the house by christmas but i told him thats a bit too much. im not in a rush and if it takes a yr or 2 thats fine. living small is nice!

but it was really funny to open nates bedroom door yesterday and find 8 kids hanging out in there...his room isnt that big!

and thats a quick house update!

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Posted by mel at 12:08 PM

books!

i read this quote in the book below, how amazing is that? ive done so much reading this summer! i didnt take pics of everything ive read but instead im just posting my top july reads!

i got this from my sister. AMAZING!

this is my serious book. i only read about 2 pages a day. its changing my perspective on jesus big time

i got this one on sale for 8. its a true story about a girl who survived auschwitz to only be sent to a russian prison for 15 yrs for crimes she did not do. heart breaking but powerful

finally got to read this. could not put it down, it was perfect to read back to back with "the forest of vanishing stars" i saw the movie with my sis when i was in hali. the best book-movie ive seen!

i got theses at the thrift store for 15! score!

a great "could not put down" thriller! it was almost 450 pages so it took a few days to finish. i didnt see the end coming which was great

this was another late night burn through. and i dropped my jaw at the 1/2 way point!

i FINALLY got this! i paid full price. it was a fun read, light and silly. im going to red it again once i get it back from my sis

ive read 1 more since this blog, but ill save it for my aug books! i have a few more weeks of reading and leisure left before we kick back the new yr.

ive truly enjoyed this summer. the kids are old enough that i can go off and get sometime "off"..its nice!

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Posted by mel at 8:18 PM

another birthday!

we celebrated quinn's 15th b-day with him. we even had the dogs party as well! haha

happy 15th b-day quinn!!!!!

meeka was there too!

nate opened his present from mom and dad. a speedo! if you know nate this was a fitting gift for him. muwahhhh

they boys!

besties! meeka and harlow are best friends....riley is the typical only child when siblings arrive and that only child status changes!

harlow!

we spent the week visiting and i took the kids to an inside water park...they had a blast and i kicked myself for not bringing a book to read! oh well

the slides

then we headed home! we cut the visit short by a day because chris missed us! the weather has been so HOT! ive been hiding inside as much as i can...we did some tie dye

they turned out great

my 2 favorite things. meeka and coffee!

we did some crafts

on sunday we went to the church cafe where joey spent her kids cash on a coffee for me because i didnt have any money on me. ha thanks joey!

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Posted by mel at 8:06 PM

shopping!

the girls got gift cards for their birthdays and were itching to use them so we went to the mall. they scored at clairs, there was 2 racks that were just marked down to 3.00! they were very happy with their haul

see that little head beside the man in the white shirt? that's ellie ordering and paying herself. time STOP!

joey could not wait to get home, she opened her make up in the food court haha

ellie!

i found charlies jeans and remembered i had a pair like them back in 1994...so i tried hers on. they fit!

me and my bestie side kick. i love this dog!

nate wanted his ears pierced for his birthday. we went back to hali for another week and we got it done. he's holding the comfort bear

snap!

looking good buddy!

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Posted by mel at 7:49 PM

birthday party!

me! ha! the girls had a shared party this yr. i cut them off at 6 friends. last yr was too much! so this yr we had a quieter party. nana/papa/charlie also came down for the weekend. joey and i came up with a party crafts. making their own note book and pencil

haaaa the days of summer. a book and a/c!

one night while ellie was away joey and i had a sleep out in the office. joey made the bed for me. seriously! shes the best!

on joey's birthday chris and i took her out for lunch

my baby is 8!

the party! the girls were thrilled to have leah!

we did the craft/ate/ and i was able to chat with the moms (which im friends with)

presents! meeka was right in there

after the party we went out to eat with mom and dad at the homestead. it was excellent!

mom and dad got a hotel for 1 night, the girls went over for a sleepover and swim. nate was working till 10 so i left to bring him back and met up with my parents on sunday at church

look! i parallel parked!

joey did her first official night away from me at the hotel. i stayed until 10 to tuck her in. she had a great time

we had so much fun at the girls party we ran out of time for cake! so we did cake sunday afternoon after mom and dad left

nate helped with the candles

joey is 8!

ellie is 10!

monday we spent the day at the pool with my friend aralee. it was the best day. the kids swam and played, aralee and i caught up and even went in the water! we stayed until closing and these are the faces of happy girls