Catching up...

Well, we just finished our first week of school...whew! While it was very busy, it is nice to be back into routine. It was a week of wonderful 'sameness' with a bit of newness mixed in. Jared was asked/hired on Tuesday to be one of the new Frenship football commentators! He is on the field each week doing interviews, 'mood' updates, and things like that. He did such a GREAT job on Thursday and is looking forward to the rest of the season. Its not like we need anything else to do, but at least he really enjoys it. I am excited for him. We finally got our numbers finalized...made me want to vomit. Five years ago, there were barely 150 in the entire program...today, there are 124 middle school boys alone...vomit, I tell you! Thankfully, Jared is the only one who has to mess with them! We have just under 60, yes 60, auditioning for the All-State process; almost 80 in the top freshman choir; 65 in our top choir; and had to create 3 more classes at the high school to give everyone a place. We have over 600 students in choir this year. SO EXCITING...SO SCARY!!! It should be a really fun year. So, while I am a bit in shock of how much there is to do, I am anxious to get it really going! Well, here are some other updates now that I have my camera back in working order. Enjoy!

This is the old carpet. Do you see why the floors were at the TOP of our home renovation list? We bought our house from a very nice couple...who let their college-aged son and his two friends live with him. Any further questions?

You 'hear' me talk about Bryce and Barclay a lot on here. They gave up a weekend of their summer to come and help us for nothing more than pizza! Trust me, they don't make high school kids like Barclay, Bryce and their sister Whitney anymore. (Well, technically college now for Whitney, but you know what I mean!) I need Brad and Sheila to give me their secrets!



Bryce in the lead...Barclay in the pink...please don't judge us for the condition of the shed...or the 'grass!' That carpet never looked so good...hanging out of the dumpster!



And so, it begins! Even the concrete looked better than the carpet!

Piece by piece, our home grew! This stuff is amazing...Trafficmaster Allure!

Thankfully, BB, Pa, and MerMer corralled Jakob for the weekend so that we weren't removing tack strips from his feet, hands, or head! Once Jakob was allowed to come home, he wrestled his horse on the new floors. What you can't see, or hear, in this picture is Bryce and Barclay yelling "Yee-Haw!" Jakob put on quite a show that night.

As you can see, Jared and I were exhausted! We laid the first plank at 1:00 Saturday afternoon and finished laying planks through the living room, hallway, kitchen, and dining room at around 11:00 on Sunday night. Jakob was still going strong, though! It really was a fun project...but I am SO glad its over!