Pantry Organization

After only being in our house for six weeks, I thought it was time to organize our pantry since it was starting to look a little out of sorts! I hate it when things are just tossed in and you can't seem to find what you want.

 

Weekend Wrap Up (11.21-11.23)

We were hoping to cheer the Cyclones onto a win this weekend, but that didn't happen. Dave and I had a great time on Saturday as we headed up to the ISU football game. The kids had a great time as well with Jessica! It is so great to leave the kids with a babysitter we trust when we go out! Taking the kids to a daycare center allows for an unlimited number number of babysitters when our normal sitter, Sam is unable to watch them.

We were fortunate to get passes into the Jacobson Athletic Building. It was just a little walk from our car so we didn't even have to take our jackets. We had a great time and even managed to get on field passes during the third quarter. Janet also met up with a few of her co-workers who also had tickets.

Dave and I enjoying the balcony on the Jacobson Building.

Weekend Wrap Up (11.7-11.9)

This past weekend was about ME! I love spending time with my husband and kids on the weekends, but once in a while a Mama needs a day to herself!

I woke up bright and early on Saturday morning (5:40 a.m.) to get ready to head to Underwood to meet my lil' sister for a day of shopping. On my way home, I noticed the skies were absolutely beautiful so I pulled over for some quick photos. I had to capture the beautiful sunrise that was visible in my rear view mirror and the beautiful clouds as I headed west. I made sure to pull over where I knew I could capture a corn field in the background.

Kids Update (September)

Here’s a quick update from this past month.

R-man is officially a toddler and is proud to prove it as he struts around the house and yard. The kid is growing up a little too quick for my liking. Little-C will be three in just a few short months. I'm wondering how this can be possible! She is growing up to be a young lady who is very determined. I'm wondering who she get's that from?   

Age:
R-man is 14months 
Little-C is 2 yrs. 9 months

Stats:
R-man is 24.5 lbs.
Little-C is 31.5 lbs.

Weekend Wrap Up (10.24 - 10.26)

Family time is very important to me and as I see my kids growing up before my very own eyes, I've realized that I need to live the weekends to the fullest. In the evenings, Dave and I only have two to three hours with them before they need to get to bed so doing fun and exciting things on the weekends is extremely important.

On Friday, I took the day off to get my nephew for the weekend. Now, let me preface, I had good intentions to keep him for the entire weekend! I picked him up, headed to my ENT appointment as I thought I had an ear infection (he told me it was only a virus), and then ventured home to get dinner ready for our friends that were coming over. As a farm kid, I always try to prepare a farm type meal. The meal included; chicken and stuffing glazed with peaches, au gratin potatoes, squash and homemade pumpkin bars. Yup, I love to cook just like I'm on the farm!

Little-C with her buddy!

Our New Home - All Moved In!!

As we noted in our last blog, we're officially moved into our new home.  We've delayed this post until our new refrigerator was installed.  It was back ordered when we moved in, and we had a loaner "mini" fridge.  So here's a lot of pictures of the finished product!

Exterior of Our Home:

Front of our home.

New Home - Final Construction Update

Our last update on the construction of our new home was almost a month ago, and at the time we were only 6 days away from closing.  Sorry for the delay, but it's been a busy month!  So here's the final construction update, the move and the first couple of home improvement projects.  Stay tuned...we'll also be blogging with final pictures of the inside and outside after the move and we'll also do some time lapse pictures showing the construction from start to finish!

On our last blog post, the inside was almost complete and the yard had just been graded.  Dave was concerned that as a result of all of the construction traffic in the yard and lack of top soil resulting from all of the grading to create the lots that we would have trouble growing sod. Remington Homes allowed us to have Soil-Tek add a layer of compost to the yard after it was graded and before the sod was put down.  1-inch of compost is equivalent to 3-inches of black top soil and will improve water infiltration, reduce the amount of watering needed and help the sod root better.  They can also do this over your existing yard, which we had done at our old house several years ago.  The best part of this was that the City of Ankeny, through their Stormwater Utility provides a 50% reimbursement program for soil quality restoration project such as this, so we were able to get reimbursed for half of this cost.  The compost was sprayed on September 18th.

The compost is pumped from a large truck and sprayed on the yard.