8

Sep

It’s been a busy week

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This past week has been a busy one!  Doug’s Buddy Mark came down for some fishing!  Salmon one day, and Tuna the next.

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My mom and I have been working on the silly drain to the cabin.  We did manage to connect into our drain system but have been on hold to actually connect into the cabin.  I was to scared to drill a hole in my husbands precious cabin!  Doug finally drilled the holes yesterday.  He also picked up the tiles to finish the floor in the bathroom.  Hopefully the drain will be connected in the next few days.  Then I can fill the last remaining muddy trench outside my house! It is driving me nuts!!!  Emily has been a big help with that trench as well.  She had to crawl on her belly with a small trowel to dig it several inches deep under the cabin.  Toilet soon to follow!  It is at least sitting in the cabin!

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My dad completed the electricity into the cabin and we did fill that trench!  And concrete was poured around the two remaining hose spikets to secure them from my tornado children!!!

The weekend was spent over at aunt Ginger’s.  Grandpa put a utility sink in her art room on Saturday.  Grandma and I helped Ginger clean up her patio.  We hauled stuff to storage and hauled stuff to the house.  Sunday Grandma, Emily, and I went back over there to help paint Rici’s room.  It turned out Awesome!!!  She will be stenciling on the walls soon and it will really look great.

Jacob and Alexa came home Sunday night and we did Lexi’s birthday party.  Baked Potato Bar and Nacho Bar.  Then a butterfly cake!  Yum.  I had too much rum and woke up Monday sick as a dog! OOPS.

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Nicolas lost his first tooth Sunday too!

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Monday was the first day of school for the Brill Household.  Everyone whizzed through their school and we were done by 11.  Then out to the cabin to drill the toilet hole.

Today Doug’s out fishing again.  Hopefully Pictures tonight.

11

Mar

An average day

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Then the kids did their morning exercises.  Here’ Jacob doing his 10 minutes on the treadmill.03-11-09-2

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 3pm we were of to Legos

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At the end of the day the girls collected eggs and fed the taco’s

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10

Mar

Dad’s Day

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03-10-09-4Doug woke the boys up early to feed the Taco’s!  Taco Time decided he would eat a little but it had to be from Doug.  He was apparently pretty fiesty butting his head back and forth and the boys couldn’t hold the bottle.

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Then Lexi made all the kids omlets for breakfast!  She is quite the little egg cooker.  She just loves it.

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Doug said the kids did a wonderful job at school today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

During all this Doug managed to put fencing on the posts he cemented in last week.  Then he put 4 new posts in beside the basketball court for fencing hopefully friday.  He also reinforced the wire between the chickens and cow with some 2×4′s and fixed the chickens roosting rail to move it further off of the wire (that way they won’t poop in the cow stall!)  And then…… somehow managed to correct all their school, get them dinner, and have them all nicely tucked in their beds when I walked in the door at 7:20pm!!!  That’s my awesome husband.  Gotta love him!

A special thanks to Emily.   Without her there would have been no pictures for today!

2

Mar

Monday

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Jacob and Alexa headed back to mom’s this evening.  We had a good school day first though.  We are trying some new spelling book called Wordly Wise.  They are working out really well I think.  Mindy picked them out hoping to accomplish more school with less books.  She also found some grammar books called Easy Grammar.  They are a huge help!  So far good changes. 

After School there was some time for Wii before they headed out.  Lexi is rocking out to SingIT

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26

Feb

Alexa Writes Her First Post

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Alexa is writing her first post!! She will be writing every Mon, Wed, Fri. Hopefully! I’ve added her to my cool links if you would like to find her site!p2260001

 

 

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26

Feb

A rainy lazy day

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School today was EASY!  The children went to bed around 8pm last night and all of them did some school in bed after being tucked in.  Yes I did say all of them… Nicolas too.  He was so proud when he woke up this morning to show me his Explode the Code that he had completed.  All children were finished with school by 10am.  We worked on our state, Minnesota.  Did you know that their state muffin is the blueberry muffin?!?!  Me neither.  It’s been rainy outside so we’ve hung inside most of the day.  I read them three chapters from Bound for Oregon.  Then it was time for more playing.  I can’t believe it but there have been NO fights.  The newness should be wearing off by tomorrow.  Ha Ha I’m off to work.  Good luck honey!  Everyone got their reading done early.  I think they’re hoping for movies tonight.  Nicolas even wanted to sit and listen to Jacob read.  Very intently too02-26-09-1 I must say.

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Emily said on March 6th, 2009 at 1:44 pm

“Bound for Oregon” was a great book! I really liked it.

23

Feb

A quiet day

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Today was just a quiet day.  It’s been really lonely around here without Jacob and Lexi and it’s starting to wear on everyone.  Emily is reading more

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I hope they come home soon….

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Emily said on March 6th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

I was starting to hope they would too.

19

Feb

School

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Today was just a normal school day.  Em rocked and finished early.  She worked on arts and crafts. 

 

 

 

 

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Nicolas rocked on his math as well!  The addition seemed to finally click.  He is so proud of his work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacob and Lexi are still with mom enjoying their new baby sister.  We sure do miss them.  It is definetly time to see their shiny faces again.  Just a couple more days.  The first few days was nice but now I’m BORED!!!