Wow! December 1st and time continues to march on in a way that often it has caught us unaware.

We did have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, but we are ready to go back to normal life if you can define really what normal is for anyone these days. We spent the actual day with Shani's family down in Grace, Idaho, which is about an hour south of Pocatello. Then through the weekend, Ken spent time with his brother, David, who had time off from the Marines. He lives and works out in Washington DC. So, it was a real treat to get to see him.

We also got the Christmas tree up this year as we pulled out the art tree from the shed. The kids had a blast in helping with setting it up and of course they are excited about the Christmas Holiday.

Well, as promised we have added some before and after pictures of the remodel of our home so that you can get a better idea what we have been up too for the last few months.





























These are just a few of the pictures that centers around the kitchen area. We did not get to taking before and after pictures of the living room or bathroom, but we also did that work too. Most of it took two days and since then I have replaced all doors and gotten a lot of the little stuff done since then. If you are interested in seeing more, let me know and I have another photo site setup that contains more pictures.

Any way, you can see from the short video just how cute our Kirsten is. As for the other kids, they keep me busy too. Angie is doing so well in school. She is reading at a 3rd grade level. Considering she is only in 2nd grade, this is great news. Christopher is just starting to learn how to read. His teacher just sent home some simple books for him to practice reading.

As for me I am just trying to be a good housekeeper, wife and mother. I do not profess to be very good at any of these things. There are a couple of things some people may not know about us which they might find surprising. One is a few months ago we switched to cloth diapers for Kirsten. I actually like them better then disposable diapers. We are also saving money by using cloth diapers because we are not buying diapers any more. YEAAAAA!!!!!

Any way the other thing that is new with us is we just finished remodeling out Kitchen, Living room, and Bathroom one month ago. It feels like we are living in a whole new house. It is great! We will post some before and after pictures within the next day or two.