Four the Girls

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Who's ready to Tri?

Anna and Julia will be participating in the town's first annual youth triathlon tomorrow!

Go Team Whitten!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Question of the Day

"Mama?"

"Yes, Jane?"

"It's almost Halloween."

"Yes, you're right it is almost Halloween."

"You know what that means?"

"No, what does that mean Jane?"

"Well after Halloween is Christmas so really it's almost Christmas."

"Oh?"

"Yep, and do you know what I would like for Christmas?"

"No, what would you like Jane?"

"An Alpaca."

"An Alpaca?!"

"Yep, Grandma's friend has them and they really like me."

Jane & Beau

*Sigh* She has a point.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

It is officially the weekend at our house

And you know what that means...

tap. tap. tap.

Rock and...

Roll!

My house is a mess and I have zero motivation to clean it. Did you know that homes built in the 1850's have very little storage? Oh, you did? Well, guess what? I DIDN'T! When Scott and I first looked at this home I was in such a frenzy that I didn't open ONE closet.

Complain, complain, complain...

aaand pictures...

So I came across these pictures of our kitchen just about 2 years ago this morning while trying to do anything possible to avoid the inevitable.

I can't say I miss storing the china in garage storage cabinets. Did we really stand in Home Depot and rationalize, "Well, at least it kind of looks like stainless steel?"

Ahhh, the old stove that died the day after our first Thanksgiving here. Thanks for giving it one last go!

Who doesn't like having their washer and dryer in the kitchen? I can't count the number of PB&J's I made atop that dryer. *see above...stove died.

Sometimes I take for granted how far we've come. Things can be slow going when you are your own crew but so worth it when you are able to stand back and look at your accomplishments.