Spring is in the air!

I am SO happy that spring is finally here! I'm not sure how much longer I could be stuck inside with hyper kids and not go insane!
Last week we put up the trampoline and we've had tired kids every night since! Most nights they are out in about five minutes after putting them to bed!
It's been raining this week but we did have one very warm day. Most of the day Monday I was down to one kid! Reagan and I went on a "date" to get flower seeds to plant around the house and I got a few things to finish a spring project I've been wanting to do for a while.

I found this on Pinterest a long time ago and thought it was So adorable.

Here's mine. I found this old umbrella at Goodwill last week and knew right away what I was gonna do with it!

Bare feet and a big stack of seeds! Hope they actually grow!

Spring is making the chickens much happier too! In just one week we went from getting 2 eggs a day, sometimes even none, to 6 eggs as of yesterday! Soon we will be back up to 8 a day! Can't wait to see some of those flowers growing around the coop!

November and December in pictures

November brought all of our chickens laying eggs, including green ones! Aren't they pretty?!

We traveled to Colorado for a few days around Thanksgiving. We had a great time with Pop and Rachel. Here we are in the workshop cutting out wooden chickens (for the Christmas tree) and hearts (for Valentines Day).

The weather was amazing and warm most days. We were all grateful that the kids could get out to play. Here's Grandma and Reagan playing catch.

Working in grandpa's workshop mostly started because this little guy wanted a wooden gun. Then the girls needed one too. They shot rubber bands all over the rest of the time there.

Thanksgiving day was a lot of fun with my grandparents, an uncle, and a few cousins joining us. Nice and relaxing and fun playing games and of course eating too much food. 
Here's the kids with their Great Grandpa Meschke.

Reagan with Great Grandma Meschke and my Uncle Jerry.

Some old blankets made for some fun rides on the hard wood floors. There are kids under that pile.




































Reagan works on her organizational skills.

No shave November. All the girls in the family really liked it!

I didn't take very many pictures in December, unfortunately. Mandi took a lot around Christmas so I'll just have to get some from her.
Here's our chicken inspired Christmas tree among other chicken inspired decorations.

We sure got an awesome snow storm. The kids were SO excited to see so much snow this year since we didn't get much last year at all. 

I just love this picture of them with the American flag in the background! And Reagan's face cracks me up!

The kitchen

Finally, I'm posting pictures of our kitchen. After this I just need to post basement pictures.

From the dining room.

From the family room.

From the kitchen. I LOVE having a pantry and room for the little kid table. Reagan and Payton eat there for just about every meal.

Bedrooms and bathrooms and chickens and a girl with lipstick.

Caedmon's bedroom.

Payton and Reagan's room.

Kids bathroom.

Mom and Pop's room.

Mom and Pop's bathroom.

Cute chicks are turning into  messy, smelly chickens...But we still like them. They love cucumbers! And basically anything else you give them to eat.

Reagan getting ready for a hot date?

Family room and outside

More pictures of the new place!



Looking into the family room from the entry way.

 We have a fireplace! This fireplace basically heats the entire upstairs in the winter! Eventually we will have a couch in this room but are just enjoying the floor space for right now.

From the fireplace corner. Kitchen is to your right. Those pictures another day.

Front of the house.

At the back sliding door. 

 

Our deck! One of the best things about this house!

The back of the house.

Most of the backyard.