Lunch

Having some lunch with 'moon bread'

That is what Dane called his after having taken a few bites from the middle....

 

See? It looks like a moon!

With strawberry chocolate chip holders!

Basement status: mid-April 2013

Dustin has been using his days off without any interruptions to cruise through the latest steps in the basement. Finishing the bathroom, putting up trim, finishing the insides of the bedroom closets.

Family room from the landing area by the bottom of the steps

Bathroom

Hallway from bathroom out to family room

Hallway from family room back to bathroom

From stairway in to living room

Living room closet

From bedroom in to living room

Grey bedroom

Grey bedroom

Yellow bedroom

Yellow bedroom

 

Bathroom

The vanity and mirror have since been hung in the bathroom and are in working order!!! 

We ordered carpet on Monday and someone is coming to install in on Thursday!!! Moving fast now! :)

Art display

The boys bring home a LOT of artwork from daycare!

I have a hard time throwing any of it away, but we share some of it, and I like to hang some up for a while.

I found a way to display some of it, that I can change out as often as I need!

This also means I found a way to use this neat display area that we have not touched!

Still some work to do, but I like how it looks so far!

Movers

Dane, throwing a dance party, 

party of ONE.....

Brody, pretending he is more interested in his Cheez-its than a dance party.

 

We all know that's not true! Couldn't hold himself back!

Dane likes to admire his own dance moves from across the room in a mirror. :) Narcissistic?

Helmet

While shopping in Rugby, we found Dane a helmet for t-ball that we think he is going to participate in this summer.....

Seems to be a hit..... :)

 

With both Dane & Brody!

Little loose on Brody's skinny lil' noggin' though!

Rugby

 Granny & Gramps have been gradually making their way back to North Dakota this month, with a quick pit-stop in Rochester at the beginning of April to pick up a new hip for Granny.

The boys and I decided to make a trip over the day before Granny was supposed to be flown back by Jay to fill their fridge with groceries and their freezer with some food to warm up!

Andrea came on Friday night, too, as she was going to ride down and back with Jay.

Some serious fog moved in overnight Friday and prevented Jay from leaving on time Saturday morning. 

It even  prevented him from flying through Rugby to pick up Andrea.

Bummer for them, but lucky for us because then we got to spend an unexpected day with Aunt Bubba!

We hung out at Granny & Gramps' house, made food for them, cleaned the bathroom, went shopping in town, and awaited the message from Jay that they would soon touch down.

Yes, mom, Andrea even made a job list!!! :)

From Leever's parking lot, looking at the grain elevators and the post office!

Sure is a lot of snow here in Rugby!!!

A little game of paper, rock, scissors between Dane & Aunt Bubba. I can't remember what they were playing for, though....

 Brody, picking up Mr Potatohead, etc, after much arguing. Finally deciding to use one of his favorite items at Granny's house...the little broom!

Checking out the new bristle blocks...where did these come from???

Enjoying a tasty chocolate chip cookie!

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Shortly after nap time was over, we got a message that they were getting close, so we all got in the car and drove on over to Rugby International Airport to wait for them to land!

2 weeks post-surgery today and Granny says she is feeling pretty good!