Day 191...

A few years ago, 2008,to be exact, I came up with this idea for a really cool christmas gift for my mother.  My father passed on in 2006 and then with the flood of 2008, my mother lost her house.  It had been a hard few years for her.  She needed to see her blessings and I wanted her to have a place where she could always see them.  So I made this wall design.  I bought all of the pieces for it, picked out the pictures and had my husband hang it up.  She has since moved but the beauty of it is that it can go with her. 

Day 190...

Savannah thought that it would be a hoot to put on Dietrich's underwear.  Doesn't she look so cute?  There is a diaper on underneath.  Such a cutie and so silly!

Day 189...

This is my great great grandparents.  Jane Elizabeth Easterfeling(Isfording) and Valentine Stephan

We had our monthly relief society meeting tonight and it was about preserving family and personal history.  Last year I made a wonderful keepsake book for my mother for Christmas and this was one of the pictures I was able to include in it.

Day 188...

Timmy is getting in on the soccer action.

Day 187...

Matt and Nicole's new house

In just over two months, the upstairs has been redone leaving it lead free and the outside has been sided and painted, the roof has been replaced, the cement redone so it is smooth now, a hand rail installed, the garage torn down and some landscaping has also been done.  Not to mention new doors, screen doors and new light fixtures.  WOW!

Day 186...

Evelyn went with a family friend and got her toenails painted.

Day 185...

Devan and Savannah cuddling and sleeping on the couch.  Devan isn't feel good and Savannah must have just been tired.

Day 184...

Savannah our little mother

Day 183...

So doing something a little different for today...It's called name this baby.  All of my babies have worn this outfit, can you guess which one this is? 

I miss apologize.  I some how missed up my days and lost the picture for today, so this is my fix it scheme!  Enjoy!

Day 182...

the four musketeers

Superman Isaac

Shadow Ninja Damien

Princess Evelyn

Astronaut Dietrich

P.S.  Half way there!

Day 181...

My silly boy.  This is right after a bath and he looks so silly.

Day 180...

So Jessie will not be happy that I am sharing this picture, but who cares?  I love that Dietrich loves to dress up.  He doesn't care if it is in girl costumes or boy costumes.  I think it is cute and funny, while Jessie worries that it will make him more girly.  Like we really need to worry about that when he is 3 years old.

This is from when Dietrich was 2.  Such a cute cheerleader!

And here is Dietrich as Mike Wazawski from Monster, Inc.

Here is Spiderman Dietrich from last Halloween.  This was before we found a spiderman mask at a garage sale and gloves that make the web slinging sound.  he makes a very cool spiderman now.

Also from Halloween last year.  Sheriff Woody with his sister Evelyn  So you can clearly see that he does both girl and boy costumes.  I just don't see the point in telling him no.  Let him be imaginative and creative. 

Day 179...

Another casualty of the flood.  This one makes me smile a bit though because gas prices were so bad and now they are more managable.  Not great, but not $3.89 a gallon either.  Thank goodness for that.

Day 178...

This is the empty field where my mother's house stood before the flood of 2008.  It's kind of sad to drive by but I know this is a good thing.  Life goes on and the city must fix itself and rebuild.

This is the missing section of foundation from my mother's house after the flood.  She was red carded, which meant that entry was not adviced.  The city decided in 2009 to tear down all the red carded houses at the city 's expense because no one was fixing them.  In late 2009, the house was torn down and they offered to buy out my mother's house.  She is in the process of saling it to to the city now.  Silver lining, anyone?