First Day of School with the Village People

We are finally settling in to Fargo, my new job and our new home so I am back to blogging, at least once a week. I will try to keep up so everyone can have a Fargo experience. This is a family picture of us for an application that I did for trying to win a Disney yard make-over by HGTV.


This was the first day of school for everyone. Jen no longer has any kids at home now that everyone is in school. It was D's first day of kindergarten. He loves his new teacher, school and going to school. Everyone loves their schools and they are already making new friends. The schools here in Fargo are amazing. On our side of town they are all new, within the past 5 years, and well funded (now I understand where my high property taxes are going and I am ok with it).




The kids and I are very happy because we now have a Lego room. We use our large upper living room as our Lego room and we are able to spread them out to build. The other day I was excited to see that I was able to build a stage and the Village People. Way cool!

Moving Day

Moving day is finally here. The truck is in the drive and we will begin loading. I am going to miss my front yard. The Japanese Maples are leaving out, everything is in bloom - lilacs, tulips, daffodils, azaleas, and the dogwoods (pink and white).

Can't wait till it is all done and we are in Fargo.

Merry Christmas!

Laminate and Gingerbread houses.

Jen and I are finished laying the the laminate. All 680 sq ft of it. It has turned out to be quite nice. I still need to finish putting down quarter-round but at least we have the house with less chaos for Christmas (even though it took until Christmas Eve). Here is a look at the backroom.


During home improvement, I have tried to keep in mind that it is the Christmas holiday which is extremely important to the kids. This past Monday night we made gingerbread houses. Honeymaid now makes gingerbread flavored graham crackers.







The finished products:

Stuck in the Bathroom

I was stuck in the bathroom most of the day...laying laminate and quarter round trim. I am glad that I wasn't stuck in the bathroom for any other reason.

I bought some Pergo Cherry laminate several years ago and we decided to lay down today. It is quite a change from the linoleum that I put down 6 years ago.




Lots more to do to the house to get it ready for showing. Once we are done, it is going to look great!

Funny thing happened yesterday. I received an email and BYU want me to interview for a position in Provo. Crazy things are happening!

Happy Halloween - Late

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Tree Fort

Here is the gang just after we got the floor put on and before the sides were installed.


Here is Jen showing how to get down.


View from our deck.


Here is where we are now with the fort. I installed a chalkboard and bucket/pulley system. I need to still finish the second story which can be seen in the photo (floor joists are in).