We moved out. . .

We moved out. . . .
so we could get new carpet.
We have been in our house for 10 years and it was time to get new carpet. We have been wanting a bigger house but things just haven't worked out so we decided to start fixing things around here. Carpet was the biggest problem with our house so we started with it. It was a pain to move everything but it was so worth it. I love the carpet. The color is so warm and brings a different feeling to our house. Our old carpet was so bottom of the line that anything would have been an improvement. Thankfully we were able to get a think pad and a soft carpet. It is so different and nice.
The carpet installers were so fast and worked like clockwork. They were in and out in just over four in a half hours. Madison and Ashley cooperated with the restrictions of having the carpet put in. We hung out in our kitchen. Thank goodness for portable DVD players. It wasn't the easiest day but they made it through with shinning colors. They were so happy when it was all done and they could leave the kitchen. Once they were gone then it was time to move back in. Madison was such a big help and we got a lot done before Kevin got home. We got about 75% of back in tonight. I am sure that it will be all back in by the end of the week.

Poor Allison

Allison is a very devoted student. She has only ever missed one day of school since she started until today. Now she has missed two days. About 10:30 this morning I got a call from Madison while I was getting my haircut, she told me that the school called because Allison was throwing up. She only has 5 days left of school and she gets sick. I knew that she would be bummed when I saw her. Then I remembered that today was also the day for her Someday book presentation. She has worked so hard on this book and now she wouldn't be able to present it in front of the class for the parents. She wasn't as unset as I thought she would but it might have been because she could barely see straight because her head hurt so bad. She did a wonderful job writing her book. I think we have a little writer on our hands. She enjoys writing and does a wonderful job at it. She seems to be feeling better tonight. I am sad that she had to miss out on her day but glad she is doing better.

Science Fair Project

Last year when Madison did her science fair project I was glad that I had three more years before Allison was required to do one. It has always been open to the whole school but neither of them ask to do it. Well that changed this year. Allison really wanted to do it and knew exactly what she wanted to do. I told her I did not have time with everything going on right now but she insisted and wore me down. We turned in the sheet and then I forgot about it. She came home from school yesterday with the announcement that it was due today. I told I her that I couldn't help her and she needed to do it all on her own. She set up her experiment and typed it all out on the computer. I ran to the store to get the supplies that she needed and that is the only way that I helped her. I am quite impressed with how determined she was and how hard she worked on it. She did such a wonderful job.

Madison's last day of school

Today was Madison's last day of the 6th grade. She ask if she could bring the camera to school so I let her. It is kind of fun to see what she took pictures of. She took pictures of a few of her friends and then two of her favorite teachers.


As kind of a celebration I let her invite a friend over to spend the night. (Funny picture because McKenzie actually comes up to Madison's shoulders. Madison is squatting.) McKenzie and Madison had a great time and I am sure they stayed up way to late. I don't know for sure because I went to bed. It was a really great year for Madison. She grew so much this year.

So proud of Madison

On Friday we got a letter in the mail inviting us to an awards ceremony on Monday at the middle school. Madison was getting an award but it didn't say what. I was excited at the prospect and excited because Madison had no idea. The letter said to keep it a secret so we did. The first award Madison got was in PE. She received the National award in fitness. I am just amazed at her. I never did well on those fitness tests in PE and she scored 50% or above on all the tests. Only about 50 kids in the whole sixth grade did so it isn't an easy thing to do. Next she got an award for the most growth. I knew at the beginning of the year that she was going to make it through this year and shine. All of Madison's teachers were so concerned about her and invested a lot of time into her. I am so proud of her perseverance. The final award that she got was for her grades. She was able to maintain a 3.5 to 3.9 gpa for the whole year. That means that she was on the honor roll the whole year. Kevin and I can not express how proud we are of her. She is such an amazing daughter. She even finished the year out with a 4.0 for the final quarter. Way to go Madison!!! We are so proud of you. You are an amazing daughter.

Ashley's 5 year old pictures

I finally got around to taking Ashley's 5 year old pictures. I guess that it is better late then never. I am very happy with the way they turned out. She did such a great job at cooperating.

Ridin free

Today Kevin took Ashley's training wheels off. Kevin had been talking about it for awhile but the weather just hasn't cooperated around here. Today wasn't the warmest day but at least it wasn't raining so he took her out for a ride. She worked really hard but didn't quite get the hang of it today. I am sure that it will come soon and she sure had fun going around the block with Kevin.