A new room for 2009-10

We are ready for the new school year! It has taken me over two weeks to reorganize and clean up this room from last year. I even cleaned it up at Christmas time last year. We just have so much stuff! We are really excited and will start slowly tomorrow. I really do not have room for that table in the middle, but I just cannot get rid of it! The girls wrote and colored all underneath it the first year and I love what they drew on it! So, I will just keep it!

Camille and Ryen's desk!



My desk near the window. I have to be able to look outside or I will go nuts!

See all of our new Sonlight books! Yippeee..we have already started on these books!

Our Family Fun in Jan. and Feb.

Okay, I am the worst blogger EVER! I read blogs everyday and try to keep up with every one and by the time I am done with that I do not have the time to create my own blog. Oh well, who cares!

However, I have been keeping up with my goals for this year. Michael has lost 28 pounds. I have lost 8 (give or take some). A female is really funny! Neither one of us have had a coke since Jan. 1. The hardest part was when we went to Kentucky and we had to eat out for 5 days. We really fell off the wagon and it has been tough trying to go back to the lifestyle that we desire. I will be honest, Michael is doing WAY better that me! There are times that I have to ask him to encourage me to cook the right thing instead of heading to the nearest burger place for dinner! I am so proud of him! Another really cool site that has been very helpful to us is http://www.livestrong.com/ You can add it to your iPhone!

My project for January was to rearrange the school room and the playroom. Wow! What a job! It turned out to be a blessing. By starting that project it helped me to get organized in other areas too. Here is the end result. Mom and Dad came over and took pictures of the girls for Valentines.

Here are few cute ones!

Michael had to work on Valentine's day, so he took me out during the week. We did eat Mexican food and it was so rich that it was not as much fun as it used to be when bad food tasted really yummy! Haha! So, Valentine's night I had a love party for the family. We turned out the light and had a candle light dinner with music in the background. The girls were so thrilled and grown up! They will remember this Love Party forever!
I have had my China for 11 years and would not use it with the girls. I was too afraid that it would get broken! Well, that is silly! I can always buy more! Ryen helped me set the table and we used it! Nothing got broken! Amazing! They were little ladies!

We had grilled steak, brown rice, green bean bundles and a lettuce wedge with a homemade low-calorie blue cheese dressing and coffee. It was yummy! we are not eating much red meat, so this was a special treat for us all!

The girls picked out their own dessert and they ate it right after dinner. We had a late dinner, so we put them to bed early. I got two girls to sleep and I got Michael to put Ryen to bed.
While Michael was putting Ryen to sleep I made a dessert and set it up in the living room. It was a lot of fun and romantic! It was fruit with a chocolate fondue. Lovely!! I really surprised him! Then we watched Fireproof together! It was truly a lot of fun having a home date night! Especially since we have started American our dates nights have not existed!

Mimi and Papaw had a playhouse built at their house for the grand kids. They were so excited to see what they have done for them!

Clapping for joy!
We had a great January and February! 2009 started off GREAT! Next I will post about Cami turning 3 and our trip to Kentucky!