Sunset with storm coming

We took these pictures from our deck and I wanted to share.

Helicopter Ride to see finished House

We took another helicopter ride this year at Summerfest again. We asked the pilot to take us our to our house so we can get pictures and movie of the finished product.
Here is part of the city of Fergus Falls.

Lake Alice- this lake doesn't look this big when we walk around it. The water sure looks gross, doesn't it? Thank you to the many geese.

Our house is the green one.

West side of the house. Too bad our grass didn't come up before these pictures. Oh well, maybe next year we can get the completely finished product.

South and West side of the house.

South and East side

East side

East and North side. It sure was fun getting these pictures.

Asha at 10 weeks old

Man, she is growing fast. She is already much bigger than this. I will get to that after I get caught up on all the other posts I am behind on.

this water bucket is at my parent's house. I don't know if I have another one of her by this, but I have to make sure I get one.

New Furniture

I have been informed that I have been a bit slow on updating my blog. I cannot understand what you mean, it has only been a month and a half.

Well, way back in June we got some furniture for our house. These are our chairs in the library. They are super comfortable and we have sat in them alot and just read books in the evenings.

We also got a china hutch for our dining room. We got really lucky, too. We picked up the hutch from Direct Buy out of a picture in a book they had. It matched out table and chairs we had perfectly. We realized when we put the hutch in the living room that they are made by the same company. Talk about luck!

Asha

We got a puppy on Sunday. We picked her out 2 weeks ago, but had to wait until she was 8 weeks old to take her home. She is 1/2 Golden Retreiver and 1/2 Poodle or called a Goldendoodle. Declan came up with the name Asha and we all liked it. Pronounce it with the first vowel as a short "o" sound like in stop. How can you not love that face?

She is doing pretty well in the house and getting used to things. Juno, our 5 yr. old dog, does not like her and is dealing with her in Juno's house. I think she secretly hopes we are dog sitting and the dog will be going home soon. The cats dislike her and just hiss at her no matter what. They will smell her when she is asleep and that is about it.

Isaac took this picture of Asha and me, but I look horrible in this picture. Oh well.

Isaac and Asha

Declan and Asha

Pictures of Declan's program

He looks good in a hat.

His Switzerland speech and his flag he colored.

German Clapping Song

I love his face!

Declan and Mrs. Larsen

Declan's Small World Program

Declan's class performed a Small World Program. Each child had to choose a country to represent and dress like they lived in that country. Declan chose Switzerland because his Aunt Noemie was born and raised there. He has always been fasinated listening to her speak Swiss-German to her boys. The children colored a flag for their country and had to write facts about that country that would be interesting to the listeners. Here is what Declan chose to talk about for Switzerland.

I ordered the shirt for him on the internet because it just worked for us. We thought the shorts would sort of look like lederhosen like they wear or used to wear. He had long socks to wear up to his knees to finish the outfit, but decided not to wear them. The hat was Grandma Lorna's and she added the feather in it. I think we did okay with his outfit if I do say so myself.

The music teacher taught the children different songs and dances for several of the countries the kids chose. He told the kids he could not do all the countries. He paired Switzerland with kids that chose Germany for this song and it was called the German Clapping Song. Declan just cracked me up when he was doing the spinning with his head up in the air and his eyes closed and his smirk on his face. He told me it was good to put his stuff with Germany because of the language Aunt Nomi speaks. I could not download the video for this whole song and I don' t know why. I tried 3 times yesterday, so sorry you only get part of the song. They repeated the parts that you are seeing 3 times in the song. Declan is usually my kid who hates performing and doesn't want to do programs. He was excited about this one and very proud of himself when it was over. He had a great teacher this year and had an excellent year. I am so proud of him!