Today...

...Hannah Bandanna and Krissy came over to help with the house. We started out painting the bathroom closet, then scraping, sanding, taping, and painting the outside window sills. We had fun talking, laughing, working, and talking some more. =P Result? Paint on our hands, clothes, arms, feet, hair, and faces. And tons of memories made. Thank you so much, Grannie Hannie and Kristo, for your help!

Lots of Gracie!!

We've had so much fun with Gracie this past week! Sorry to burden you with all these pictures - if anything, this post is for this little kiddo's proud aunties. =)

                                                                Cute as a bug! =)

I love this picture!

The Never-Ending Battle of "Doorchester Whites"

The attack - our troops don't give up! =)

We like to keep the morale high.

Casualties and a box of re-enforcements.

New Books!

The last two days I've gone to Second Chance, our favorite second hand store, I found seven really neat looking WWII books. I'm really excited to read them! (The price tags have to stay on the books 'til I get back home and can record how much I spent. =)

Pictures with the Murphy Children

What I've been up to...

-Painting
-Puddying (if that's a word. =)
-Sanding
-Volley Ball
-Working and talking with Krissy
-Going to Jon and Kelsie's
-Seeing lots of friends!

Dear Blog Readers

(I guess I'm in a journaling mood. =P) We are back in Lynden for ten days to clean, paint, and basically fix up the house and yard. I'm sorry I haven't really been updating the blog often - I've been doing all my updates on Buzz.

Our trip up here was pretty uneventful - lots of driving, reading, talking, and playing the "yes and no" game. We stopped at Grandma and Grandpa's for a couple hours, then arrived here late last night. Jon and Kelsie were so sweet to set up a king size bed in the living room with lots of pillows and blankets, which Laura, Hannah, and I claimed. =) We slept in late, then swept and mopped the floors, unpacked out bags, then Momma, Laura, Bekah, and Lydia left for Bellingham to pick up paint and other basic supplies.

As Emily said, when the cat goes away, the mice all play.=P I suppose that will explain our chocolate cake for dinner. =P (We were told we could make chocolate dreams, but we had no milk, so we googled recipes without milk, eggs, or butter. It actually tasted good. =)

Since then, we've been watching Andy Griffith episodes as Momma and the girls are still away.

Tomorrow, I believe is the first of many painting days. I'll try to take pictures to post! =)

Lovingly,
Susi

Leaving for Lynden in a few minutes!!

The Golden Ring at the Wasco Train Depot

Homemade Powdered Sugar

For every one cup of white sugar, add 1 tbs. of arrow root powder or corn starch and blend in the Vita Mix.

Looks just like the powdered sugar from the store!