Rental House-Part 1

 

 

     Sooo, a couple weeks ago my Dad and Dr. Dennett bought a house with the idea to

 turn it into a rental house. We've been working on it now for almost 3 weeks.

 Here's what it looked like when we got it. 

 

 

 

 

 

Grandpa (Dad's dad) is going to take some of the wood floor from underneath the

 cabinets in the kitchen to patch this spot.

 

 

Notice the black floor? Yeah, it's grease. Gross!

 

 

 

The laundry is around the corner in the back. Grandpa has plans to move

 it to the other side of the basement.

 

 

One weekend while we were working, Ally went to Halstead to compete
 in an art competition placing second and winning the scholarship. Go Ally!!

 

                         Adding to the craziness, we had two boys who played football this year.

 Landon wasn't able to play because he's homeschooled, but he got to be

 an assistant coach for Isaac's team, which he loved.

During all the house and football stuff, Isaac kept talking about how he couldn't

 read the time on the oven, so Mom took him to the eye doctor and we all got a shock

 when he was diagnosed with amblyopia which is a birth defect that means he's

 pretty much blind in one eye and the other eye had to compensate for it.

 So one eye is 20/20 and the other is 20/400. Not only that, but he has

 limited depth perception. He now has to wear an eye patch for six hours everyday for

 a year to a year and a half. We were lucky that none of the other kids have it.

 Isaac has had an amazing attitude despite everything.

 I love you and am so proud of you, Isaac!

 

 

I am now in charge of writing the blog since Glynne is in college, and I

 will try my hardest to keep you updated.

 

Emma

Kate Turns 10

 

For Kate's 10th birthday, which was August 8th, we made a trip to the Goodwill and bought party dresses for all the girls and remade them.  We had 3 machines going, 5 seamstresses making alterations, and a table full of kids making fun party hats.  After the gowns were fitted and high heels were chosen, Glynne took the girls on a photo shoot.  

Can you tell which pair used to be black? Spray painting shoes does work!!

Mark Thompson, all decked out, and at our house to play with the boys, hopped in the last picture.  What a crew!  They wore their fancy dresses and were served dinner in our decorated mudroom! 

After dinner, the sleepover party began.  Every new 10 year old in our family gets his/her first sleepover.  So...this was Kate's year to host her first one.  These girls were so well behaved.  It was a joy to have them around.  Anytime Kate asks to have these girls over, I will definitely say yes.