New Home News!

We are moving forward! Home Inspection is this weekend. Closing is planned for July 16 ! Yahoo!

Pray for us!

This is an exciting, yet daunting time!

:) Katie

House Layout: We are closing on the 16th of July!!!!

Above is the 2nd floor.

This is the first floor. We will use the study as a study for now.
The unfinished basement will have a play room and a work-out room.

Happy Father's Day!

To: Grandpa Fifelski Love: US!



To: Grandpa Seale Love: US!

More pics of the "Potts" house

Peter and Liam at this cute gardn area.

The little statue has a flute playing some-thing or other on it.

Maybe it is a sign? (I play the flute ;) )

Sam shows off the VERY cool central vaccuum!

Time to fire the ole Oreck?
OK, terrible pic. But, this shows off the nice hardwood in the DR and Kitchen/Eating area. This room would likely sport our homeschooling materials and desks :)

A fun hilly place for the kids to run/bike!

A little bit better pic of the front of the house.

Francis Turns 7

This kid is hilarious. I just love him to pieces!

He is a bookworm. Today, we are just hanging out, and he is reading a book he BEGGED for for his birthday: "The Story of the World: Middle Ages". There are no color pictures. It is a History text. But, he LOVES it! He got the book on his birthday-- the 10th. He is on Chapter 18 of 42. Anyway, I am writing to tell you the funny thing he just said.

"Mom, Did you know that the Visigoths were captured in Spain? And then, in the reconquest of Spain, they won. Mom, I was SO sad when I read that they were captured! I LOVE the Visigoths!"

LOL. I am so glad I have been homeschooling him. There is something about having a lot of time to READ and relax with books. To be learning in your comfy couch.
He just LOVES to learn. What a GIFT!

I can't wait to get the other boys homeschooling again soon!

House Hunting

Well, we did not get the house we wanted. We went to see it again tonight and decided not to try to buy it. It needs a good bit of work. So, we wanted to get it for a steal so that we could make it liveable, etc. But, the bank is not budging. So, we are moving on to other options.

We had another fun night of looking at houses. We only had one crazy story this time :)

It was a house that was SUPER cluttered and full of lots of ugly wall paper, but that was owned by a nice, older lady who GAVE US THE TOUR and showed me all of the little details that I could care less about (The timer on the light in the bathroom, for instance!) And, she told us her life story as we toured the home. We weren't left alone for a second! At the end of the tour, she said, "Well now, Kathy, you have to taste the BEST well water! I Love my well water!!" And she proceeded to fill a glass. James said, "No thanks, my wife is really a city slicker. She doesn't like well water! We are going outside to see the land," and we booked it out the door. And, no, it is not for sale by owner. She has an agent! IT was the wellwater line that really cracked me up.

Anyway, the property that we are considering now is on 5 acres. It is a 4 bedroom colonial with a den that is a lot bigger than ours and a study and main floor laundry on the 1st floor. It has a huge unfinished, dry basement. The land is really nice. (And I can always buy bottled water, ya know! LOL!) If you clicked on the link, Just know that the pictures are not very good. The house showed much nicer than it looks online!

Here are a few of my pictures! Keep us in your prayers!
Katie

This isn't a good picture, but the house sits on top of a hill on a manicured section of grass, but is surrounded by 'wild' land of trees and weeds or whatever. Has a pole barn too. (For the chickens/animals we hope to get!)

This is the back of the house. It has a side porch and a back patio. On the other side of the house is a fenced garden area with motion detector lights to scare off the animals!

This little house appears to be a 'tree house' with no tree :)
It probably hasn't been used in a while and would need to be updated. But, I am sure the kids would love to do that!

Our Scouts on TV

If you live in the Ann Arbor area, please check out our kids on Channel 17 next week!
This was a FUN field trip that I HIGHLY recommend!

See last year's Bears on TV next week!

CABLE CHANNEL 17 - Tuesday, 6/17/08 at 3:30pm.

Additional replay times include: Thursday, 6/19 at 7:15pm; Saturday, 6/21 at 9:30am & 7:00pm;

Sunday, 6/22 at 4:25pm; Monday, 6/23 at 3:00pm;Wednesday, 6/25 at 5:00pm;

Thursday, 6/26 at 7:25pm; and Saturday, 6/28 at 10:25am; all on Cable Channel 17.

If you would like to watch this program during additional timeslots,

please call Community Television Network at 769-7422.

Thank you for your support of community media. Please don't keep us a secret; tell others about-

Pat's Choir Concert

SAA Choir Concert:
Music From the 60's
Patrick is on the Far Right

The house we would like to buy

Pray for the negotiations. I am afraid it might take a miracle.. but then, God can work miracles, right??? This house comes with a barn, 10 acres, and a pond. And LOTS of beautiful weeping willow trees! :) Katie

Pat's Band Concert: Video Game Theme Songs

Pat's 7/8 Grades Band had a concert this week. They did a great job!
This one (My favorite) was the old Mario theme song.
Someone was playing the game on the projector while the band played. It was great!

Cousins come for a Visit!

We went to a 'Splash Pad' at a local park. It was super fun! We were there from 9-10:30 with my friend and her 2 kids. Yep, 2 adults and ummm... 11 kids. Not too bad! It is easy to see all the kids at once, and the parking is CLOSE. No one gets lost!

BUDDIES.
These 2 were hilarious. Both love their Thomas paraphernalia.
They played together, slept togethether.
It was great!