House repairs, preschool, and sisterly love...

Well I'm finally getting caught up on the blog. It's been a busy summer with all the traveling and then the house repairs in between. Jim got the A/C drain fixed and a pump installed so now we can begin replacing the flooring. We've opted to do it ourselves since we have a hard time justifying paying somebody else to do something we can do ourselves. However it is a somewhat daunting project to put in over 320 square feet of tile and Jim has been super busy at work so it's been left to me to begin. Now if I could only find the motivation to get started! We also have a few other projects on the list to get the downstairs back in order so hopefully in the next month it will all be completed.

Whitney started preschool last week after missing the first few days while we were in Alaska. She goes 5 days a week for a few hours in the afternoon and has been loving it. Maren had a hard time the first few days we dropped Whitney off. However, since the day I took her to Chic-Fil-A for a play date after we dropped Whitney off she's been fine and seems to enjoy the time alone with Mom. Whitney also has started playing soccer in the last few weeks. Each game she gets a lot better but it is pretty comical to watch at times.

Lastly here is a cute picture of the two girls. Maren has started to insist on sleeping in Whitney's bed with her each night after scriptures and prayers. A few nights she's had to be put in her room after getting out of bed to play with toys. The other night I went to check on them and found them both asleep holding hands. Some good sisterly bonding!