JACKSONS JOURNEY JOURNAL

I am FOUR

August 20, 2013

Brooklynne is a ball of sassy-sweetness, fun, laughter and independence...not to mention she's the cutest thing going! Our Baby Brooklynne is FOUR years old today, Happy Happy Miss Brooklynne, we sure do love your little loving self.

At FOUR Brooklynne loves to sing, dance, perform, tumble, make believe, try on shoes, play house and babies, play with her friends, ride her bike, doodle, snuggle and follow in every foot step of her older sisters. Brooklynne loves to help mommy around the home whether it's cleaning and cooking inside or gardening and watering outside..she is a great helper not to mention she is our families official music chorister for family night. Brooklynne is super excited to start her preschool/gymnastics classes in a few short weeks along with starting back up a new dance class after summer break.

Finished Product

August 17, 2013

Come on in and take a peek...

Living and Dining Room

Stair Case to Upstairs

Kitchen Pantry and Right side of Kitchen

Left side of Kitchen and Downstairs powder room

Top set of stairs, Linen Closet and Upstairs Landing

Upstairs Bedroom # 1 and Bedroom # 2

Upstairs Bathroom

Upstairs Laundry Room and Master Bedroom (the Master Bedroom really is quite spacious, I took this picture at the wrong angle.)

Master Bath

The majority of the pictures were taken late Friday night or rather early Saturday morn after we cleaned to prep for the open house so lighting is a bit dark but we are quite pleased with the end results of flip # 1.

AUGUST SUMMER SCENE

August 13, 2013

BEARDED DRAGON

Jarom and Ellie's new pet.

BETA BUDDY

Josh's new pet. The kids have been busy getting in some working hours for Matt fixing homes up to flip and then Ellie has been the neighborhood home, yard and pet watcher while families are on their vacas for summer time. They have been earning their own money which they love to invest in pets of their own. Oh the joys of pets....

SLEEPOVERS

We've done our fair share of similar scenes like these this summer, getting their friend-fix in.

BLACKBERRY COBBLER

Made using mom's same apple-crisp recipe, quite yummo with the blackberries as well, eat while warm topped with vanilla ice cream of course.

Berry Picking down the street. Our yearly family tradition of berry picking just down from our neighborhood may be put to a hault here soon. They are building so many industrial buildings around us and ripping out many of the black berry trails, so sad...

CAMPFIRES

Matt took the boys on a fishing and camping few days adventure, they all had a great time despite no fishes being caught...

SUB ZERO ICE CREAM

Cool liquid nitrogen treat made to order... the kids loved the effects!

FAM HOME EVENING TREAT

OUR NEW RIDE

Can we get an AMEN to no griping, no squished kids packed in like sardines car rides? Bring on the ROAD TRIPS! The kids have been having fun bringing a friend along since there is an extra seat when we have the whole fam in the car for a grand total of nine passengers. Three rows of the cabin seating and a bench row of three that turns into a bed. The big screen TV has been a real treat for the kids. Now the only griping is the decision of who gets to bring a friend to church each Sunday, hey the new ride has even proved to be a missionary tool:)

TACOMA FLIP HOME #2 BEFORE PICS...

LOVING THE FRUIT TREES IN THE YARD

Apples, pears and plums, the deer families home for the past years.

BRE'S CHEER CAMP

TWO WHEELER PRACTICE

BROOKLYNNE GETTING A BIT POUTY.

WATCHING THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOATS AND SHEEP

THIS GIRL LOVES HER HEELS.

On day after church Brooklynne told me, "mom you should really take off your shoes (my high heels) she went on to say, you look like you need to get comfortable." Of course the minute I took the heels off, they went right back on but to guess who's feet?