Adventures of the Barretts

Saturday, April 20, 2013

One Fun Year

This past Tuesday marked the 1 year anniversary of us living at our house. In following with our tradition of spending lots of time on the road, Bryan was in Omaha-just like he was the first night we lived here!!!

Here are some pictures of our home...just in case you wanted to see it.

Move-in day! Note the lack of any yard...our biggest project.

Unpacking a few boxes:

SNOW!!!!

Snow day!!! 4/10/13

1 week later:

Still snowy. What an April

Now, since this is Nebraska, I had to post this picture too:

Yes, this was on the Sunday in between the two previous pictures. Only in Nebraska!!!!!

Some of our projects:

Quality dirt to grow a lawn

The dirt worked! And the watering, watering and more watering. Starting a lawn in the middle of a drought is not the greatest plan that we had!

Creating a raised flower bed

The (almost) finished project

Bryan's winter project was putting up trim. It looks so good!

Since we are living on a farm, we felt we needed some livestock.

So we got some chickens.

We love our house and these are just some of the reasons:

Snowball fights

A living room big enough to have birthday parties in with room to spare

Land to go fly kites

Space to carve pumpkins

A place for the boys to grow up happy and enjoying outside

Dining space to host Christmas Dinner

Beautiful views to remember how much we are blessed

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Has it only been 2 years?

OK, I know we all say, "time flies" or "it passes so quickly." I agree with both statements, but when I look back and realize that it has now been (just a little over, Feb 11 isn't that long ago, right???) two years since Sam entered our lives, I find it hard to believe. I really don't remember life without our little guy. It seems like forever since he was my little bitty baby. (OK 8 1/2 lbs isn't really itty bitty, but you get the point)

His first day on earth

Bundled up to meet the ESU 13 staff at inservice day...2 weeks old

Now that he is two, our world is a different sort of noisy. Now instead of cries when he is tired, hungry, cold, etc. It is jabbering about anything and everything. He has taken on his brother's musical talents and will sing along with us. Right now his favorites are Carolina by Eric Church and Some Nights by Fun. Someday I will get a video of those and post them. It is quite cute. Here are some pictures from his birthday party to show off how big he has gotten:

Look who's 2!

Presents!

Awesome cake from Mindy's Makings

Mason made a sign for Sam

The birthday boy getting away with sitting on the counter...

Happy Birthday to you!

He wasn't in to blowing out his candles...at all. Mason was, though!

We had his party the weekend before his birthday, so we celebrated at home on his actual birthday.

Whoa! Look how big this thing is!

What could it be??

Yay!!! Clothes.

Now he's a big kid and has to shave with dad in the mornings.

Happy Birthday, Sam!!

Saturday, March 23, 2013

YMCA Soccer

Today marked the end of soccer season. Mason had a great time. I never thought I'd find myself saying this, but the season wasn't long enough. They were finally getting it figured out these last couple of weeks and then, it's over. Oh well. It was fun to watch while it lasted! Here are some pictures of our futbol star:

Are you ready for this???

So fast he's a blur

Buddies together for soccer

Mason's fan section. It was so fun that his cousins came to watch him play.

Man, I wish we could go join them!

Another great season at the Y. It is nice to have such fun programs for the kids to enjoy. Now that soccer season is over, what will we do on weekends? I'm sure we will find something!!

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Family Pictures

For Christmas this year, we had a family photo shoot with Bryan's family. Sara from ShutterBee Photography took the pictures and as with every time she has taken our pictures, we loved them. Here are some of the favorites. There are lots of pictures, so brace yourself.