Mia's Weekend

Did a little frog and toad catching...
swam in the pool, in her birthday suit...
checked the chickens....in her birthday suit.

Gotta love liv'n in the country...

Windows and Siding

This weekend Kent worked on the windows and siding of the house. He now has all the windows on the main floor replaced and is going around the main area with siding. So he just has the six windows upstairs left to do and we have all new windows! YEAH!

Milo

This weekend I took some new pictures of Milo. It is amazing how fast he has grown. He is still a kitten by his behavior though. He loves to play and usually involves a lot of biting and scratching...

Super Mia

Mia found her old bat costume one day and asked me to tie a dishtowel around her neck for a cape and this is what we got...

Basement Family Room

The girls and I went to my parents for the weekend in early August to give Kent time to work on some projects around the house. He started the family room in the basement. The family room in under the north side addition which is below the master bedroom/bathroom. It will be so nice when this room is done and we can start to organize the basement.

Butterfly Garden

This spring Mia and Kent planted some seeds called "butterfly mix". I wasn't too sure what it was going to look like, but it really turned out pretty.

Chickens

Our Chickens. The black and white one was thrown in with our chicken order as a free exotic chicken with our order. We enjoy him, he is so funny. Mia named him "Little Foot" and says "he's a handsome little man".
Mia and her chickens. She really enjoys her chicken chores.
A few weekends ago we decided the chickens were old enough to have some "outside time". They were nervous at first, but now the have a good time pecking around the yard eating grass and bugs. Now in the morning they run for the door when they hear it being opened and then about 8:30pm they all go up the their little roost that Kent made them inside the coop and we count them and close up the door.

The Severson Fleet

One Sunday Kent took the afternoon and washed all of our cars. Since they were all still clean, he decided it would be a good time to get a picture. The Impala and Truck have been with us for awhile and we have no plans to get rid of them (too attached). The red cavalier is going to be our back and forth car for work during the week, once a few things get repaired on it and, yes....the vehicle on the end is a MINI VAN. Anticipating the arrival of kid #3, we bought the van at the beginning of July and got a great deal on it and honestly - WE LIKE IT! Yes, we are van people and are okay with that...

Bedrest Update

Sorry I didn't update this sooner. Monday July 28th I went in first thing in the morning and I had not dilated anymore so she told me I could go to work but had to take it very easy. She scolded me a little bit because she knows me and that I am famous for "kind-of listening" to her. She stressed how important following her restrictions was to the health of the baby. So I have been a model patient since her warning. Last Tuesday the Dr. Called and said I tested positive for Shigella (Google it. I am not going into detail...). She put me on antibiotics and the symptoms quickly subsided. She also put me on very strong iron since my iron was almost non-existent. Now I feel fabulous! I actually have a little color to my skin and can eat normal now. So hopefully there will be no baby for six more weeks. We don't have anything ready for this kid yet...