Kjirsten and College Life

The first part of September I took Kjirsten to BYU-I. We flew to Salt Lake and spent some time at IKEA stocking up on apt. stuff. On Sunday we drove with the Bunkers (from Illinois) up to Rexburg. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday they had orientation and registration activities. We were very busy the whole time getting everything taken care of. We spoke to counselors and rearranged her major and some of her classes. We bought books, food, and all kinds of misc. stuff that you just can't bring on the plane. Kjirsten has five roommates that she loves. I did much better than I thought I would leaving her. I teared up a little, but I was just thankful that I was leaving her in such a great environment. I know that she will do great. She will have many wonderful opportunities and she will really thrive there. Here is a list of her classes. Intro to Biology, Chemistry, Writing class, College Algebra, New Testament, and Chamber Choir. I think that is it. She has 16 credits which should keep her very busy. Here are some pictures of her in Rexburg

Kjirsten lives in the basement of this house. Below is a picture of the roommate that she shares a room with. Kjirsten is on the bottom bunk.

Here she is unpacking which took days since we were so busy with orientation stuff. The blanket on her bed was given to her by the YW and RS for graduation.

This is Joseph and Kjirsten standing on the street just outside Kjirsten's apartment. You can see the Spori building on campus behind them. She is in a great location.

The rest of the pictures were at the gardens on campus.

UPDATES TO MY HOME DECOR

Here are a few things that I have added to our home over the last six months:

Curtains over the kitchen sink:

Close up picture so that you can see the stripes on the top. I thought that it turned out pretty cute.

I found this oil painting on one of my trips to Sam's Club. They were having an oil painting show and I loved this one. I have been looking for something like this for awhile for the kitchen, but most paintings like this have more reds and oranges and as you can tell my wall is a plum color. This one works well with my color scheme

Here is a picture of it on the wall and you can see the other curtains that are in the kitchen that I finished way back in February.

We created an area in the girls room where they could do their make-up and hair. We still need to get some stools for them to sit on. Of course there is one mirror for Breanne and one for TaraLyn.

Curtains for the boys room: I am trying to pull in an old fashioned plane theme with their camouflage bedspreads. I found this material and thought that it would work well. I used the same pattern as I did for the kitchen drapes, but figured that it would be okay because the rooms are on different ends of the house and on different floors. Besides that, who really cares besides me.

So, the next picture is with the flash on :}

I did this project yesterday. I have brass fixtures everywhere in my home. I spray painted these lights by my front door. I thought that they turned out nice and look a ton better. It was so easy that I started to do the same thing to the light fixtures inside my home.

That is it for now.

School Days

I actually took pictures the first day of school. I just haven't posted them. My children have already received their mid-term grades and are well into the next term. I thought that I would still post pictures.

Breanne - Senior

TaraLyn - Junior

Kjel - 6th Grade

Clayton 4th Grade