Lots of things are changing!

This is the back of our house. This is the view out the windows on the back of our house.

This is the window looking out into our backyard. These beams and posts will be on each corner of our island. Our corner fireplace that Jesse built. It will be rocked when it is all said and done. Our front door!

This is one of my favorite pictures! This is the view you see from the road!

Lets see...Lots of things have been going on around our house recently as you can see! But we are now at the stage that you just don't see many changes on the inside! Our plumbing is in! Our electric is almost done, Thanks to Heath! Our HVAC should be getting finished up in the next couple of days! And of course my favorite part is our stucco and rock is going on the outside of the house! I LOVE IT!! The back is finished, one side is finished and Mike started on the front yesterday!! YAY!! I can't wait to see what the front is going to look like!

He has done such a great job!

Originally we were going to go with a tan or brown with our stucco color. But we were afraid that with our roof, our brown toned rock, our brown posts and beams, and our brown door we were going to get a little too BROWN... so we went olive green... It is BEAUTIFUL! I am so happy with our decision! The front is going to have stone around the garage, around our front door, and all the corners are going to be stoned.

Please keep us in your prayers as we continue to make decisions on our home!

Hope you all are having a WONDERFUL Summer!

WORLD CUP!!

Well, our family has really been into the World Cup this year! We've all filled out our brakets too...so far I think all of us have got most of it wrong!! Oh well, it is still lots of fun to follow it together! With Hannah and Allee both playing soccer it is so fun to see them get so excited while they are watching the games! They decided to go ALL OUT on Saturday when USA played! GO USA!! Hope you enjoy the picture!

Church Camp

Well, Allee, Annie, and Me survived church camp and had a great time! The girls did great at making new friends too! Here are a few pictures! We only spent 2 nights and 3 days, but I think that was long enough for now! Allee got homesick the 2nd night and I ended up sleeping on the top bunks with her and Annie!

Beams and Post are Set!!

Jesse finished setting the beams and posts in our kitchen last night! They look really cool! Our island will be built around the 3 posts. We are planning on dropping lights down through the beams in the ceiling over the island area. Jesse tells me every night when we get home from the new house "One Day Closer." We are planning on staining the posts and beams this weekend and then Jesse is going to wrap them in heavy plastic to keep them protected during the sheet rocking phase. Byron, our cabinet guy, is coming on Friday to get the exact measurements of the island now that the posts are set in place.

Hope you all are having a great week!

Updates on the House

This has been a long process for Jesse. When we started working toward the dream of our new home Jesse cut down the trees and cleared out the brush where our house would sit. He put a lot of thought into where the best placement on our lot would be for our home and our driveway. He spent countless hours on designing our home on the computer. I would find him at all hours of the night changing something that he didn't think was going to be just right. He researched and figured out a way to pipe the water from the spring that we hit around our house, when they started digging the hole for our basement. I will have to say that I have learned that my husband is pretty handy to have around through this process. I had NO idea that he could do everything that he has been doing on the house. He has set our tub and shower units. He helped the builder set a couple doors and the big windows and then he tackled the rest of the windows and doors by himself. He has moved dirt with the tractor and ran the back hoe. These are just a few of the things that Jes has tackled through the project. I just hope he knows how thankful the girls and I are for him putting in so much time to make the house perfect for us!

Thank you Jesse for all your hard work! We Love You!

Doors and Windows are being finished up. Soffit and Facia are going on and I think the Stucco is going to be started later this week!

Our AWESOME friend Heath is helping us run the electrical wire!

We can't express how grateful we are to him and Lori for giving up their personal family time to help us with our new home! THANKS Heath and Lori!

This picture is an older one but it gives you an idea how far we have come.

The New Addition to Our Family

Well in the pink blanket is our sweet little kitty!

We got the sweet little thing on Saturday. After daddy gave the girls the ok we went and picked her up! They have named her Boo (Like the little girl on Monsters Inc.)

We have been taking her every where with us. We even went to WalMart last night and Hannah put Boo in her purse:) It is AMAZING how the little things in life make the best memories!

Hope all of you are enjoying your day!