WE ARE THE TRUE FAMILY CIRCUS!!

So our morning started out something like this... I woke up late to get ready for work. So I am rushing around and trying to get everyone ready to get out the door on time and then my phone rings at 8:10. Jesse called to see how quick the girls and I could be in town to meet him for breakfast at Brenda's before work. Oh course I say, Uhhh...I can probably be out of here in 20 minutes. LOL... I had just got out of the shower and was bound determined that we could make it work. We never get to go out for breakfast together and it was too fun of an idea to pass up!! So we made it out the door by 8:30 and headed to town. As we were driving down the road Hannah says, "Hey, Mom what does that hole go to?" WHAT HOLE? Our sweet little kitten decided to crawl up a hole in the front of our van that I have now learned goes into our dash board...I guess all vehicles have them! (I know I have never looked that close!) So I am still driving through town to meet Jesse, the cat is now in our dash, all 3 girls are crying, and of course I am on the verge of tears myself. WHAT DO I DO??? We get to Brenda's and I send the girls on inside to meet Jesse. I open the hood on my van and tried looking up in the hole that she climbed in. I didn't want to go inside because as far as I knew she could climb out of our van through the front where the engine is and then she would get ran over by another vehicle!!!! Jesse came out of Brenda's and looked around and said just come inside and she will eventually come out. We headed back in and Allee is still crying because she was thinking of all the bad things that could happen (she gets that from me). Jesse is telling her not to cry "The cat will be fine." We eat as fast as we can because keep in mind I have to be at work at 9:00. So the girls and I load back up into the van to head to work WITH THE KITTEN IN OUR DASH!!! Jesse told me to keep the fan off until we get her out! We get to the shop and still NO KITTEN!! Allee is still crying, I am starting to cry. Keep in mind it is almost 90 degrees outside! Allee calls Poppy to the rescue! Poppy and Mr. Jim came to our work and tried to see if they could reach up in the HOLE to get her out. By this time she really isn't making much noise. NO LUCK!! Poppy tells the girls to just leave her food and water in the floor board. Of course I am thinking...She is going to cook in there! What if she is stuck and can't get out?...All these things are running through my head! The girls go out to the van every 5 minutes to see if she is out yet...STILL NO KITTEN!!! I was talking to Grandma (my mom) on the phone and she called her friend that has a Auto body shop here in town. They were going to come to the store to help get the kitten out! As they were getting ready to come...(around 10:00) I went out to see if I could at least hear her! I listened real close and could hear a faint meow and a little scratching...Good News at least she is still alive! I looked up in the hole and could see the little stink! I reached up in there and grabbed her! WE HAVE THE KITTEN!! The girls went into excited CHEERING...WE HAVE THE KITTEN!! I called my mom back and told her to call her friend back. Yep!! I have defiantly decided we are truly The Family Circus! Who wants to come and spend a day with us! I will guarantee you will have plenty of entertainment!

Grandma and Papa Time!

The girls have been getting quite a bit of extra Grandma and Papa time while we have been working on the house! They come over to our new house every night that they are free and say "We want to rescue the girls tonight." You can imagine the girls EXCITEMENT!! Grandma took the girls to Walmart last night and bought them some yarn to teach them how to croche! They are having a BLAST!! The have the chain down and Grandma said she is going to teach them the single stitch today! They built a sand area at their house too...so between that and snuggling with Papa and watching movies, Emma has plenty to do too!

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!