No More Muddy Mess

Mr. Price built up the front yard enough to make a circle drive around the oak tree (the tree with the bench beside it to the left of the picture) and not have to worry about driving off the edge or hitting the house. I added the bolders and cedar logs to help prevent someone from driving over the edge. It is a good 6 foot drop on this side of the bolder in the picture.

Mr. Price did a lot of bulldozing to get our yard level and then he brought some topsoil in. I planted bermuda grass and Amy and I kept it watered till it was growing good on its own. Even with all the rain we have had lately our yard still isn't a muddy mess. I put the bolders back here to keep people from driving on the grass. So far, only one person has hit them with a vehicle. The kids miss all the mud but Amy and I sure don't. Next spring we will start putting in flower beds and plant some bushes but for now we will just have to be happy with our grass, bolders, and cedar logs.

Thanksgiving Tree

This is our Thanksgiving or Turkey tree. We saw one and thought it was a great idea. We have a tree that sits in the attic 11 out of 12 months. Why can't we use it a few more months out of the year? We are trying to get the house ready for family coming over for the holidays. It was a fun idea and projects that the kids do at school go on the tree too. If you look close there is a turkey as a tree topper.

Daddy's little helpers

This is the kids and Amy helping me set some corner posts on the new fence line. We got the corner posts up and all the t-posts drivin that weekend. Amy got blisters from all the digging and driving t-posts. Michael picked up the t-posts from the ground so I didn't have to bend over and Hailey and Nick held the tools for us. Michael thought we did a great job other than the cows being able to walk inbetween the t-posts. I had to explain to him that we still had wire to put up. This is one one of my all time favorite weekends. I don't know how much fun Amy and the kids had but I had a blast and it really meant a lot to me them being out there helping.

Our Little Cowboy

Our baby (Nick) is growing up fast. He is turning into a little boy..........

cowboy that is!

(This is one of his school pictures.)

First day of Pre K

Hailey and Michael had there first day of Pre K. They were so excited to buy all of the supplies and to pack their backpacks. They were nervous like mom and daddy were but when it came time to leave it was a different story for Mike. Hailey did perfectly, sitting at her desk coloring her picture. Mike did his "I need a kiss and hug first" routine. Then he started fussing about us leaving. He practically chased us out of the room....untill....Alexa Rainge (a very pretty little girl) walked into class. All of the sudden, out of nowhere, Mike turned around and started acting so cool. After that Curtis and I could leave. I can't help but laugh because if this is how he acts at 4 years old, I don't want to know what it will be like as a teenager.

So far school has been great. Mike only has one enemy, a boy he has never gotten along with. It is a constant battle to teach Mike not to listen to or act like this other little boy. I guess this is something we all go through. So far he is making out like a champ. Hailey is a follower so she just does what everyone else does. Sometimes this is a good thing and sometimes it is not. We are just learning when to not conform. Hailey has never really been a good nap-taker so being still and quiet during nap time has been hard. I sure do love them both!

Kids playing at the new house.

I really got to get Mr. Price to hurry on the dirt work so I can get some grass growing!!! This is James and Morgan Price and Michael, Hailey, and Nick.

Kids + Dirt + Water = FUN!!!

Michael's got his own swimming hole.

Hailey and James are making mud angels.

Nick is making a mud angel.

They are haveing way too much fun.

Nick has dirt everywhere but inbetween his teeth.

Hailey is always ready to take a picure. One of these days she is going to regret this picure.

This is our smart kid!!!

Finished House and Moving In!!!

This is what our finished house looks like. NOW we get to start on the yard!!! As soon as it dries out Mr. Price will fix our front drive, put a circle drive in front and bring in some topsoil. Yeah!!!






Our finished catwalk!!!




Our finished fireplace. (I even cleaned the trash out of it.)




Our new front door and Piano.




This is our antler chandelier at night from the catwalk view.




We had a possum find our chandelier. He is just hanging out.




Our new clean kitchen.

This is the finished stove top, arch, and backsplash.

Amy's copper sink and appliance garage in the corner.

The hardest thing in the house to move was putting the sleeper sofa in the gameroom.

The game room is coming together.

The TV goes good in the gameroom.

This is Nick's Batman room!!!

This is Micheal's Superman room.

And Hailey has a Pink Princess Room. Imagine That!

Weeks away from the big day!

Well, they are saying we will be moving in July. It is getting so close that we can finally see the end. The last of the rock work on the the back porch is being done, and the poles are getting stained.

The dinning room now has a tile floor. The walls are painted and I think we can call this room "done".

Roy did a great job on the rock. The chimney looks great. We would highly recommend him for any rock work.

The island and the arch over the cook top are complete. After the tile is done in here, the kitchen will be ready for some appliances.

Truck takes a lick'en and keeps on tick'en !!!

This is what happens when my truck went for a spin without me.

Notice the imprint of the tree on my hood. The tree was verticle. My truck was not on flat ground.

Stupid tree.

The tree in the middle is the one that stopped my truck for me. My truck had to find the biggest tree around.

Easter 2009

The kids were checking out their bounty after finding Easter eggs at church Wednesday before Easter.



Our boys all dressed up. They sure looked sharp.



Hailey is always ready to strike a pose.




All the girls Easter Sunday.

All the boys Easter Sunday.

Delays.......Another 2 months and counting

Roy (Our rock man) has been working hard to get all the rock on the house. All that is left is the rock on the bottom of the pillars and he is about to get those whooped.

Roy added a star above the front window for added character.

The back of the house is almost finished as well.

Mike (cabinet man) did a great job making the cabinets. The granite was put on this last week. We just need some stain and paint !!!

Oh, yea.......and some more rock. The arch is going to be rocked as well as the island.

We have the gameroom about done. We have to seal and polyurethane everything and add some carpet and it will be done.

These are the beams above the livingroom. It's just a matter of time before we find the boys hanging from them.

This is another picture of the logs. I was standing on the catwalk looking over rather than under them.

These are the logs above the catwalk. The handrails will be put in later this week, then we don't have to worry about anyone falling over.




This is the rest of the logs under the catwalk. The men are glad to be done with all the logs.