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.

2 months and counting

Mike Waldon has custom made the cabinets from knotty alder and they are being installed.

We have to pick the stain and Curtis and I cannot come to a decision. We may just seal them and be done with it.

The railings for the stairs are here and are ready to be installed.

The boards on the walls and ceiling are going up. It is really starting to look like a house.

The columns are going on the walls . The men are putting them up by hands. These beams are a foot wide and very long. This weekend will be fun to watch because the will be putting the beams across the living room. Someone has to hold it up while the other bolts it in. I sure hope that no one will get hurt.

Problem Pond SOLVED

Looks like the pond should go away soon. Well, I guess that the green spot they left should be a very fertile place to grow a garden. Just kidding! Thanks for the prayers.

Our unwanted mystery pond

These picture were taken not very long ago. We have been having a dispute with our soon to be neighbors over their septic tank running over to our land. This has been going on for at least a year. The neighbors don't see that the sewage as any problem. This is not a puddle but a small pond of poo.

Thankfully the State of Texas has decided to help us and on March 16 th we have a court date. I guess that the EPA doesn't approve of sewage dumping like the neighbors were hoping for. We do not want to be ugly but we do have 3 small children that are drawn to "mud" and I don't want them coming home covered in "this".

I wish that I could say it is just barely on our property but it is not. Please pray for us that we can get the poo cleaned up without us getting to pooy with each other.