Concrete Update

Well, Halloween passed and our concrete still is in tact! No footprints, names, tire tracks etc in our pretty, new concrete! Here are some pics from all the fun on Wednesday and Friday!

The huge-but-awesome cement truck...

Starting the 1st pour

It's a messy job, but someone's gotta do it!

The 1st slab done!

On to the next slab!
Just finishing up!We also have some Halloween pics for your viewing pleasure! Here are our decorations...

Super Girl's FRANKEN PUNKIN!!!

Our black cat and Super Boy's pumpkin from his field trip

The big piggy pumpkin...

Here are the cutie pies all dressed up. 2 of my friend J's kids are in the pic too...aren't they adorable!?

Super Boy is Elephant-licious!

My Super girl Punkin!

Hope you had a SPOOKTACULAR Halloween...I know we did! Kids have enough candy to last until next year! Hope I can keep my hands off it all!!!

Concrete Jungle in my own front yard

As I type, there's a concrete company prepping my front yard for our extended driveway and parking strips! They are going to pour some of it today and the rest on Friday! Here are some before and during pictures! I'll update again on Friday with more pics!

Dum da duh dum! SOD!!!!

Hip Hip Hooray!!! The sod is in!!! Here are some pics!

Tall Boy pulling the kids on a ladder that did a great job leveling the ground for us...

The first 2 rows of sod...

Almost done

Putting on the last touches...Super girl, don't do it...daddy will be mad!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh..........what a beautiful sight!!! On to the next project!!!

More water woes...and Yippees too!

There are some water woes and there are some water Yippees! 1st, our beloved pool wasn't level and spilled it's 1900 gallons down our dirt...MUDSLIDE!!! Not fun, but not horrible either. Now we can reposition and level it out...basically do it right! Anyway the fun news is that as I type, the water company is here replacing our water meter and allowing us to hook up our new main line...water pressure here we come!!!

11:59PM Update...

We have awesome water pressure, no leaks anywhere to be found, and all our sprinklers work great! We are debating whether or not to put in sod this weekend. I'll let you know when I know!

Water Works...

Well, last night and this morning we worked on our sprinklers in the front yard! We worked last night past dark with the assistance of a work light. Then I got up this morning and finished it off. I just need to move some bricks and I will be done! So my life consists of dirty socks, shoes, and lots of PIPE!!! Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure!

Water Woes

I just got done talking with the water guy, and it doesn't look good. He said we have crappy pressure (I could have told him THAT!) and being so close to the main line we should have tons. So he thinks the water company will replace the little 5 foot section between our water meter and the main. At least then we will be able to see the main...he said we were close to it when we were digging 4 1/2 feet down! So I guess I'd better change my clothes and get digging! But hopefully with that news, we can get back on schedule with the sprinklers and hopefully have some grass before kids arrive home on Saturday! I know, yeah right...with the way these projects have gone so far, I'll just be happy to have grass and fencing by next summer! Wish us luck...I think we'll need it!

Houston, we have a problem...

We have a couple of problems going on right now. 1st...NO COMMENTS on the past 2 posts!!!??? Come on people, this isn't supposed to be a monologue!!! And 2nd...we can't find our water main! We dug and dug and dug until we were 5 ft deep next to our water meter! No luck, so that put sprinklers on hold until we figure out if we will be able to replace the water main or not. SO FRUSTRATING!!! I had no idea how much work and planning went into all of this yard stuff. I thought we'd have everything done in 7 working days...HA HA HA...I was SO NAIVE!!! Now we will be lucky to get sod in before the kids arrive home in a week!!! Also, I didn't comprehend how much time would be spent doing nothing! It feels so counter-productive, but things have to happen in a certain order, and when you're on pause, all you can do is wait!!! UGH!!! Anywho, the kiddos are having a blast in Cali with Gmas Gpas and all the Aunts Uncles and Cousins that their little hearts could desire. Super Girl is saying a few new things, and I missed them :( She now says Yummy, ishy (fishy), I get out, up high, and missy sue. She also told Gpa "no no papa!" Too fun! I can't wait to see them next Sunday (maybe this Saturday, who knows) Super Girl will probably walk up to me and say..."mommy, I would like a cookie and some juice please." and then I'll just fall over from the shock of it all! We will find out later on today what will happen with our water main, so maybe I'll post a brief update later!

Our yard has a serious gopher problem!!!

OK, not really, but it was either that or the creatures from the movie Tremors... I chose gophers. Anyway, we had the trencher yesterday and got almost everything done, then it broke. So we still have about an hour of work when we get it back today. That trencher is one mean lookin' machine! Tall Boy and his brother manned the trencher and I was stuck with a shovel. Tall Boy joined me on the shovel brigade when his brother was driving the beast. We got very dirty, but it's progress!!! Tall boy is out right now buying supplies for the sprinkler lines and main line. So we just might have sprinklers installed (maybe not working) later today!!! So her are the photos of our awesome gopher yard! Enjoy!

Yard Progress...

So, while the kiddos have been at play, we have been working our butts off! Does that sound right to anyone? We had the tractor yesterday and did a lot of work with it. We moved rock/gravel to prepare for concrete; we tilled our whole yard, not just where we are putting sod in, but I only took pictures of the future sod area. We also moved a lot of dirt in preparation for sod! We out it in our side yard where we had some major dips and valleys, now our side yard looks amazing too! Anyway, here are some photos of the front yard....

Before

During Tilling

During Dirt Removal

Finished! Until sprinklers and sod at least!!!
As you can tell by the darkness of the last photo, we worked until late. We didn't get the tractor until 3pm, so we were working until about 8pm. Hope this pays off in the body department! Maybe I really DID work my butt off....I haven't checked yet today....

Nope...still there...shucks...maybe next project! Until then...keep smiling!

Updates...

The kitchen upstairs is SO CLOSE to being DONE!!! Tall Boy finished the vent for the hood (I think) and Gpa hooked up the gas stove! Tall Boy even lit all the burners, and they worked! (We got this stove last year for free, and it has been sitting outside in our car port since then!) There was one burner that didn't work quite like the others, but hey, it was a free stove! All that's left is to hook up the electrical for the dryer, hook up the washer, and install a dryer vent. Someday we want to put cabinets over the washer and dryer, and make a mobile island with a butcher block top...but I have a hard time believing that those things will happen in the next 3 -6 months.

In other news, the other Gma and Gpa are going to be visiting for a week! Super Boy is SO EXCITED!!! He won't know what to do with himself! 4 people here...which one to play with first!? Hopefully he won't wear them out too much! We are SUPER excited and can't wait 6 more days...but we have to! We just hope we can pull the guest room together in time!

Super Girl is getting more confident, standing up for longer periods of time, and preparing to amaze us all when she just starts RUNNING one of these days! She still hasn't really taken any more steps, but why rush things? However, she has learned to climb our whole staircase! She doesn't like coming down, but she loves going up! She also loves to stand at the bottom of the stairs and yell "AT! AT! AT!" I think she likes the echo. Hopefully Gma and Gpa don't mind the yelling! Her 4 teeth on top are quite the sight. 2 are pretty much all the way in, and the other 2 will probably be all the way in a week from now...she's growing up SO FAST! I can't believe that I need to start thinking about her 1st birthday party! I am SO BEHIND on all of our scrapbooks!!! I hope I can catch up soon!

I hope I'll be getting a few more opportunities to scrapbook now that my church is starting a group that will meet once a month to scrapbook, make cards, crochet, do crafts etc etc. The first one is Aug 4th at my house from 7-9pm...I just hope I can get something done!

Speaking of getting something done, I really should get to work on the house...what's new right!? Until next time! BYE!!!

Construction Progress

We are slowly, but surely making a dent in the seemingly endless list of improvements we need to accomplish. We have installed some of the cabinets, counter top and sink in the kitchen. We even managed to run some electrical wires so we can FINALLY have ceiling fixtures in the front room! Hooray! A few more doors are painted and hung, but there are still more to do! Soon my life may slow down and get back to normal!

D-day has come and gone!

Well, Gma and Gpa arrived safely...all the boxes have been moved in to the house, unpacking...that's a different story! My brother-in-law was kind enough to help Gma and Gpa move here AND refinish our hardwood floor in the Dining Room. It looks AWESOME!!! We still have lots to do, but the chaos has somewhat subsided. Super Girl has decided that 2 teeth on the bottom are just not enough and is attempting to cut 2 more on the top, however, both of them are on her left side...here comes SNAGGLETOOTH!!! But you know she will still be ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE! Super Boy has been in 7th heaven with Gma and Gpa, and all the other family that has been here. He is always wanting to play games, and for the past couple of days he's had so many people to play them with! Well, I should get going...I'll try to keep you all updated...thanks for reading!

Construction vs. DESTRUCTION!!!

For those of you who are new to my life, we are in the last leg of remodeling the main floor of our home. We are preparing for my in-laws to move in. It has been insane! We have been ripping up everything and replacing it. We just got some BEAUTIFUL new carpet today and I am so excited to be finishing soon! Here are some fun pictures (fun to me, boring to some) of our progress! As you can see in the 1st photo, the kitchen is probably the worst off. The 2nd photo is of the yellow room, 3rd is our carpet, and 4th is my favorite...the blue room! The whole house is off-white with white trim except the yellow and blue rooms (per Tall Boy's demands). I have been painting for so long...I am ready to be done, but there is one room left, the dining room...so I'd better get back to it!