Just for you JulieAnna!

Unfortunately we slightly burned the toast this time...but just wanted you to see that we really are using the hilarious toast stamper that you got us. Maddy thinks it's the coolest.

And we get to experience a little "taste" of Paris with this fancy bread!

Our New Home is Underway!

Here are some of the recent photos of our new house being built. Sorry about the duplicate photo and the out-of-order foundation photo. I think I'm having to re-learn this blogging stuff because it's been so LONG!
Gary and I continue to be amazed every time we drive by the house because even with this crazy, snowy January and February we've had, they are building our house so fast. No complaints! It's funny tho, that today I drove by and they are already putting shingles on the roof...but the basement is still full of snow that just won't seem to go away. Still too cold for it to melt. So they can't pour the concrete in the basement. Our Builder Superintendent said they might have to shovel it into wheelbarrows and wheel the snow out of there. Now that would make for an interesting video!

Starting the framing (late Jan. 2010)

Here's our foundation!

Let there be walls!

Here's the view of our house from across the park. We feel really blessed with our lot and location.

Raise the Roof!

Home Sweet Home.

(I do have more recent photos with the Tyvek and roof shingles getting started from today. Will try to upload soon!)

Maddy's First Prayer

Maddy's Song & Dance

Thanks Grandma for the special gift!

Fun Snowy Days! - Saturday Feb. 20th

It's been a long time. A really really long time...

For whatever reason, I was inspired today to get back on the horse and check my blog for the first time in many months...and actually feel inspired to say HELLO (to no one, I'm sure...as any followers I had are now long gone). Maybe that's what makes it feel nice is that now I don't have any accountability, so I can just go about my days, and when the mood strikes me, I can throw a few funny photos on here...or not. And hopefully no one will be disappointed either way.
Can't believe that my kids are growing up so stinkin' fast. Madelyn is 40 months old (ha!) and Connor is 16 months. They amaze me and exhaust me every day. And I'm so smitten with them both. I have so many cute and hilarious video clips lately but it's so time-consuming to load them on here. I wish that was an easier task. Who knows, maybe Blogger has made some improvements since last April. Ha! Well, I'll see about getting some recent photos on here, and then I'll just go from there.
Hello world, I'm baaaaaaaaack!