More Pictures of the house

 Here is the basement cleaned out so it is easier to see...

 The garage...

 The family room...

 The lower level is the family room, and the upper, MacKelle and Mason's bedroom and a bathroom

 And today our LUMBER arrived!!!!!!

More progress...cement!

 They poured cement for our basement walls the other day...

 It is fun to see where some of the windows are and be able to see it coming together!! This is the basement (future family room and a storage room)

 This is looking at Mason's and MacKelle's rooms and a bathroom on the closer side (MacKelle is looking in her window in the picture)

This is our garage...

Trace's 9th Birthday Party

 Blowing out candles...

 I let him make the first cut, andhe decapitated it! The boys thought that was SO funny!!!

 Our first game we divided into teams and made lego cars and raced them...

 These boys were SOOO energetic!! I couldn't stop laughing!!

 For this race, they had to keep the balloon between their knees...

 A partner race where you have to keep the balloon between your heads, and not touch it with your hands at all.

 ...And our final balloon game, we tied the balloons on their legs and they have to try to protect their balloon while popping the others...

 It was madness...for a good 3 min.

 Some had strategy...

 Others, speed....

 In the end they used their popped balloons to make farty noises...boys...

Overall, I would say it was a success, and we all had a blast! Thanks to all who came!!

It has begun!!!

So work on our house officially began on March 20th. Here is our lower basement...and Justin and MacKelle.  I am so excited, I think I drive by it twice a day. :)

Our new home...You have to use your imagination :)

 The future Moss home...Here is the spot...

And Here is a visual...There is going to be a dormer on the top too, but it isn't in the printout.

 It is a split level plan, so each set of stairs is 4 feet of height. You will walk in on the main level, and then go up or down to bedrooms, basement, or bonus areas...I am SO excited!! Hopefully we will break ground in the next couple of weeks! YEA!!!!!!

New pictures of the kids!

 We got some pictures taken of the kids the other day. I thought the turned out so cute! Here are a few of them:

 It was like 20 degrees, so I kept handing them thier coats in between pictures. They were pretty good sports :) We also only had about 45 min. of light left when we started. I was very happy with the results of our cold, quick photo shoot.

 This one just makes me laugh because Mason looks like he needs some help :)

Parent Day

 A couple of weeks ago the kids' school had a parent day. I got to go to both of their classes and see the kids in action! :) Lunch was the best part. I got to have lunch with Trace AND MacKelle!! I brought some pizzas I made for them, just to mix it up a bit. They were so cute, and it was so fun to see them and their friends. I am so glad that they seem to be settled in here.

Such a pretty area!

We are so blessed to live in such a beautiful place! I took this picture the other evening from my yard. I LOVE Cowley! We are so grateful to be here!

No more binky :(

So we are now on day 3 of no more binky for Mason...I know I should have done this a LONG time ago. I have to admit, I LOVE binkys! I miss them...they make life so much easier!! But, we finally lost them all, and decided that we better not get any more...It has been a LONG few days. Mason has been a binky kid since day one. He misses them so much, that he has to have something in his mouth. I give him gum to chew on, but it is sleeping times that are the hardest. On day 2 of no binky, Mason found some vampire teeth and kept putting them in his mouth...I guess it was his substitute for a binky... Poor kid.