Tool Time

Last weekend I went to Ada, Ok to do my semi-yearly scrapbooking. While I was gone, Craig took the kids to Lowe's (Sorry Travis). While he was there, the kids craft was going on so he decided to let them create it. That day they were making tool boxes. They each came home with their own tool boxes, a Lowes apron, safety goggles and a certificate of completion. We may start taking advantage of more of the Dad and kids Saturday mornings at Lowes.

More Home Updates.

Last week the tile was started and is almost complete except for the tile that we were short. The fireplace stone was also completed and the porches poured. Today the plumber finished his work which included the faucets, master tub, toilets, water softner, etc.

IT'S A . . .

BOY!!!

Yesterday I had my ultrasound. Everything looks really good. We are excited, especially Craig. Now he will have two boys to help at the land.

Countertops Installed!

Yesterday the countertops were installed and they look really good. We are happy with how everything is coming together. Tomorrow the tile work should begin. We are hoping that the tile choice looks good with all the other choices we have made.

More Progress!

Things are coming along really well on the house. While we were in California the trim caprenter was working on the house. I was surpised when we got a call the day after Christmas and the trip carpenter was working. Yesterday he finished his work. All the cabinets are installed, the interiors doors are in, the closets are complete, the crown molding and the base boards are done, and the stair railing and fire mantle are up. There was a lot of things that the trim carpenter had to do and we are really pleased with his work. The pictures are the ones we took before he was done, so we don't have pictures of the the fire mantle and some of the other things he completed. The septic sytstem was also installed within the last couple of weeks. We now have all utilities running to the house. Today after school we went out to the land to clean up so the painters can start their work tomorrow. The porches and driveway are to be poured on Monday. This past week we have made our final major decisions for the house, the hardware and the lighting. The lighting was my least favorite thing to do. No completion date set yet, but it will be here before we know it. Yeah!

Christmas ' 07

This year we flew to California for Christmas. It was Carter's first time on an airplane and Camdyn's 3rd. Camdyn was so excited! We left on Christmas Eve morning, arriving in California at 8:30 a.m., making for a very long day. That evening we opened presents and Christmas Day morning we opened stockings and later that day had our Christmas dinner. We mostly relaxed while there, although we went up into the mountains one day. Camdyn loved that. It was actually cold in California. Most of the time when the kids played outside, they had to wear their coats. Not what we were expecting. We stayed there for 8 days. We had a late flight out the day we left, which we were delayed a total of 3 hours. We even boarded the plane once, went out on the runway, sat there for about 5-10 minutes, before heading back to the gate, having to get off the airplane and board another one. By this time it was 10:00 p.m. California time (midnight Oklahoma time on New Year's Eve). We finally arrived home about 3:00 a.m. just in time to get about 4 hours of sleep and head off to Springfield, MO to my grandma's house to have a rushed Christmas with my family. We stayed there one night and came back home. We had a great time seeing family. Camdyn and Carter had fun playing with their cousins and meeting their new one Briley McCall born on December 11.