Easter Weekend

We had a busy and wonderful family filled weekend. On Friday we went to Logan to see Mike's family. Mike's mom received the Silver Beaver for her service in Boy Scouts. Here she is with Mike's dad and grandpa (both previous Silver Beaver recipients!).

Then we went to see my family. The boys had a great time seeing their cousins and being spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa. Here's a picture of Blake and his cousin Justin. Justin is 3 months younger and outweighs Blake by about 3 pounds.

Carson and cousins Adam and Logan decorating Easter eggs. These boys were soooo good and had a great time with each other.

Here they all are going for a ride in Grandpa's "big red truck."

And finally, here's the latest house picture that I have. It's really coming along!

House Progress

Here is the progress on our house:

This is from last week. Carson is walking towards what will be the garage. The foundation is completely finished.

This is also from last week. It's a view from the back corner of the house. The door is framed for the walk-out basement and the framing for the basement walls is up. The contractor also added some small rock retaining walls as you come out of the basement that we really like.

This is a picture from today. The floor joists are in. I'm standing in the future garage and they are laying the sheeting for the main level floor. Pretty soon we'll be able to walk on it!

Perfect Picture

I was trying to get that "perfect" picture. You know, the one that you can't believe you captured, even after 10 tries? Well, I didn't get it. But the process was pretty funny. Mike put Blake on his shoulders and told me to look. Then Carson saw that Daddy and Blake were getting attention and decided to climb on as well. I ran to grab the camera, but Mike was my only cooperator through all attempts. He's cute too!

Couldn't resist. . .

. . .posting these cute pictures of Blake!

Weather and House Stuff

Yesterday felt so great! The weather was warm and we actually made it to the park. When Mike got home we broke out the bike trailer which doubles as our two-kid stroller. They were so cute as we went for a walk around the neighborhood.
The builder has made some progress with our house. They dug the hole for the basement, poured the footings and today they were putting in some stuff to start working on the foundation. Here's more pictures of that:

Movie Recommendation

I rarely recommend movies to others, but last night Mike and I watched Fireproof and I really liked it. It's a Christian-themed movie and has Kirk Cameron in it. The acting is not the best, but the overall movie is great. Rent it. Soon. It's good. I promise!

A House!

I'm excited to announce that we are buying a house. The only problem is that it hasn't been built yet. A minor detail, sort of. They are going to start digging the hole for the basement/foundation on Monday and I'm going to try to document the entire process in pictures. So, this probably won't be the last post about the house that you read. We expect to be finished sometime this summer. (I'm being vague so I won't be disappointed if it's not done by when the builder said it would be.)

Our Future Homestead!:

Valentine's Weekend

Decorating cookies with Aunt Shanae. Carson kept saying, "I'm decorating cookies, this is a party." He was excited to have a part in the festivities.
Carson riding in the sled with Grandpa Furniss while Derek drives.
All my Valentine's boys!

My Latest Creations

I sewed a denim quilt for my brother-in-law's family. It was a Christmas present, but they live in another state and so I was just able to give it to them when they came to visit a couple of weeks ago. My mom and I designed the pattern ourselves and it was a lot of fun to do.



Finding a place to put grocery bags was a problem at our house until a few years ago when Mike engineered this:


It was great and served its purpose, but then I got this idea from makeitandloveit.blogspot.com and created this:

A Tooth!

Blake had his first tooth poke through last week. We both felt like he's too little to have a tooth. It's just hard to accept how fast they grow up!