Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Heat please...

Back to the farmhouse updates.  Once again, there's not much BIG news to report out there.  Karsten has been very busy continuing to work on running the heat lines.  I didn't realize this took so long but after spending a little time out there, I understand a little more.  Almost all of the exterior walls have insulation in them and he has started to put the plastic barrier up as well.
 This is looking into the downstairs bathroom.  It used to be Grandpa's bedroom.  See the heat pipes?  We plan to make a built-in closet area on that wall to cover the pipes.

This is the other side of that wall.  This is part of the addition, there actually used to be a tree in that corner as well as a chimney.   This room is an entryway and we plan to have a laundry area in this corner.  

 Can anybody guess what these boxes have in them??  You guessed it!  Kitchen cabinets!!  They were delivered on Valentine's Day.  I know, I know we are soooo not ready for them.  But, I didn't want to have to wait for them when we are ready.  It's also kind of nice to spread out the expenses a little.  Whew!  I peeked in one of them and am very pleased with what we picked out.   Can't.wait.for.my.kitchen.

And now just a couple pictures of what the boys do when we are all out there....
 Riding bikes thru the house, they love this!  Hope it's not a major issue when they have to stop!
Then they decided these bags of insulation looked like good horseys...

As you can see we are still working really hard out there!  

Saturday, February 16, 2013

birthday party

We celebrated Tristan's 3rd birthday last night with our usual family gathering.  On the menu was lasagna, garlic bread, veggies with dip, strawberries and black olives.  As usual, we had a great evening with family.
 Tristan originally told me he wanted a "candy cake".  I think his brother helped him with this idea.  I googled candy cake and found a picture pretty similar to this.  All I had to do was show it to my friend and coworker Jeri Kay and this is what she came up with.  Awesome!
 Birthday boy having some supper.  Black olives are his favorite!
 Blowing out the "3" candle!
 Tristan also told me he wanted a pink cake.  He has always liked the color pink.  So Jeri Kay and I decided to do a white cake but color it pink.  Tristan loved it!  Oh yes, and the cake tasted just as good as it looked.
 Present time!
 Road grader from Grandma and Papa
 Spiderman toy from Uncle Mike
 A can of black olives from Grandma and Papa
 Trampoline from Grandma Shirley
His something you need present, new shoes!

For birthdays I've trying to do the "something you want, something you need, something to wear, something to read".  That way, the boys get 4 presents and it's not all toys.  Tristan got shoes for his something you need (his are getting too small), he got an ambulance for something you want, a Spiderman t-shirt for something to wear and "The Lorax" for something to read.  

I think Tristan had a pretty great 3rd birthday!

Friday, February 15, 2013

Tristan

3 years ago...
2 years ago...
1 year ago...
Today...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRISTAN!!!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Valentines Day

I am so proud of Jackson.  He's 5 years old in preschool and he wrote out ALL of his Valentines for his class.  It took some time, but he did it with very minimal help on my part.
This is him working hard on writing all the names.

He also decided at one point that his name was too long.  Especially when it came to writing his friend Ty's name :)