Drop to your knees & start prayin'!

Okay, so I just got a call from our realtor in NM. We had our first showing....the thing is that that our house was 2nd on their list. Well, their first choice is already gone & they are coming back for another showing on Friday. We are getting down to the wire with the house that we are building in Rockwall in accordance with our contingency. We basically have till the 2nd week of March to get a contract on our home in NM or we will lose the home in Rockwall. So we have been praying hard & long for this stress to go away so please take an extra moment to pray that we will be relieved soon, whether through this buyer or the next. I will keep you posted!

Framing up!

They have been framing this past week & putting in the windows. It is really neat to watch our home take shape. We have had decent weather so far so hopefully we are still on the Mid-May move-in date.

Vday Lovin'

So the kids all got animals for VDay & wanted to show them off! Enjoy!

A Before & After Valentine Suprise!

Okay, so I wanted to something special for Billy for Valentine's Day but he is yet out of state for the 3rd year in a row for VDay. Since he was gone the whole week, I decided to do an project that I had never done before. Staining a piece of furniture...

Not just any piece of furniture....HIS USAFA blue trunk!

I personally did not know this could be done, but a friend of mine had mentioned that she knew someone who haad done it before. She & Iwere visiting last Sunday afternoon & she was telling me about it. The top of Billy's trunk had started to peel & was ripped & torn from al lthe moves in its lifetime. We started peeling the blue "vinyl" off. If you take an exacto knife & run it around the edges, it leaves a nice clean cut line next to the metal.

This picture is after the vinyl has been peeled away. I sanded it down & the proceeded to put 3 layers of American Walnut stain from HD . Then I sealed it with polyeurathain.

So, not too shabby for my first staining job if I do say so myself!

Foundation is a GO!

The foundation was poured on Tuesday & looks really good. They were to start framing today but with 80% chance of rain for the 3-day weekend, the are hoping to drop lumber on Monday & start framing then. It will actually start looking like a house soon!

School Valentine Parties

The kids had their valentine parties at school the last 2 days. I just wanted to share some pictures with you. Unfortunately, I have no pics of AJ or Avery's party because my batteries died. Gotta love technology! :)

Leah & Mommie

Mrs. Lee & Macey

We have PIPES!

This are moving along on our home. The foundation will be laid this week. Completion date of new home is mid-May at this point. By summer, (hopefully) we will be all moved in.

Darn Toe! (again)

You would think after multiple broken toes, I would know how to avoid additional ones. NOPE, wrong again! I have yet again kicked the couch & broken my toe. This time it is the one next to the baby toe on the left foot. I did this on super-bowl sunday (it honestly had nothing to do with the game) & I am still taking Motrin so I will be heading to the doctor on Monday to see if I broken anything else besides my toe. Wish me luck!