Friday, April 27, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Building in the Winter
So we bought a bank owned acre with a double wide. Our realtor suggested we give the mobile a face lift and rent it out. Can I just say that remodeling a manufactured home is last on our list of things we want to do in building. So we sold it and started a house on the land. We don't usually build in the winter because it takes so much longer (shoveling before you can even get to work, dealing with ice and short days, etc.), but we decided it was a go. Good thing because a week after we started excavating, we had an offer on our house in town! So it is all going to work out fine. We will probably move into a slightly unfinished house but at least we won't have to move twice.
In the preview, this picture was the correct direction. He loves to be at the jobsite (if dressed right)! He talks about 'trusses' and 'drywall' and 'Daddy-o going to work building houses'. It seems to be a great learning experience and it's fun to see he isn't just playing around us, he is actually paying attention to what we are doing.
Our 3 year old boy loved the day they set trusses, we are just thankful the truck made it up the hill. It's difficult to see in the photos, but this property is quite steep....and with the string of warm weather we have had--muddy! Steep and muddy have not worked out great for getting heavy supplies to the house, but we are so thankful we are as far along as we are.
The framing and the hill.
As of yesterday we had all the windows and doors in and the insulation guys were working. Siding was started and the drywall hangers will be here Monday! Yeah! I've been busy packing and trying to 'go-fer' supplies. We are able to stay in our house until the end of the month now, so that will give a few extra days to get things ready at the new house before we have to move in.
There is actually a beautiful view from the property, and there were some bonus features that came with the property...see the tree house, we also found a radio flyer wagon in the bushes and a big tire (for a sand box?).
In the preview, this picture was the correct direction. He loves to be at the jobsite (if dressed right)! He talks about 'trusses' and 'drywall' and 'Daddy-o going to work building houses'. It seems to be a great learning experience and it's fun to see he isn't just playing around us, he is actually paying attention to what we are doing.
Our 3 year old boy loved the day they set trusses, we are just thankful the truck made it up the hill. It's difficult to see in the photos, but this property is quite steep....and with the string of warm weather we have had--muddy! Steep and muddy have not worked out great for getting heavy supplies to the house, but we are so thankful we are as far along as we are.
The framing and the hill.
As of yesterday we had all the windows and doors in and the insulation guys were working. Siding was started and the drywall hangers will be here Monday! Yeah! I've been busy packing and trying to 'go-fer' supplies. We are able to stay in our house until the end of the month now, so that will give a few extra days to get things ready at the new house before we have to move in.
There is actually a beautiful view from the property, and there were some bonus features that came with the property...see the tree house, we also found a radio flyer wagon in the bushes and a big tire (for a sand box?). Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Fall 2011
There is too much to write, our little boy has changed so much in the past 6 months, if only I could keep up with him. I see other blogs and I don't know how women find time to get on the computer and do this whole downloading and writing thing more than once a month! Nevertheless I will try. We went to Wisconsin and Illinois to see family and friends. Here he is with cousins, what a wonderful time.
On our way to see cousins, we went through Moline, home of John Deere. We stopped in to the pavilion and snapped some photos.
On our trip was anything short of large equipment, He loved everything he saw and experienced. Here he is with Grandpa in a friend's combine. I love how he tells and retells his perspective of it, including details about the corn shoot, the tractor and wagon, putting it in the trucks and then into the silos. HAHA! What a guy!
We had the sweet opportunity to go on a hay ride...in a manure spreader! It was cold, but beautiful and another thing our little guy loves to recount.
Driver(s) of the hay ride.
He just had his 3rd birthday, so he has taken on some more responsibility around the house. Here he is putting away the silverware, with narration of course...'knife, fork, big spoon, little spoon'
Another shot from vacation, great aunt Janice does face painting, so he had his hands, and feet painted with wheeled things, no surprise.
A great garage sale find...$.25 The thing is I bought it for a quarter, works beautifully, and when I opened the case I found another price tag $6. Sweet, I thought what a deal! I peeled the sticker off and found another price tag underneath for $10. As I chuckled at my quarter type writer, I lifted it out of the case and under the machine was another price tag $35. Well, he has had much more than $35 worth of fun with it and it's still ticking, er, I mean clicking.
At a friend's wedding, learning to play crochet. As soon as the hay bales were discovered, they were the hit of the party for little people, for jumping on and off of.
Here is one from the beginning of autumn, when we cleared the garden. 'Carrots from garden!' the whole time he crunch, crunch, crunched on his carrots.
On our way to see cousins, we went through Moline, home of John Deere. We stopped in to the pavilion and snapped some photos.
On our trip was anything short of large equipment, He loved everything he saw and experienced. Here he is with Grandpa in a friend's combine. I love how he tells and retells his perspective of it, including details about the corn shoot, the tractor and wagon, putting it in the trucks and then into the silos. HAHA! What a guy!
We had the sweet opportunity to go on a hay ride...in a manure spreader! It was cold, but beautiful and another thing our little guy loves to recount.
Driver(s) of the hay ride.
He just had his 3rd birthday, so he has taken on some more responsibility around the house. Here he is putting away the silverware, with narration of course...'knife, fork, big spoon, little spoon'
Another shot from vacation, great aunt Janice does face painting, so he had his hands, and feet painted with wheeled things, no surprise.
A great garage sale find...$.25 The thing is I bought it for a quarter, works beautifully, and when I opened the case I found another price tag $6. Sweet, I thought what a deal! I peeled the sticker off and found another price tag underneath for $10. As I chuckled at my quarter type writer, I lifted it out of the case and under the machine was another price tag $35. Well, he has had much more than $35 worth of fun with it and it's still ticking, er, I mean clicking.
At a friend's wedding, learning to play crochet. As soon as the hay bales were discovered, they were the hit of the party for little people, for jumping on and off of.
Here is one from the beginning of autumn, when we cleared the garden. 'Carrots from garden!' the whole time he crunch, crunch, crunched on his carrots.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Oh-the fun we've had!
We found out he is NOT allergic to bees this summer....6 times. Poor guy. He's showing me "tough" after the first attack which yielded 3 stings.
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