The kids and the playhouse

We haven't really updated our blog in a while. Somehow the duty always seems to fall on me instead of Heather. Things have been going well for us as a family. I've had a couple weeks off from school and it's been great to spend more time with Heather and the kids. We've actually spent some real time together which has been awesome. Sadly, I head back next week. But during my break I somewhat finished a playhouse for the kids in the backyard. It's nothing amazing or anything but they seem to enjoy it. Maybe it's my way to try and play with them when I'm not around. Here's a little video of Matt and Emma and the playhouse.

Latest Carving Project (Not finished yet)

This is my latest carving project. It’s not finished but its just a tulip carving that I spent some time creating. The pictures are really grainy becaused they are off of my phone, not because my carving isn't good :)

Happy 3rd Birthday, Matt!

Matt celebrated his 3rd birthday this past week. We had fun shaped pancakes for breakfast. Then we met Josh for lunch at Chic-fil-a where he got to drink chocolate milk and play on the playset (2 of his faves). He was excited for his friends to come over, for balloons, and new toys….but to my surprise he was VERY excited for his birthday cake (He must have a mom that really gets into cakes or something). So he to got to help make the cake and icings with me. And even help decorate. He picked out which toys to put on his cake, and we even had to have a practice candle blowing before the party. It warmed my heart that my little man enjoyed doing one of my favorite kitchen past times with me!

Thank you all for coming or wishing Matt a Happy Birthday!

Matt, thank you for being the cute, sweet, and smart little boy you are! You bring so much joy to our lives and family everyday. We love you Matt!

Home Remodeling in 2008

So I thought I'd give you a little insight into our home remodeling back in 2008 when we purchased our home. The following 4 posts contain links to videos kind of documenting the remodeling we did. They are out of order, sorry but thought it might be fun to revisit our home construction since its been 3 years this month that we moved in. just click on the picture to see each video.

Home_construction week 4

Week #4 of our home remodel back in 2008

Home_construction week 3.5

Revisiting our home remodeling back in 2008, this was week #3

Home Construction Week 1

Going back and revisiting our home remodel in 2008. This was week #1