House Update : Walls

Last week the house didn't make too much progress--visually that is. The forms are down and we have all the walls for the basement and garage done. The plumbers were in there working in the basement, we added an electrical outlet in the floor, and the did some other miscellaneous items.

This week should get the basement floor poured and maybe even given to the framers by the end of the week!!!

Mother's Day

Happy (belated) Mother's Day to all my friends and family members! My mother's day was great!! I got to sleep in a little bit (every minute is great)...then the kids came to wake me up...and we had yummy pancakes made by Chris. Then the kids got to play outside while I worked on cleaning up the inside of the house while Chris worked on the yard. Not what I wanted to be doing, but when you have an open house ...something you have to do! Then the kids when over to Doug & Doran's to spend some time there while Chris & I talked with people at the open house. We weren't sure if it was a good idea having an open house on Mother's day or not...but it worked out great!! There weren't too many open so more people came to ours ;) We keep hoping something will come out of it!! Then everyone came back over for supper at our house. It was a busy day, but a fun day too!!

Here is what the kids and Chris got me. I LOVE my cards...and my new, super nice measuring cups and spoons!! They are something I will use ALL THE TIME, and would never spend the money on myself...so it was a great gift! :)


Then, Hailey gave me the following items too (all things that she just found in her room, but still a cute moment :)). And, then when the kids were outside they picked me A LOT of dandelions! :)

Branding 2008

We spent all day Saturday, May 10 (Happy Anniversary Dad & Mom) at the ranch. Chris, Randy, Doug, Adam, Karl and Jason all worked on branding. The kids played with Arna until I got there with Jasmine and Jessica. We had so much fun and Ryan kept asking if he could sleep over there and have breakfast! :)

Here are the guys in action .....

When Ryan saw Chris riding on the motorcycle, he freaked out! He couldn't get a word out and was trying to get his shoes on so fast. It was funny! He asks us all the time why he cannot have a motorcycle without pedals (his bike looks like a motorcycle). He got to go on a ride with Chris...then it was Hailey's turn. Ryan didn't want to give his sister a turn! :) So, he got to get back on after her again! :)

The kids also got to have another fun experience....

So, we brought Hailey's gun with and she was so excited to shoot her PINK GUN for the first time. Well, Chris forgot the key to unlock the trigger, so she had to shoot his gun instead. She handled the news very well. Ryan got to shoot the gun as well, but was having more fun with his toy gun! :) At least they were only shooting at pop cans! :)

And, here is just a fun picture of Ryan. Chris LOVES this truck at the ranch and we always have to stop and look at it. Well, Ryan & I were walking back after watching the branding and I quickly snapped a few pictures of him by the truck. Cute, huh? :)

We had such a fun day at the ranch! Thank you Arna and Randy!!!

He did it!!

On Friday, May 9th, Ryan got a certificate from daycare (one I wasn't sure he would ever get)...."Ryan Pilcher is potty trained! I'm not a baby anymore!" YAHOO RYAN!!! He was so excited that he got to wear underwear to Toddle Town on Monday. I was too! ;) So, when we picked him up, I expected to see him in new clothes. NOPE! He was dry all day yesterday...even at nap! He loved that he got to sit at the "big kid table" for lunch and snack too. My baby is growing up too fast. He isn't at the cute baby table...he is with the big kids. What happened?!?! Where did the time to?!?! Ryan, we are so proud of you, little man! :)

House progress

So, quite a bit happening in the past few days. They have poured the footings....


And today we went out at lunch time to see the WALL FORMS! Whoa...that changes it A LOT! :)


Then, Chris and I went out again about 3pm and found them POURING THE WALLS!! They weren't suppose to do that until Monday, so we are ahead of schedule. I wonder how long that will last. :)

The sign

When we got to the lot yesterday (Tuesday) we found "THE SIGN"....it says it is ours! :) The Pilcher Residence ... Job #355 .... 5830 Autumnwood Drive...whoa! The kids were excited to bring shovels and buckets to play in all the sand!



On Tuesday they did get the footings all formed, but not poured. As long as the rain holds out today, I think they should be able to pour the footings today. Now if only we could sell our old house so we could actually enjoy this part!

Ready for footings

We went to check on the "dirt" last night. They have finished the over compaction in the basement and the garages. Today (Tuesday) they should be setting the footings and pouring them too. By the end of the week they should have the forms up for the walls...with them being pours next Monday! Walls by this time next week!!! YAHOO!! :)

oh...you can see that the basement isn't as deep...as well as the garage too (where the kids are jumping from in the 3rd picture). That is because of the over compaction. The kids were having so much fun jumping and playing last night. They will be so disappointed when they actually start building the house! :)

Curly hair

Last Thursday, the kids got their haircuts. Hailey LOVES having this done...as she always gets her hair all "pretty" by Kirstina! :) This time she wanted 2 french braids...and it looked great. Last night we had to take them out...and whoa...look at "Curly Hailey"! :) She thought that it was funny that her hair was so curly. :)

Floorplans

Here are the floorplans of the house for those interested (hi Gina ;) ).

Main floor ->

Upstairs (the kids floor) ->

Basement ->

If you want to take a look....

If you want to take a look at what the house looks like, here is a picture of the front and the back from the blueprints. We are so excited for the front door with the rock and beams, and the back windows in the living room!

Poor Ryan...he asked last night if the house was done yet! :)