House update (8/13 part 2)

Too much happened yesterday ... need another post!! :)

First a look at more tile. They worked in the basement bathroom (first picture) and also worked more in the master (second picture). They do have the backing up for the shower, but no tile yet. They haven't started on the entry way yet, but that is probably last on their schedule.

The main floor fireplace is done...even the base stones! The basement one is so close to being done, but the picture wasn't too good as it was very dark down there! :) The siding guys of course got more done as well. A note on the siding.....it needs to be painted, so don't think this is the color we picked out! :)

Now, my favorite improvement of the day............MY KITCHEN!!!!!!!!!!!! =D Look at how pretty it is!!!!!!! Ryan and Hailey both thought it was neat to walk in and see the cabinets. :) I did too! I cannot wait to see what they get done today. Oh...and most of the appliances were all inside in the living room waiting to be installed (the ovens, microwave, dishwasher, cooktop all there...fridge will wait). Very exciting!!!

Last night Chris and Doug completed 1/2 of their painting in the new house...Hailey's room. Thankfully in this house they only need to do a small portion of both kid's rooms...and nothing else! At the current house, they had to do EVERYTHING...and work around trim, carpet, etc. It is great they got to do it before carpet, etc!! :) Hailey's room is done. In Ryan's room the lines are drawn, so they just need to tape and paint...so hopefully it won't take too long! :) Hailey did get to help paint her walls...she loved that!

House update (8/13)

Wow...BUSY HOUSE today!! We had a showing at 11:15 so we of course went to the new house to check on it and it was full of people!! :) I didn't get a lot of pictures, because of all the workers, so check back again tonight or tomorrow because we will for sure go back out there tonight!! :)

Here is a sneak-peak of things : My office is full...but it isn't NOT moving boxes. Those are cabinets!!!! ; the laundry room cabinets and tile ; the basement fireplace.

More celebrating

What a fun night we had celebrating Hailey's 6th birthday. I was a little worried when we picked her up from daycare...she was a "Sassy Six year old"....that had to change! :) She did get better...after threatening to take away her presents ;) (I love having that power :))

We went to Fuddrucker's for supper. I still cannot believe she picked that instead of Chinese buffet, but I was happy so I didn't ask her. While we were there, she did get to open her present from G/G Pilcher and from us. She was all smiles going into the restaurant knowing she had more presents.

Chris gave her one present..and she was excited to see these :

But, look at her reaction when he told her she can get her ears pierced as soon as swimming lessons is over! How cute!! She was so excited!!!


After supper the kids got to feed the HUNDREDS of ducks there...I HATED them, but the kids and Chris didn't. :)


We finally left the restaurant to get to swimming lessons, and Hailey stops at a random rock in the parking lot and makes me take a picture! I have created a monster!!!!!!!

After swimming lessons we did go to the fair. The kids didn't understand why we would go there if we weren't riding any rides! :) But, they still had fun, and it was a beautiful night to just walk around too.

Happy 6th Birthday princess!!!

House update (8/12)

Chris and I were able to stop out at the house during a showing today (no hope for this showing...waste of time :( ). Three different crews are out there working!! The tile guys were busy again. Today they got the garage entry/laundry/half bath all done (first picture), they removed the tile from the kids bathroom and put the right stuff down (second picture...and it looks better in person), and they were working on the pieces to cut in the master bathroom. I would guess they get the master floor done today and tomorrow they will work on the basement bath...or grouting...not sure. The main entry way will probably be last on their list as there are no cabinets to go in there. Speaking of cabinets...those are suppose to maybe go in tomorrow! YIKES!!!!!


The other guys working are the fireplace stone crew and the siding. Below is a picture of the main floor fireplace. They only have the corners on...they will probably fill that in tomorrow. Wait until you see the basement fireplace....that one is AMAZING!!! They were working on it when we were there, so I will take a picture of that one tomorrow. The other picture is of the siding...it is started and makes it look a lot different on the outside now too. It is looking like a home now :)

Happy 6th birthday Hailey

Wow...has it really been SIX YEARS since we had Hailey?!?! Hailey now needs "two hands" to show how old she is. My little girl...growing up so fast. Here is a picture of my six year old this morning with her rose that she picked out from Papa and Grandma Buckhouse.

This morning she was able to have a fun breakfast...her favorite little pancakes on her birthday plate, with a candle too! :)

Then, Hailey and Ryan still had a little time before leaving for daycare to paint a picture. Hailey got a paint book like we had when we were kids...the ones with the little dots for paint on the pictures and then you just add water....FUN! :) Hailey even shared with Ryan!!

We will have more fun tonight...check back later to see what we did :)

House update (8/11)

More progress on the house today. When Chris and I checked in the afternoon, the tile guys were in there and had the entry way from the garage, 1/2 bath, and laundry room done. They were working on the master bath, and also had the kid's bathroom done as well. They only had the full pieces of tile in those places...no cut pieces yet. Also...they put the wrong color tile in the kid's bathroom, so enjoy the second picture as that will be the last time you see that tile in there...it is getting pulled up and replaced! First picture is by the 1/2 bath and door to the garage door. Second picture is the kid bathroom.


The siding looks like it will be starting too. On the back of the house there are corners up for siding. I think there might be some up on Tuesday to look at...of course not painted yet! :(

Family birthday party

We didn't get enough celebrating at Big Splash...so we had another party on Sunday night for family! :) Hailey wanted to "dress up"....and came down in her Christmas dress! :) I hope I don't get confused when scrapbooking these pictures ;)

Here is Hailey with the beautiful cake the Doran made! Since Hailey had a pool party at Big Splash, she decided she wanted the cake to be water/pool orientated. Then she found the Ariel decorations so that made it easier!! :)

After yummy cake and ice cream, it was of course time to open presents. Hailey did very good opening the cards and trying to read the names, then tearing into the gifts! :) Here she is with the gifts, opening the jelly from Arna, blowing the birdie whistle (remember those!?!?), and one of Ryan. He kind of took this toy from Hailey when she wasn't looking! :)



Thank you to everyone for the nice gifts you gave Hailey. And, more importantly, thank you for coming to her party. It was great to have everyone there!!!

Big Splash birthday party

On Sunday, August 10 Hailey had her "friends birthday party" at Big Splash (the water park in Billings). She had one friend from daycare, one friend from preschool, and of course Hailey & McKenna there. It was a nice small group....easy to keep track of! :) The girls went swimming and down the slides for about 1/2 hour, then we had lunch and ice cream cake, opened presents and then they finally got to go back in the water! :) They all had a good time...and I loved not having the mess at home :)

Hailey ; having lunch ; Hailey doing a nice looking handstand under water

The four girls going up to the slides....and coming down the slides! :)


Hailey had a good time at her party...and enjoyed playing at Big Splash again. It was a nice time...but there was still more planned for the day!

MontanaFair

On Saturday, August 9 we made our annual trip to Montana Fair! The kids were so excited...and so were we! :) Hailey had a whole plan....Ferris wheel, slide, roller coaster, etc. First thing we did was the Ferris wheel ... just for her! :) Cute picture of her and Chris too!

We then had lunch before things got busy, and then it was time for the new petting zoo. That was a fun time as they had a lot of exotic animals in there and the kids had fun feeding them. Here are pictures of Hailey by a camel and both kids touching the nilgai.


Then we couldn't hold Hailey off any more...she wanted to go on rides!!! Most of the rides it was just Hailey and Ryan...which was very nice. :) They went on the slide (with Chris), the wiggle worm, race cars, train, fire truck, etc. Lots of fun! And Hailey loved having her brother there with her too. The last ride was the tilt-a-whirl with Chris, Hailey, Doug and Doran. There were a lot of laughs there!!!



It was getting very warm outside, so then we took time to go in the buildings and look around. The kids took a break and got to make a necklace in the 4H building. Nice work!!!



Then it was time to go! :) We came at 12:00 and left after 4:00 pm...and it was 98 degrees outside when we left. Everyone was tired...and it was time to get home. So, what do you get when you put two kids that were very warm and had been running around all day in their carseats and turn the air conditioning on?!?!

Sweet dreams Hailey & Ryan!!!

House update (8/8)

We have FLOORING!! The kitchen and dinette/nook area are all wood flooring, and that is done. They have most of it covered up to protect it, but here are a few samples. ;) Next will be tile.