Mr & Mrs Adam DeCock

Congratulations to Adam & Jessica DeCock!! We went to their wedding on Saturday...and it was so beautiful! Jessica was stunning!! And, Adam didn't look too bad himself. ;) The kids had a great time and actually did very good. We left the wedding and Ryan told us "I wanna be married." So I asked him who he was going to marry. He just had to repeat himself..."I said I wanna be married." I think he changed his mind after I explained that he needed a wife. :)

I love the first picture below. It looks like Adam is playing with a toy truck, but he was trying to get Thomas to come down the aisle. :) Very cute!!


Two fun Hailey pictures...one of her and Kari enjoying a snack! :) And, this was my daughter most of the day...taking tons of pictures. I think she took more than me!! :) Love it!


And finally a super cute picture of Ryan, Hailey and Owen. We are sad that Mason (and Kendra) aren't here...but we will get a picture with all 4 of them next weekend :)

Last games of t-ball

On Friday night and Saturday afternoon Hailey had her last games of t-ball. It is hard to believe she is done with her first year already!! Talk about improvement!! Now she hits the ball when Chris pitches it to her. She can throw so much better. And, she even stays a little more focused on the game!! We are very proud of our little girl!! :)



Of course Ryan was there at every game too...and he is ready for his turn to play!! :)

Friday house update (6/6)

Friday was ANOTHER rainy day in Billings, but there was a little work done on the house. They got the boards on the joist for the upstairs, got steps to go up there, and more tyvek on the house as well. Hopefully the kids will get walls on Monday! :)

Oh..funny Ryan moment. We took them out there on Friday night to see the progress. We told them there were steps to their rooms, but no walls yet. There were both happy. Then Ryan said "So we can see God and Jesus?!" I guess we should have explained that his room wasn't quite THAT HIGH in the sky! :)

(1) The steps going to the "kid floor."
(2) Standing in Ryan's room...looking towards Hailey's room. Hailey's faces the street. Ryan's faces the rims/backyard.
(3) & (4) The back of the house.

Thursday house update (6/5)

Well, you can tell they had all day to work on the house!! :) What changed?!?! TONS! Both garages are now up. All the interior walls are done on the main floor (and that changes things so much!!!). And, there are some floor joists up for the upstairs!! Hailey and Ryan are so excited that they have a floor for their rooms now. They wanted to know if there was carpet yet!! So, then we had to talk about how long it will take, all the things that need to happen BEFORE the carpet comes, etc. It will be more fun once they can go upstairs to see their rooms! :)

Pictures :
(1) The two garages.
(2) Standing in the living room looking towards the dinette and kitchen. That is the pantry in the corner. You can see "Ryan's floor" too.
(3) Still standing in the living room looking at the front office. You can see "Hailey's floor" too.
(4) Standing at the front door looking in. To the left is the office, right is the closet and master bedroom/bath/closet.

Wednesday house update

Well, not as nice of a day today as yesterday, but there was still progress. The morning started out with RAIN AGAIN! So, the guys working on our house were pulled into another house. There were able to work on our house for the afternoon though. They got my garage done, and also an interior wall on the main floor up. They are starting on Chris' garage too so I expect that to go up tomorrow along with more interior walls. It is estimated to take about 3 weeks to complete the framing. Oh...next week they also plan to pour the cement on the porch too. Very exciting!!!

(1) My garage (2 windows facing the street)
(2) Interior wall that separates the master "suite" from the main floor. Behind that wall is the master bedroom, bathroom and closet.
(3) Standing in the bedroom looking towards the bathroom and the closet will be on the end (with the window).



More pictures tomorrow....

Whoa...what a day!

Well, today has to be one of the most exciting for the house. Digging the basement was fun. Pouring the walls was good too. But, actually SEEING the house...that is AMAZING!!! The kids had fun when I was showing them all the rooms, but keep asking where their rooms are. They think it is funny when I point to the sky and say "That is your room!!" :) We could have stayed out there longer, but supper was burning at home.

(1) The front of the house.
(2) Standing inside the house looking out the front door. You can also see the window in the master closet. Notice the HUGE window above the front door!!!


(3) Standing inside the house looking at the kitchen, dining room, garage entry.
(4) Our view from the sliding door.


(5) My FAVORITE picture of all!!! Look at the living room windows. They looked great on the blue prints, but I love them MORE in person!!!
(6) The master bedroom window.


I cannot wait to see what gets done tomorrow!!! :) I am guessing the garages and inside the main floor. Look for an update tomorrow night :)

Tuesday House update

Here is a little preview of today's progress -->

I will go out again tonight to see how much more they got done. How exciting!!

1st dentist visit

This morning was Ryan's first trip to the dentist!! Believe it or not, he was so excited to go! (so...when does it change from excitement to dread!?!?) He walked right in there, did everything the hygienist asked him to do, and didn't really say much of anything! He only was able to get the front x-rays, but sat still for those. He let the dentist count his teeth, etc. I was so proud of him!!!!! And, we did find out that his front tooth has been like that for some time. There are only about a hundred different incidents in this little boys life that could have caused this tooth to come loose. It will fall out soon ... and then he will have to wait for the next one :)

Ryan, great job buddy!!! We are so proud of you for being a big boy!!!

Pictures :
(1) Ryan getting x-rays.
(2) Brushing teeth.
(3) Flossing.
(4) Dentist check-up.

Yippee...progress

Tonight was a crazy night!! We started with Hailey's t-ball game at 5:15. Great Grandma and Maureen came. Then, Grandma, Papa, and Kari came too!! The last three got there just in time for the nasty cloud to hang over the game...and then LIGHTNING! So...the game was called, but that was good since it was getting COLD and starting to rain.

We decided to drive by the house to hopefully see some work done. I have to admit, I was very disappointed when we first drove up there. I thought they didn't do a thing!! However, after getting out, I found that they did in fact work today! :) The poured the garage floors (they look awesome!) and finished the main floor!!! And, they did get the east wall done (our bedroom and bathroom and closet...they even remembered my bathroom window!!). The kids loved walking "in" the house...but their mommy was scared of the hole to the basement! :) Tomorrow the main floor walls should go up! YAHOO! Now...can someone please just buy the old house now?!?!? (on a side note...all the fliers are gone AGAIN from the house! I think we must have printed over 100-150 of those things! they fly out of there! someone should want it!!!!)

(1) My garage floor
(2) looking from the front door -- corner of my office, mud room, kitchen, and garages


(3) East wall ready to go up!!
(4) standing in Chris' garage looking over the whole main floor

Weekend fun (cabin)

After Hailey's t-ball game on Friday night, we drove up to the cabin. We were only able to stay one night, but it was so worth it! How much fun can you have in one Saturday at the cabin?!?! TONS!!! It was the most wonderful day...complete with perfect weather. Ahh...love the mountains!

So...what did we do!??! First, Chris found out that "Mike the moose" is back...and she walked right in front of our cabin while we were sleeping! Darn it!! Doesn't Mike know I have a new camera and I want PICTURES!!??! :) Then the kids went on a long 4-wheeler ride with Chris and picked some flowers for me :) Hailey helped plant some more flowers too by scattering some seeds.


Now was time for some playing...Ryan played with the golf ball game...and then they both tried to learn how to jump rope.


Then they helped Chris bring wood from the front to the back, and even helped pull the pole out of the ground. Hailey ended the day with her first "water sale". She wanted to start at $10 for a bottle...then I talked her down to $1...finally down to $.25! :) She did raise her price to a dollar after some sales. :)


It was a fun time! :) Unfortunately we had to go home last night, but it was worth the trip!