Latest on the house

Kitchen
Door to garage

Master Bath

Master Closet (half of it. So, excited)

Rylee's closet

TJ's closet

Front door

Pantry

Cute kids

TJ sent this to Rylee on her birthday. He must have been in class.

Rylee and I were in the car when she got his birthday text. She was able to find a highligher in my car and a scrap of paper to write her gratitude.

I love that my kids love each other so much. I am happy that TJ will be so close to take care of his little sister and that Rylee is so close to return the favor. LOL!

Stucco is now painted

Bonus room

Stucco

Dinner at Chili's with what is left of our gang. Mary is my dear friend with breast cancer. She gave Rylee and Jermey Magic bullets for graduation/birthday presents. I love her!

We now have stucco on the house. Soon it will be painted.

From the backyard

Wisdom Teeth - Make up

I shouldn't be doing this, but I think only my parents look at this blog and they have already seen this. This is right after Rylee had her wisdom teeth pulled and she wants to check her make up before I start videoing her. Prior to this, she was talking like a drunken sailor. Funny and disconcerting at the same time.

Wisdom Teeth - "John Travolta"

She is trying to say that John Travolta is gay after she sings "I've Got Chills" from Greece.

Rylee after her wisdom teeth are removed

My sides hurt from laughing so hard everytime I watch this.

Gunnar taking care of Rylee

This is Mr. Gunnar taking care of our patient. So cute!

Sleepy time

This is Rylee in the car after we dropped Kim of at the airport.

Wake up birthday girl

Sorry it is so dark. She is in bed and we woke her up before we had to take Kim to the airport.

PS. You will have to pause the playlist (sidebar) to hear this.

Blow out the candles

Excuse the singing.

MOA for Tiger Sushi

Rylee wanted sushi for her birthday partly because she love sushi and partly because it is soft food and she is still a little tender after having her wisdom teeth pulled last Tuesday. She looks really good. Just a little puffiness.

She is how old?!

Cheers to the birthday girl!

Dessert. Yum!

Sheet Rock

Front Entry
Great room

master bedroom

Bonus room

Rylee's room

Here is the latest on the home

The Great Room

Master Bedroom

Rylee's Room

Can you lightening fast?

WOW! Note the palm trees in the first photo on the right side. California baby!

Framework

Remind me never to do this again!!! Building a home from long distance, not easy or fun. A few weeks ago, I tried to skype with Kim and the design center on flooring, granite, stone, etc. This process did not work very well trying to make such difficult and important decisions via the Internet. This process left my marriage dangling by a thread. After all, how can a girl be expected to pick out such things without actually touching and visualizing first hand? So, we planned a trip out to So Cal so I could do just that. Viewing all these options proved to be just as taxing and left us both exhausted. But at least it is now done. I am most excited about my corn carpet. What is corn carpet you ask? Well, it is just that. Carpet made out of corn. You can pour bleach, red wine you name and no stain. This is good because I want white carpeting and with a Lab... need I say more? It is also the softest carpet I have ever felt. I still have to pick out a fridge and a new washer and dryer. However, I think that will be a little easier and I actually get a little thrilled when I see commercials for these appliances.

Rylee has her grad party on Saturday and so we are trying to get everything ready for that. She has really been so remarkable. She has been helping me do everything in addition to getting herself ready for college. I have no doubt she will be successful as she starts out on her own.

Concrete footings

Our house has concrete footings now. However, all the workers are working on some other families home. Grrr. The field behind our home will be a park.

Yippee!!!!

After a few delays and Kim going Cujo on the builders, construction on our new home has begun.

Best picture EVER!

I cannot not take credit for this one. My friend Teri or Teresa's mom (see earlier post)took it. I love it. She is such a beauty.