All in a Week's Work

 Moving the back half of the house into place using a remote control bulldozer.

 Behind the tires is the hydrolic jack they used to raise the house to put the pillars in place and move the second half into place.

 Raising the roof on the front half.

 Raised roof complete.

 Roof raised and house put together. We missed this being done - too busy with work and little boys :).

Good picture of the piers and tie downs.

Close up of one of the many tie downs.

 John used the back hoe to dig the trench for the concrete footer for the brick around the front porch. Here he is using a box blade to move the extra dirt out of the way.

 Mark on the back hoe. Today he built the shade for his dad. Its hot out there in the sun!

Raising the Roof

They are raising the Roof

Our house has been delivered.  This is the front sitting in the driveway.  The double doors on the left is a door to the master bedroom from the outside.  The main entrance to the home is the door farther down.

 They have ripped off the plastic and the back part.

 The Kitchen

 Dining Area

 Master bath with tub and two sinks on the the left with a make up space for Laura.  

 Still our bathroom, the farthest door is the toilet room, the next door is our closet and the next door is the shower.

These pictures are not in order, I apologize.  I am not sure on how to fix it.  I will give a brief description for each.  This is Mark posting this by the way.

They brought 8 loads of dirt before the Bulldozer arrived.

The boys did not mind the tardiness, neither did KC (I am dog sitting for  a staff member at the church, he is a good dog)

This picture should go last.  This is with the runners already dug and filled with concrete.

Runners without concrete.

Them filling the runners with concrete.

Cookies and Superheroes

When  we got back from Thanksgiving, Jack was ready for Christmas. He insisted on putting up decorations and making Christmas cookies right away. It wasn't even December yet! I must say that I love Christmas time too! 

It was quite an ordeal making cookies with three sets of little hands everywhere, but I survived and they had a blast. Andrew ended up in the middle of it all! What a mess we made!

Jack and Charlie did ALL of the cookie decorating, but I forgot to photograph the final product. All I can say is that they didn't last long - they were delicious!

My team of superheroes, minus Batman! He was too busy fighting crime to stop for a picture. 

Andrew, who is now 18 months, is really growing! I had to pull out the box of 2T winter clothes (what a blessing to already have them) because his pants were getting too short. This is the box of clothes Charlie wore JUST LAST WINTER!!! Andrew is built so differently than Jack and Charlie. They are all unique!

Toughest Cowboys in the South

Mark and the boys are all dressed up for our church's Harvest Fest this fall. 

 Andrew

 Charlie

 Jack

W is for Wiggly Worms

Ever eaten worms before? You should try them, they aren't too bad!