SCORE!

Woo Hoo! It's my lucky day...BOOKS! Our local library did some re-arranging and decided that they had too many books. (Can a library have such a thing???)

What could they possibly do with extra books? Sell them of course! Although for the price I paid I would call it giving them away.

I got fifteen books for myself. All for the grand total of...$3.00.

Yep that's right!..twenty cents a piece! I told you they were giving them away! All the books I picked up were in very good condition-HC and dust jackets included. What a DEAL!

I also picked up twenty hardcover children's books for Ryan and Katelyn.

$4.00- can't find that deal on the Scholastic book orders they drag home from school.

So- TV off- Let's read! (Except of course on Mondays- Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Charlie-Can't miss those!)

Working Hard

Here's the morning update...The cement was poured yesterday afternoon. When I stopped this morning, the forms were coming down. I believe the next step is a foundation inspection. (Great, waiting on an inspector???? That can't be a good thing for progress!)

A Party For Renny (Warren)

Here's Renny! I can't believe that he's already one! He's such a cute little bug. He spent most of his party crawling around chasing after his new ball. He could walk if he wanted, he stands quite well on his own. I guess he just thinks it's quicker to crawl!

He smiled so cute when we sang "Happy Birthday" to him. It was funny when we got to his name- some sang Renny, some sang other variations- Ren, Rennerton, Warren. Poor kid is probably still trying to figure out his name at a year old! He looks so much like Rikki did.

Here's the Elmo cake that I made for him. He was so excited.

When he saw it he clapped and squealed "Lelmo"!

He reached for it but Rikki wouldn't let him take a handful. I so wanted to see the mess. Although I don't think anything would have topped the "Cake Wars" Ryan and Katelyn had on their first birthdays. I'm so greatful that the cast members at Disneyland didn't ban us after that mess! I never did get the frosting out of my Pooh bear T-Shirt...

This is about the only good shot I got of Daxen. He runs everywhere! When he did stop, it was never for very long and I wasn't fast enough with the camera. I happened to get this one because he climbed up the monkey bars and was stuck for a second. Stuck until his mother saw him and came running. He is not afraid of anything! Rikki will have to keep a close eye on him!

A Quick Peek...

Here's the progress as of this morning. It's slowly coming along...

Ryan's a Star Too!

Here it is! The long awaited Ryan "Shining Star" poster. It's been a few weeks since he was the star of his class-it just took me this long to get him in the mood to hold it up for a picture. (Boys!) I have to admit I was really happy when he LET me work on this poster with him. Ryan doesn't like girls. Girls like dolls, girls put stuff in their hair, girls are not boys. This includes Mom. You see I too am a girl (so kindly pointed out by Ryan). He very seldom allows me to do anything with him. I consider it my lucky day if I am allowed to help him tie his shoes!

Back to the poster...He picked everything himself. Stickers and all. The frogs at the bottom HAD to be on lily pads- he tore out the white flowers on them by himself too. The frog on the lower right has legs attached by brads. Underneath the legs, he put hidden Mickeys. If you look really close you can see one showing. This to me was a silent testament that he really does like his Mom...after all, he certainly wouldn't put hidden Mickeys on a poster to please his Dad!

Side note: This picture was taken this morning on his way out the door to school. Notice the hair? He won't let anyone comb it! Girls do their hair, not boys. Whenever it starts to stick up a bit, he announces his need for a haircut!!! What a silly guy!

Our House Has Feet???!!!???

This is what Ryan so innocently asked after hearing Wes and I talk about the footings that were poured on Wednesday. Here's a little snapshot of the "feet". It's been a long time coming...I'm so excited to see what new things will be there on my way home from work! I'm hoping that the storm clouds in the background don't put a damper on today's events!

PROGRESS!

It's kind of hard to tell, but if you look really hard you can see that we

actually have a hole in the ground!

I was beginning to wonder if the weather would ever let us start digging! The mountain in the background will be the view from the back of the house. Hopefully we'll be ready to move in by the end of the summer!