More house and fun

WOOHOO!!!! More rock is giong up everyday...this is the back side of the house. Here is the front of the house...you can see the garage in the back corner...no rock on the front yet...but they are working on that this week...woohoo!!!!

I am standing in our living room...taking a picture of our kitchen....This is the eating bar - they finally finished rocking it...the sheetrockers finished in a week (mud, floating and texturing)...it was crazy...so i guess Brian (our builder) will clean up the floors this week...and stain them in the next week or two...and then the painter will start priming...and painting while we wait on cabinets...it is always the cabinets that slow it down - at least that is what they say.

Beth LOVES to hold cups...and poor out the contents...so the lids don't last too long...just don't share with her unless you are prepared to lose your drink for good.

And apparently....she loves to eat and WEAR butter & jelly toast. My mom eats it for a snack all the time...and Beth got a taste...and ended up like this. Bath time was much needed.

All of us girls hanging out at the boys and girls club fundraiser...we had a blast...too bad Haleigh missed out. Haven't had that good of a time in forever!!!

Jamie and Christi having some fun.

Steph and Me...also cracking up.

This is the HUGE caterpillar i purchased at the silent auction that evening...it was too cute...and it was a fund raiser...so why not. Beth loves it...but i think we will put it away for Christmas.

Just too cute...i love my little girl.

Texas Tech cheerleader & a rock house

Here is her cute little Texas Tech bloomers...she was wearing her cheerleading suit - ready for the TEXAS vs TT party at the Battles house.

She is just sporting her little suit so well.

Here she is with Jessa - Jason and Jill's middle daughter.

Here she is with Jolee - Jason and Jill's youngest.

She is playing with Jolee's toys...i figure this picture would make nannie proud. She LOVES to push that stroller...Santa may have to bring her one for Christmas....along with a slide.

She is enjoying the rocking tractor that Papaw bought at the festival last year.

And she loves to go riding...so i think she thinks that she can ride the lawnmower....pretty funny if you ask me.

So house pictures...here is the beginning of the rock. This is the north side of the house...so you are looking at the kids bedroom windows. We LOVE the rock...i think it is the perfect colors...we paid a little extra for the rectangular rock instead of flagstone - but we like the cleaner look.

Went to a wedding party in Wall - and Beth hit the playground and LOVED it. Might have to take her to park every once and while. Poor little deprived girl - he! he!

Her and Daddy playing on the playground...we couldn't get her away from the slide...she LOVED it.

All that playing wore her out - and Kymbree (Robin and Chad's little girl)...so we put them down in the pack and play so we could stay longer and enjoy the dance. It is crazy how they can sleep thru all that noise.

After an hour of being asleep...it appears as though Beth is a cuddler and Kymbree doesn't seem to mind. We are so lucky to have such great friends with kids the same ages...makes it fun to watch them grow up together.

Ready for church in her new outfit...she is precious.

This is a picture of the rock on the garage wall on our patio...i just can't get over how talented those guys are that lay rock...it is amazing.

And our big ole fireplace is finally in....we will painting those red bricks...and i can't wait till it is rocked in - i think it will look fabulous...and most of all - it is acutally big enough to burn logs. Woohoo!!!!

More House Pictures

Here is the front door...it will be stained a deep walnut. Here is the first pile of rock that will be put on the house...mostly white with some brown and gray mixed in. It will cover the whole house.

This is our view from our Master Bedroom porch...we are looking toward the South.

So pretend you were standing on the porch you see here and you would get the view above. This is the South side of our house....you see the garages and the bedroom door, window, and master bath window.This is the view from the front porch, you are looking East...you can see the half circle drive (yes it is caliche).

This is the front of the house...so pretend you are on this porch and you would get the view above.This is the view to the West...I LOVE the windmill ...i just think it is such a beautiful scene. SO if you ever come join us on our back porch...you will get to enjoy the same view..

Here is the back porch...this is the WEST of the house. Standing there you can see the view above.Here is the Northwest corner view of the house - i think it gives the best view of our back porch. I am thinking we might not need the backhoe in the landscaping...HE! HE!

Here is Beth with Nana Sally. We went to Chad's 8th grade football game at wall - some sweet little girl gave Beth the pom poms and she LOVED them.

Here is Beth with Little Jill - Beth took her purse and acted little a little princess. Little Jill is sooooo good with her.

Here is the terrific twosome again....Little Jill just keeps getting more and more beautiful. She will be a heartbreaker - no doubt.

Beth showing off the purse from little Jill, it was like she knew exactly what to do with it.... a little scary for me (the tomboy)...but hey - whatever. She sure looked cute. She might turn out like her Aunt Tessa and LOVE purses.

We celebrated Pa's (Beth's great-grandpas) birthday - and Aunt Diane took us all for a carriage ride....it was really cool. How neat is this?

The horse and buggy thing is the coolest. We got to ride with Abi and Aaron and Sydney and Lindsey - but this a quick pick before everyone got on board. I am so glad Beth gets to experience such neat things.

House Pics

Oh my - mommy and daddy's house looks BIG

This is the west view (back of the house). I am looking towards the east.This is the south side of the house (i am facing north)

This is the front view of the house (the east)...i am facing west....whew that sun is gonna be hot on the back porch.

This is the view as you drive up towards the house...i am on the road to the northwest of the house looking southeast. So you are looking at the kids room, back porch, and part of the garage in the back.

Its been a long, long time...

It has been a long time since my last blog...which was right after Beth's 1st birthday (June 12)...so a lot has been going on. We sold our house in San Angelo and moved in with my mom and dad in Paint Rock...no we are not in financial woes...we are happy to say John's parents gave us a few acres so we can build our own home....woohoo!!! So pray for my mom and dad...and us...b/c even though there is lots of love in that house....it hard to go back home if you know what i mean.....

with all that said...this is the picture of our land....my truck is in the future garage...and they started on the pad on June 29th. We spent July 4th in Rowena at the cookoff - it was fun...but who's idea was it to build a fire on the hottest day of the year?!?!? So we took off after the BBQ results were in and headed to Nanna Sally's house.

Beth got in her little speed boat as soon as we got there to cool off...she loves that thing.

Here she is hanging out on papaw's lap.

She convinced Papaw to sit with her in the hot tub...and he taught her how to spray mommie with the fountain...you can tell they were both having fun.

And yes...nanna Sally joined Beth and Papaw in the hottub.....they had a good time. How lucky we are to have young grandparents for Beth.

This is just a cute little dress my friend Ashely bought her...i think she is sucking up in case Beth is tall...she wants her to play volleyball.

Daddy & Daughter picture...toooooo cute. I am so lucky to have them in my life....and yes the background of most pictures are different b/c remember...we are living in Paint Rock with my mom and dad....they say patience is a virture...where do you buy that at?!?!? HE! HE!

She decided to try on the pirate hat at the annual gin supper...i just think she would look cute in anything.

Showing off her figure in a swimsuit...and holding on tight to the coolest chair ever at nanna sally's house.

BACK to the house building.....we have a pad...and some plumbing if you look closely...my truck is the "garage" and i am taking the picture...looking WEST....our garage will open to the South...if that helps anyone with directions.....but then...what a wierd July...it started to rain...no complaints from us kids that grew up on the farm...but it did slow down the house stuff.

Kyler came over to go swimming with Beth at nanna Sallys......and they ended up playing on the four wheeler she has for them...isn't this the cutest picture.

Just a cute outfit to look at.

BACK to the house...we have forms and trenches...seemed like concrete would be coming soon...but more rain (which is good) but slower at getting stuff done...and for those who kinda know....as my friend Belmont says...we are moving to the "Kellermeier Compound"...b/c we are building only 3 tenths of a mile from Ralph and Sally...so look at the picture...i am facing the Northwest and you can see their barn and house if you look carefully. We are excited...how lucky Beth will be to be able to ride her bike to Nanna's and go swimming and everything else.

Beth loves to play in the dog food and dog water...go figure.

And Beth can pretty much only say one word at 13 months...that is "ball"...and a really funny thing....you don't realize how many things look like a ball (watermelons, cantelopes, onions, honeydew, etc.) until she throws a fit b/c she wants to play with the "ball".

As any good farm kid in west texas - play in the mud when you can b/c it doesn't happen often...she had such a good time in the caliche...me and Opa had to clean her up in the utility room before we could take her inside.

We went to a baseball game with Robin, Chad, Bryson, and Kymbree and a few of their friends...we had a great time.

Beth got a free baseball glove that night (all kids did)...and apparently we ended up on TV b/c of it.

And for those that think Beth is PERFECT...proof she can cry with the best of them.

Kymbree and Beth are reading...how advanced.

Beth loved playing on the tractor they had on display at the Colts Stadium.

And yes...she is a climber...she wants back on the tractor with or without my help.

Quick family picture.

CUTE, CUTE, CUTE dress...don't you think.

She loves riding on the rhino every evening with Opa and daddy to feed the deer.

LOOK at this hair...the curls are crazy.

FIRST knot on the head...it is a big one...can you see it...took about 10 days to go away...i am sure people thought we beat her. But she did learn to catch herself with her hands so she doesn't bonk her head anymore.

We have sand....now we are closer to concrete...right?!?!?

She LOVES shoes...must be inherited from Nannie and Mamma....she got these on herself...and by luck on the right feet...so i had to take a picture so that she looks like a genius.

She loves to ride in this wagon...so much fun.

Cute little Texas Tech swimsuit.

WE GOT CONCRETE.....we put Beth's footprints in it and dated it...we are so excited.

Another cute picture of her.

We have walls...this is the South part of the house where our bedroom and bath is...i am taking the picture facing North...the garage will be to the left in this picture.

This the North part of the house which has the kids bedrooms and bathroom...i took this facing west...so to the far left (which you can't see) would be where our bed and bath are. More pictures to come as it goes fast at this stage.

and one more of our cute girl in her little chair Oma bought her by her swimming pool.

I started back to work...so the next posts should be more regular and not so long...hope you all enjoyed the pictures...and give me a shout when you get a chance.