Progress on the garage

We've made some pretty good progress on the garage and house addition since my last post. It's so fun to see it coming together!! We have been wishing we could park in there during those few rare rains lately!

The girls standing "in" the bathroom - or is that the pantry? - a few weeks ago.

How it looks today

This is standing in the kitchen doorway looking out into the mudroom. The framed in area on the right is the closet. On the left wall will be lockers for the kids, and under the window will be a long bench they can sit on to get ready.

In the past 6 weeks . . .

Evan turned 2!!

We slept - really well!!

We baked cookies for the 4th.

We Celebrated the 4th of July!!

We chased parachutes.

We decorated 4th of July cookies.

Spent time with Great Grandma.

Smiled for the camera.

Got ready for fireworks.

Evan ate politely.

The girls got new "goodies" for their MyTwinn dolls.

Rod's birthday and his gifts from his kiddos - notice the

Husker theme again!

Getting ready to move the car port (see next post). After getting it relocated

the guys were going to anchor it down but the tractor they needed

had a dead battery. In the 3 days until Rod's dad could

get a new battery we had a huge wind storm and the shed

ended up on its top on top of Rocky's kennel. He wasn't hurt.

The guys managed to flip it over a few days later, as you'll see.

Good as new - almost!A few holes in the top and some major damage to

Rocky's kennel but they managed to save it.

Yea!!

garage

For those of you who don't know, we are (finally) adding the garage and mudroom onto our house!! Yea!! Below are some pictures of the work in progress.

Some before pics of the house - notice the open ended shed that

has been our "car port" for the past year or so - thanks to Rod's folks!!

Step 1 - the footings are poured!

Finally concrete!! The darker cement is the driveway and

the lighter is the garage floor.

More pictures!!

Posing with their Valentine's Day loot

Brooke helping me make sugar cookies - I think
the hat works, don't you?

I strongly dislike the cold, so on my watch

the snow comes inside to play!

My little man - all ready to play in the snow

or stalk prey!

They were having fun - really!

Brooke, my independent dresser. We had to be all

pink for the preschool Valentine's Day party.

Paige still lets me dress her!

Loren working on her First Communion Banner

The finished project

The day after Evan fell face first onto our concrete

porch steps - it's puffier than it looks. It was kinda

tough to suck on his binky for a day or two, but

he managed to work through it!

First Holy Communion

Loren made her First Holy Communion on March 22nd. It was an incredible day and she was so excited about being able to finally accept Communion. We were able to celebrate with family afterward and she was especially excited b/c her cousins came! Of course, my mom has those pictures so will have to post those another time!

Loren and her good friend Bailey.


Renewing Baptismal vows

Catching up!!

Wow, I am really behind on pictures b/c we couldn't find the cord to download from the camera for a while. Anyway, here we go . . . the last 3 months in a nutshell!

Loren the night of her First Reconciliation. It was a beautiful ceremony

and she was not the least bit nervous. I love how comfortable she is with Fr. Joe

because he's in the classroom every week!

Loren's 8th birthday - celebrated at Grandma Hall's

Evan & Great Papa - every day they get with him is precious!

Loren celebrated her 8th birthday along with a classmate and

son's friend at a water park in town. Almost their whole class was there and loved swimming in Jan.
Even Paige & Brooke got to come!

Paige with her My Twinn doll and new accessories from Gma Hoelscher.

I think the picture says it all.

Paige is 5!!

Hanging out at Grandma Hall's

Paige and cousin Dane

Valentine's Day celebration b/c the girls couldn't wait to give Daddy

his presents. Love is . . . . Husker gear!

The girls thought Evan absolutely had to have this

Husker blanket. As much as he looks like he loves it here,

he has refused to touch it ever since.