Thursday, January 21, 2010

Thanks Grandma!!

We sure put her to work the moment she arrived! That very night Matt and I had a date...And only days later we took off and left her with the kids for 8 days. She dealt with the Garage door breaking, Gavin falling down the stairs, having to jump start my van and reset the GPS in the van (because Brock turned on a light), she managed to keep 3 kids busy and happy the whole time we were gone, and can you believe she still has a smile on her face? She is amazing! Thanks Grandma!! Come back!!





Santa

Oh he is good!! I asked Santa for some time alone with my hubby in the most gorgeous place on earth (Turks and Caicos), and also a Tepee (I had a vision of it in the playroom). Grandma came and watched the kids for 8 days!...and also made the coolest Tepee for the kids for Christmas.








Thanksgiving

Matt had this great idea to do a Time Capsule for Thanksgiving. We put in letters to ourselves and to each other, had grandparents and great grandparents write letters, special items are in there, we even put in one of Brock's flip flops. We will open it Thanksgiving 2019.




Buried under the tree house.


The kids all decorated the outside of it











Digging the hole







Stuffing it with whatever we could find.


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sitting room remodeled into a Study

It wasn't as fun as the treehouse, but it definately looks better than before!!


"Coffered Ceiling" installation



Building new custom window casings






This shows the Sub-Floor Subwoofer. (Coming up through the vent at the feet)




Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween

The kids and Mom had a super fun Halloween and Trunk-or-Treat! Poor Daddy was at home sick, he decided to be really scary this Halloween and be "The Swine Flu". Calee wanted to be her favorite demi-god (Annabeth) from the "Percy Jackson Series", she designed her costume by herself. Gavin just watched the "Karate Kid", and wore a costume made with love from Grandma Z. Brock was so excited to be Woody from "Toy Story".










Brock was so excited to see Elmo at the "Trunk-or-Treat"!!

Trick-or-Treating with friends.


1st day of school...

First day of school 2009-2010 school year. Calee is in 4th grade and Gavin is in 2nd. They were both so excited to go to their new school. Brock loves to walk to and from the bus stop...he gets so excited when "Sis-Sis" (Brock's nickname for Calee) and "Bear" (Brock's nickname for Gavin) come home.













Norfolk Botanical Gardens...

Just before school started we took a trip down to the Tidewater area. Here we are at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens...this place is so BEAUTIFUL!!