"Film Stills"

  

 Getting ready for a glamor shot.

"Ouch!"  Gracie fixes something in her slipper.  Sarah waiting for her turn in the picture.

"Come on Sarah, loosen up!"

"Oh!!!  Did you hear....?"  *gasp*

 Unsuspecting ladies.

 *scream* EEKKK   A bad guy!

"Don't worry!  I'll take care of it!"  Gracie always prepared and ready.

OH BOY.......

....do I have a story to tell but it must wait till I have time to tell it!!!!! Check back soon! =)

Of Painting, Christmas preparations and other things!

Keslie and the kids were making snowflakes when Keslie decided to find some patterns online! She found this lovely 3D pattern and her and the kids made lots to make our home more festive!

Ta-da!

Oh, pretty!

Heather, Lydia and Taylor having some fun time at the house.

Mom and some of her girls!

More of her girls! I guess there is just one more in this picture than the last!

Mrs. L brought her daughter to visit with us while we worked and she went and visited with Mom and Heather while they painted! It's more fun to chat while working!

The wood stove was full of this fire flurry after someone put in a piece of wood with paint on it. It was amazing to see!

The pantry is done!!!!!!!

Grandpa and Taylor setting doors! We LOVE our doors! They are so old fashioned!

Grandpa putting in shims, he is so precise and meticulous, we are so thankful for him!

This is our room and the picture is taken when it was still light outside. It brightens in the day and warms in the evening! I love it!

This is our poor pitiful tree. Since we are packing to move by the end of this month we decided we couldn't get a tree. There just wasn't time to get it up and then take it down. Well, the kids were SO sad so they went into our backyard and found this poor little thing! It was so sparse that they had to find extra branches to put behind it to make it even look like a Christmas tree!

But, they decided to look elsewhere. This one was found at the new house and it looks much better gracing our familyroom than the first little tree!

Benjamin had a gift card for a guy store so I was able to take him there the other day and he found this great hat and....

A badge like his brother's!

Looking to future!

Paint buckets! And MOORE paint buckets! LOL!

Last night I went to help Dad lay Hardie board and I was able to see and take pictures of the dining and kitchen painted this lovely gold color.

Looking down the hall that leads to Grandpa's and Grandma's and to the left is part of the kitchen.

The Entry! Mom loved the color so much after painting the mudroom and laundry room that she decided to use it in the entry! The pictures don't really show the exact color, but...

They did it WAY up there! Yikes!


We have three rooms left to paint and then Grandpa and Grandma's house to do! It's getting close! Yippy!

House Update!

I've been terrible at getting blog posts done recently...we've had lots going on, such as...building a house! :big smile: Haha! So I thought I really should update you all on the home construction progress. Here it is!

The plumbing is underway!

All the "harder" plumbing is done and the easy is left for the last! The pictures below were taken not quite two weeks ago, so they're not really up to date since most of the fittings and pipes are now in the walls!

Pipes and fittings in the family-room.

Boxes of fittings where the piano is going to be.

(Notice there are no puddles on the floor! YIPPY!!!!)

Guess what? More fittings! (I'm running out of clever things to say about pipes and fittings....any ideas?)

Benjamin was making sure the ramp to the house was sturdy.

See! Some of the pipes and fittings in the wall!

Oh yes! The front porch roof is almost roofed as well! It's beginning to look more like it will when it is done, though you can't see the pipes and fittings from this view. Just the windows, siding, door, trim, "shutters", paint, and flowers are needed to make it look like home!

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I wonder how many times I wrote pipes and fittings? That is what happens when one gets tired. All creativity flees from the brain and one begins to become boring! :sigh: =)

Easter Pictures!

Yes, I know these are a little late but I thought you all would still like to see them. I made the girls' dresses and they all love them! It was hard to get Lydia's out of hers! "Dress on!"

Lydia

Smile sweety!

Three sisters!

I wonder what is so funny?

Gracie

Lydia and Gracie

Sarah, Lydia and Gracie

Sarah

Our little man, Benjamin

Preparing to protect his family and home! I don't know, I think I might be scared of his look more than his weapon!

It was a rough photo shoot....

There is a story behind these pictures! I was trying to take a picture of Benjamin because he looked so dashingly handsome while watching Taylor open his birthday presents. Every time I pushed the button to take the picture he was smiling so sweetly but at the LAST second he would sneek in a goofy face....

This is what I saw.....

this...

this...and even this....

and this...this....
AND....
!!!!!!!!!!FINALLY!!!!!!!!!