Saturday, April 2, 2011

Life as we know it



Life as we know right now it messy but FUN! We have moved out of our house until the renovations are complete. The girls have adjusted well and don't even mind sharing a room at our "Spring Cottage". That's what I am calling the house we are living in and I am so thankful that ReRe agreed to let us stay for a couple of months. I can not thank you enough!!! The contractors are making good progress and things should really speed up now that they are about to start on the additions this week. The girls are steady growing up too fast. Wenn is doing great in 4 year olds and her progress report said she is doing well. Meg got moved up to the 2 year old class and has started potty training. They bring so much joy to our lives and the four of us have so much fun together. Today we had a picnic at the indian mounds. We toured the museum and then climbed to the top of the tallest mound. Needless to say we all took good naps this afternoon.

Phase 3




Phase 3 has begun!!!! Please excuse the fact that these pictures are posted in reverse order but as you can see, we've been a putting in some sweat equity lately. Andy and I did some of the demolition ourselves to save a little money. And yes, I really did help and I am really good at ripping out sheetrock. We have lived in our house for 7 years and it is so exciting to finally be able to do the last phase of renovations and we were so happy to finally get our building permit after 3 trips to city hall. The short version of what we are doing is that we are going from a 3 bedroom/2 bath to a 4 bedroom/3 bath, kitchen remodel and adding a carport. The girls are moving upstairs and they can not wait. More photos to come.