Christmas Day

Princess Elise enjoyed Christmas day with family on both sides. We all went to my parents and had Christmas Eve crab dinner and opened presents. It was fun seeing Krista, Darrin, and Lucia all in from out of town. We had Christmas morning at our house and then off to Heidi's parents for brunch and later dinner. We made one more stop at my parents again on Christmas night to say hi. We were on the go and had a good time with all the family. Here's some photos of Elise with her Christmas gear. Happy Holidays.

Getting Closer

Hi all. Hope everyone is having a good December. We have made a lot of progress with the house. Here are some updated pictures from inside.




Looking in from the entryway you can see the entire living space. The kitchen living area and dining area are all one large room. The counter tops were just installed and Russ and Mike, the finish carpenter, have put some detail into the bar front. The opening at the end of the room leads to the master bed and Elise's room. The the left is the office and behind the kitchen is the guest bath.


Russ has wrapped all the windows in vertical grain fir. He has done an exceptional job and the woodwork adds so much to the look of the windows.

















Guest bath is all tiled and grouted. This one just needs a few touch ups and a little clean up and it'll be ready for the plumbers.

















Master bath tub surround and shower still in progress. Just have to finish up with some small pieces and grout it in.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays friends and family! We have been pretty busy as usual moving forward with the house project but we have managed to continue with our normal fun stuff. We had Thanksgiving with both my folks and Heidi's, went to Disney on Ice for Elise, and went Christmas tree hunting with a group of our friends. I have been pretty neglectful of taking pictures of the house lately. Russ, Rob, myself, and my buddy Nate have been doing a lot of work. Russ put in the cabinets, Rob and I have been installing flooring, and Nate has started on our bathroom tiles. I'll get some pics posted soon. I put together a couple of posts below so check those out as well. Stay warm.

Elise and her many outfits

Snow Bunny Elise



















Elise is stylin for winter time















Keep rockin. Nice mohawk.



















Dressed up and ready to go to Disney on Ice's Princess Wishes

The Christmas tree that didn't make it home

We went Christmas tree hunting this morning. This little tree caught our attention and we were pleased to bring it home with us for the holidays. Little did we know that it would blow out the back of the truck on the way home and then get smashed to smithereens by another pick up. It was disappointing but we managed. We went to Lowes and grabbed another tree. We had fun going tree hunting as usual though. We have been going with the same group of friends for several years now and look forward to doing this every year. Next year I'm bringing some rope.