Basement Pour and walls!

Well things are officially underway with the basement. Its been super exciting to watch things happen on the house. Curtis has been a giddy boy getting up at 5:30 to go watch things take place.

This is the cement pump they used to pour the ground. Ridge loved watching it!!

This picture is out of place, but this is the wall materials on the cement pad.

This was all of the kids watching.

Later that evening, we went down and actually did our first walk on the basement floor. The kids though, were having more fun running up and down the dirt slopes then walking on the cement.

Brecklynn found her own little 'sand pit' where the bathroom plumbing goes.

This was yesterday. The walls were put in place and cement poured in them. Things are starting to take place. We have had some major issues with measurements and such and we are now moving the plumbing from where it was originally to another location to give the kids more room in their rooms.

This shows you how small the rooms would have been if we left it. There's Ridge's room on the left, bathroom in the middle and the girl's room on the right.

Cambree 'playing' in her room.

Ridge showing off his room.

Ridge was getting so upset at Brecklynn and Brecklynn was getting upset with Ridge for stopping her from playing. He was mad that she was ruining his bathroom. :)

Ridge showing off his 'new toilet'

Now we are moving the plumbing over, and we will wait about a week and a half for the walls to dry and then we'll get moving again. Its been fun to go down every day to see the new changes.

Fair Day- a bit late :)

These pictures are backwards and I can't fix them without a lot of problems. So you'll have to look at it backwards. This is a bit late, but there's been A LOT going on.

On Friday my parents came down for Fair Day to join in the festivities. Cambree got to be a part of the parade in gymnastics so it was a bit exciting for us.

The parade started at 10:00 and we got there about 9:15 to get Cambree settled and us a spot. It was a bit hot but we still enjoyed.

This is Ridge after the parade. This parade is famous for advertising and candy. Its like a pre-Halloween. Can you see how happy this little boy was with his loot. He wouldn't let anyone hold it for him. He insisted on walking it (very slowly) back to the car.

Can you find Cambree.....she did awesome. She was happy and waving to everyone. I was so proud of her.

Here's a better shot of the whole float. There were SO MANY kids on that thing.

Tesia came with her roommates and they all helped Ridge get his candy.

Brecklynn couldn't stop pointing at EVERYTHING. I love her little finger.

She was so proud to sit in Ridge's chair.

Not sure what happened to this picture but this is Ridge waiting for the parade.

It was a fun day and we enjoyed my parents visit. I love these things about small towns.

Basement is dug!

Curtis and his dad started digging the basement last weekend. After digging all day and figuring out how much was left, they decided to hire it out.

Tuesday the big front end loader tractor rolled in. It was so much fun to sit and watch this thing go. The kids loved it as well. It moved so much dirt so quickly. On the way, the tractor found an old septic tank and an old sepage (sp) well. It went down about 20 feet. The person digging said he had only seen one other one ever and none like this one. So that was kind of cool to see.

We couldn't get down and get a picture of the whole thing but this is what we could see. It goes down about 10 feet from here.

Here's the final product.

This just shows how big this thing is. Curtis looks so small :)

After the tractor was done, all the dirt around bascially turned into moon sand. I tried to walk in it and it was like snow coming up above my ankles. It was SO SOFT. "Little" the dog, loved playing in it along with all the kids.

Monday the 18th is when everything really starts rolling. I'm excited to see progress!!

BIG News!!

So I am so excited!! We are officially building our house. This has been a long time coming and its finally here. I need to actually get better updated pictures because we now have the basement dug. The 18th is the magic date because our contractor pulls on site and starts to knock it out.

Many have asked where we are building. Those familiar with Thatcher will understand-others well you'll have to come and see for yourself :)

We are building off of College St. behind his parents lot. Its a narrow lot so we've had problems designing the home we wanted, but we've come up with something I think we are going to love. It does have a basement and I will have a room for my preschool finally. I am super excited. One big disappointment and hard thing is that we are moving out of our ward. We've really grown to love our ward. Its the first ward we've really gotten to feel apart of. So that is definitely going to be hardest thing for us. But we are excited for the change. We are looking at February/March to be done and moving in. And with things finally starting to happen, time should start to fly. I'll post updates as they come as I am going to be excited to share. So enjoy this first little bit.

The dirt on the lot is literally sand. The kids LOVE playing in it and Brecklynn really took to getting dirty head to toe.

Ridge and Cambree already know where their rooms are and tell everyone who comes by where their "Ironman" and "Dot" rooms are and they are always begging to sleep there tonight ;)

I love this picture. They are all about the whole process.

SO- that's the big news. I'm excited and hope you are too. We'll actually be able to entertain guests and parties when this is done!!

Ridge's 3rd Birthday and update

For Ridge's 3rd birthday, we went to the valley to celebrate. He was so excited to have another birthday. All day-like last time- he asked when his birthday would be. Grandma Meikle went all out and even got balloons for him. Truly made his day.

This picture was to help postpone his patience as we waited for the birthday to really begin :)

Tucker and Grace (Bonnie's kids) came to the party and Tucker loved watching Ridge really close.

Grace helped read a new book that Great Grandma Meikle gave Cambree. It was so cute to watch them together.

He got to stay with Grandma Meikle for a couple more days and got a remote control car from his Aunt Chelsie that he LOVES!! He really enjoyed his birthday this year and it was really fun experiencing this birthday with him. I can't believe he is 3!!

Thatcher Homecoming!

Every year, Thatcher's Homecoming parade goes down Church street. Its quite the town event. Many leave work to attend. It is amazing to me to see the support given to the High School. Part of the joys of living in a small town :). Well Grandma wanted us to ride with her in her golf cart and we got there and 'staked our claim' in our spot. It was really hot!! But the kids enjoyed playing around waiting for the parade to start. Once it started, we were all shocked to see how small the band was. I've heard that it used to be the 200 range. Now there was only 16!! Cambree loved the royalty cars and the girls in their beautiful gowns. She got all excited when they'd wave back to her.

The kids fought over the candy that was thrown. Everyone was so hot so it was good that the parade was really short. Its fun being able to attend these small events here and allow our kids these little experiences.

I just love this shot, Ridge insisted on helping Brecklynn 'see' the parade ;)