Basement Windows

Well, the forms have been taken away, so we can now see our basement windows and door! We also have an i-beam! BJ went out there today to take a look and brought back these photos.

He also got our Christmas tree lights up (we put the tree up last night together) - which was quite a task! I think we used a total of NINE strings of lights! BJ likes to put the lights up and down every branch - which looks so pretty! :)

New House Photos!

Hope you all had a wonderful turkey day!!! BJ and I had a nice time with his family and really enjoyed our trip to the aquarium. Here's a couple of our favorite shots... Here's BJ with the birds.



Here are a photo BJ took of the jellyfish - one of my favorites.



Here's me with a shark...



In addition to our trip to the aquarium we also ventured out to our land to see how its coming along. We have basement walls! Here are a couple shots & videos of what's done so far (including our pond which is just about full)... Its so incredible that we went from having a hill to the shape of a house in two days!

A 360 view of our land and house from the pond...



A closer look at the house in progress...



Some still photos...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Okay, so its not yet thanksgiving - but I'm guessing we won't be online much this Thursday and so I'm posting this now. Tomorrow BJ and I both are off from work and so we are going to spend the day together - I'm so excited! We're thinking of going to visit the aquarium.... Our (okay, my) first choice is the zoo, but we aready got festival of lights tickets - so we'll be going there within the next couple of weeks anyway.

I can't wait for turkey and BJ's pumpkin cheesecake (he makes a mean pumpkin cheescake)! YUM! Hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

I'm not sure if we have a basement yet or not - I feel to bad to call and ask (again) - if they haven't been able to start yet. I guess we'll just have to go out there ourelves and see. :)

Sorry, we're not very posty...

I've been a bad blogger, but I have an excuse -- there really isn't too much exciting news to report! Heard word that we might have a basement dug on Monday - the weather and lack of building permits keeps pushing things off. Hopefully it will actuall stay dry this weekend (it should... if weather.com is correct as shown below) so the house can finally get started.

Seeing this online makes me happy...

Busy Busy Busy...

It's been a little while since I've updated this. No, we don't have a new dog... this is from CuteOverload, which I highly recommend. :) House Update: Monday or Tuesday of next week we should have a basement dug for our house, so we'll be sure to post photos of that (so exciting, I know!). :)

Yesterday I (Jessie) had a CAT scan done of my tummy (nothing big, just some stomach pains). The test went really fast, but the IV was NOT FUN! I'm usually pretty good about shots, but MAN!

Tomorrow BJ and I will be helping Jeremy & Jessica move. That deserves a big :( -- not because of the helping them move part, but the fact that they are moving part. We're going to miss them!!!

I've got some side projects done recently... in addition to Jeremy's church, I'm about done with Hope Inner City and I've got a logo for my latest client just about wrapped up. I think after I wrap up these projects I'll be taking a break from side-stuff for a little while.

As Promised...

Here's some photos from last weekend! Here's our nephew Aidan! Check out those teeth!

Here's a crazy sight, a dog in mom and dad's house!!! This is Julie's cute puppy Oliver. He's a really good dog. :)



Here's BJ holding Kate and Matt's baby Lilly...



Here's Kate (I miss you Kate) and Lilly...



Aidan and Lilly got to meet - they both made these strange revving sounds and reached for eachother. Adorable!

Wow! So much to catch up on!

Once have photos I'll post them, we've been pretty busy so there's a lot to share. :) We closed on the land and construction, so the building process has officially begun (although the amount of progress thus far is not great due to all the rain)! We'll have lots of photos to share in the coming months as we gain a basement, walls, windows, etc. :)

Last weekend we went to "the Bend" to visit with my Mom, Julie, Kris, and our cutest and happiest nephew Aidan. :) Again, photos to come soon. It was great to see them -- we only wish it could have been a longer visit. We also got to visit with Kate, Matt, and their baby Lilly, who is also quite the cutie! :)

In case you're suffering from a lack of photos in this blog, I have something to appease your multimedia appetite (you may want to hit mute and you'll find out why:



Here's another silly thing...