 |
| House Pictures Feb 20 2009 |
Saturday, February 21, 2009
House Update Feb 20th
The house project is moving along as the door and window framing is done and the majority of the paint is finished. We're now working on countertops and floors and hope to move back in in about a month. Many, many details to go but it looks good so far. Here are some pictures:
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Jack's Birthdays
Jack turned 4 on February 7 (I know, hard to believe) and he was lucky enough to have two birthday parties. The first one was in Texas on his actual birthday. It was a bit impromptu since we were in Dallas for Papaw's funeral, but with Kristen's two kids and my cousin Kim's five kids, we ended up with quite a shindig. The kids played a lot outside and we had ice cream cake and tons of fun. We didn't plan on it, but the party was great.
Jack's other party was this Saturday on the Santa Monica Pier. We worried all week about the weather and it rained up until Friday. Saturday was spectacular though as we couldn't have had a better day. The location was unbelievable (I know we never had birthday parties in locations as scenic as this). The kids rode a bunch of rides (we had trouble getting them off of the bumper cars) and Jack had an awesome time. He was so happy!
Robyn's birthday was also last weekend, February 8th. We spent most of it on an airplane coming home but we did go out to a nice dinner Friday night. She has her own ice cream cake in the freezer that we still need eat. Lots of ice cream cake in the last week!
Here are some pictures of both parties!
LA
Dallas
Jack's other party was this Saturday on the Santa Monica Pier. We worried all week about the weather and it rained up until Friday. Saturday was spectacular though as we couldn't have had a better day. The location was unbelievable (I know we never had birthday parties in locations as scenic as this). The kids rode a bunch of rides (we had trouble getting them off of the bumper cars) and Jack had an awesome time. He was so happy!
Robyn's birthday was also last weekend, February 8th. We spent most of it on an airplane coming home but we did go out to a nice dinner Friday night. She has her own ice cream cake in the freezer that we still need eat. Lots of ice cream cake in the last week!
Here are some pictures of both parties!
LA
 |
| Jack's Birthday Santa Monica 2009 |
Dallas
 |
| Jack & Robyn's Birthday 2009 |
Sunday, January 25, 2009
House Update Jan 25th
As I mentioned in the last post, we're coming down the home stretch on the house. On the outside, the rough stucco is done, the windows are in, and the roof is done. The main thing left to do on the outside is to apply the finish color coat of stucco which they will do once we nail down the color. We also need to get some of the concrete blasted up and get some steps built in the back, but that will be done near the very end. The garage is a bit of a mess but we'll probably deal with that after we move back in the house.
On the inside, the tile and cabinets are going in right now. We have a coat of paint on the kitchen and family room but we're not sure we like the color. The tile in the bathrooms is starting to come together and it looks great. The cabinets look good too but we've had a few issues. We're going to make the island a tad smaller than what we'd planned on and we need to figure out what we're going to do with the oven cabinet. The contractor says it's too small for the oven we're getting, but the cabinet guy says it will be fine with a little cutting on the sides. Not sure who's right here, but we're siding with the contractor for now.
The window and door frames should get done this and the tile and cabinets should be pretty much finished as well. After that, we're on to the countertops and then flooring. Below are some pictures from this weekend.
On the inside, the tile and cabinets are going in right now. We have a coat of paint on the kitchen and family room but we're not sure we like the color. The tile in the bathrooms is starting to come together and it looks great. The cabinets look good too but we've had a few issues. We're going to make the island a tad smaller than what we'd planned on and we need to figure out what we're going to do with the oven cabinet. The contractor says it's too small for the oven we're getting, but the cabinet guy says it will be fine with a little cutting on the sides. Not sure who's right here, but we're siding with the contractor for now.
The window and door frames should get done this and the tile and cabinets should be pretty much finished as well. After that, we're on to the countertops and then flooring. Below are some pictures from this weekend.
 |
| House Pictures Jan 25 |
Saturday, January 24, 2009
What's been up?
Well, around our house, there's been a lot going on. First, we're still in the rental house during the last few weeks (hopefully) of the big remodel project. The cabinets are starting to go in and the tile should be finished this week. The house is really starting to come together and we can't wait to move back in.
Jack is back in school and likes his class. He also does basketball practice two days a week after school and takes swim lessons on the weekend. He's developing quite a jumpshot and is getting better at a swimming off by himself.
Avery continues to grow and has started eating table food. She seems to want to eat everything. She would eat chips and salsa if we'd let her. She's also now mobile and getting quite fast at crawling. You definitely have to keep an eye on her now or she will be into something before you know it.
Robyn has had a lot of interest in two of her scripts has several people waiting to read the rewrite of her comedy. It's been tough to write during the last month or two since we were out of town for the holidays and now the house project is almost all consuming. She's excited though and has gotten some great feedback (by that I mean both positive as well as helpful).
Other than that, we finally got around to posting a boatload of pictures. Check them out:
Jack is back in school and likes his class. He also does basketball practice two days a week after school and takes swim lessons on the weekend. He's developing quite a jumpshot and is getting better at a swimming off by himself.
Avery continues to grow and has started eating table food. She seems to want to eat everything. She would eat chips and salsa if we'd let her. She's also now mobile and getting quite fast at crawling. You definitely have to keep an eye on her now or she will be into something before you know it.
Robyn has had a lot of interest in two of her scripts has several people waiting to read the rewrite of her comedy. It's been tough to write during the last month or two since we were out of town for the holidays and now the house project is almost all consuming. She's excited though and has gotten some great feedback (by that I mean both positive as well as helpful).
Other than that, we finally got around to posting a boatload of pictures. Check them out:
 |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
