Soccer and House

Matthew wasn't feeling well so he only played a little bit and went home early.  (he's the one with the red sweatshirt)  And now he's done for the season because of his broken collarbone. (pictures to come)

Master bathroom shower (we don't have lights so it's dark but I wanted to show a picture anyway)

Upstairs bathroom

Fireplace pretty much finished.  Not exactly the rock we wanted but I think it turned out great!

Just showing the molding around the doors.

I guess Emma wanted to be in EVERY picture :)  This is her bedroom closet.

Working on the cabinets in the kitchen.

Princess Party

A couple of weeks ago our ward Relief Society hosted a Princess Party for all of the women/girls in the ward.  They had dinner and took pictures of everyone.  They also showed a little slideshow, it was actually a book that we own called "Daughter of a King".  Grandma Harrison gave it to Katie for her birthday because the main girls name is Katie.  Then they had some speakers, we missed most of it though because with potty training Sophie skipped her nap and had a full blown meltdown.  I don't know how she would have been even with a nap because listening to a few women talk doesn't sound like a party a 2 year old would enjoy :)
Here are the pictures they took.  My visiting teaching companion is a professional photographer and took everybody's picture and an unknown donor gave money to have them all printed for everyone.
I tried to pick a more "princessy" dress for Sophie but this is the one she wanted.  Generally the 2 year old gets whatever she wants. Sophie had her picture taken first of our family and then by the time we took the group picture  she wanted none of it.  This is the better of the pictures (the other one she was running away and looking really grumpy.)
One of the YW leaders offered her sister's high school dresses for the girls to borrow and then the day of the activity they went to her house to do their hair.  So that is where Julia's dress came from. 

Spring Happenings

Easter Sunday before church.

Josh didn't really want to be in this picture.  Sorry :)

Emma's 11th Birthday!

Spring soccer

And of course pictures of the house. ( from the living room looking toward the stairs and front door)

A House is not a Home

Whenever we want to go see the progress on the new house we ask if "anybody wants to go to the house." Even Sophie has figured out the difference between that house and our home that we currently live in. She was talking about one of Katie's friends and said, "She is going to come to our house....NO, not our house....our home!" In just a couple months it will be our home as well as our house :)
Part of the driveway is finished so Josh is able to get in pretty smoothly.
The front is completely bricked.
Cement is poured on the patio and they're working on the brick pillars.
There are stacks of sheet rock spread around the house. This is in the living room.
Interior doors, sorry for the blurriness. This the from the kitchen to the garage.
Kitchen with insulation.
Basement family room, looking away from the fireplace.

Still Going

A view of the dining room. Notice the windows! No doors yet though.
Looking into the kitchen from the living room or "great room" is the fashionable phrase :)
Fire place in the basement.
Sophie trying out the ramp in the garage :) Below we have shingles as well as the starting of the brick.


This is getting set up for putting in this part of the driveway. They like to wait to do the driveway until they are done with the brick because the mortar can stain the cement. But they also want to give Josh some help getting into the house.
(Sorry about all of the underlined text. I don't know why it's doing that)

Progress on the House

I know it's been awhile but I thought people might like to see the progress on our new house.
There are three empty lots behind our house and these lots have been here for several years so it might be awhile before we have neighbors on that side of our house. We're thinking we won't put a fence on the back for awhile and our kids will have quite an area to play in :)



I took pictures of all the kids in their future rooms. (Katie and Sophie will share they just weren't there on the same day.)




Our covered patio off of the kitchen.
Big garage, it could actually fit four cars if we wanted but one would be behind another. We're thinking lots of storage! Sophie loves the house and calls it "going to the dirt."