A Peak of Light is at the End of the LONG Tunnel..... :)

Lance has been working .... SOOOOO hard on our house. We have both been getting sooo anxious to have this project complete. I know he's tired of coming home to a house that's under construction and the feeling that he has to work on something after working all day. I know for me.. I feel like there's not much I can do to help.. and I don't want to be rushing him to get things done.. but I really want life back to somewhat normal.. and I can have a clean house once again. Is that too much to ask? He has got the painting done in the front room. It just needs one more coat. And he's going to paint up the hall and down too with the same color.. the same color will be in the kitchen. Just seemed easier that way to do it.. plus the cabinets and everything will cover up the space so you won't see much of the paint anyways. Lance's dad came over this past weekend to help Lance with the electrical in the kitchen and Sunday they got one wall of the new drywall put up.. they are going to finish the other part on Wednesday. This weekend.. we are hoping that our friend will be able to help with the door. We have to replace the back door because of rotting that got covered up by the previous owner. At this pt. I could care less about the cabinets.. although I'm excited to see the finished project but I really just want my floor the most.. :) Laminate flooring... yay!

....Under Construction....

Well for those of you wondering how the construction is going... it's going.... just not as fast as Lance and I hoped for. The front room/dining room is almost ready for flooring. Lance painted the ceiling last night.. it need one more coat. The sanding of the spackle on the new dry wall is done.. looks like it might need another coat too.. then just priming and painting.. and that room will be ready for floor.
Our kitchen is needed a new door.. and we are going to take the old door out and put a new one in with a window... there was a hole in the floor that was just covered up by previous buyers.. so we have to fix that.. because water was getting in and rotting away our door and the flooring. The kitchen also needs two new walls.. and all painted then we can get flooring done in there.. then it will be just a matter of getting the cabinets put up. Still a long way from being done. I know God is teaching me patience. And I'm trying to pray for opportunities to be patient but it's soo hard sometimes. I'm having a hard time living in this "construction" zone! It's making me crazy!

Eventful Week....

Since it's been about a month since I've posted.. I thought I might write about ALLLL that happened last week. Today it's been a week since we gave Rocky away... it's kinda sad but I'm thinking now after a week it's starting to be ok. I really miss him still but I think he is able to help another man out. See, Whitney gave me a phone number to a man who name is George. He lost his wife and had to put their dog down and other things all within a month. Kinda sad if you ask me.. so I contacted him since we have been going back and forth with giving Rocky away and he was very excited to hear from me. I guess he was expecting my call. George came out that afternoon and met Rocky and said he would really enjoy having him. So, we gave Rocky to him. It all transpired really quickly so I wasn't expecting to give him away that day. I probably would have tried to spend more time with him.... that's the main reason we had to give him away. He's a boxer and needs lots of attention and with the kids that's hard to do. Plus, he's 5 and not very good with being patient with the kids anymore.. so we didn't think he would hurt the kids but didn't want to take that chance either! I'm praying still that he's still a blessing to this man, George and so far he has been. I've spoke with George several times and he said we could keep in touch and could come visit him anytime.

So that was Monday of last week.... then came Tuesday.. Lance got home from work and was ready to work on this kitchen... the never ending water damaged kitchen project! (although I'm starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel...) My dad came over to visit the kids and about that time I was cooking dinner. Lance decided to move the pantry and take the remaining soffit( spelling? ) down.. well it came down on him! We ended up heading over to urgent care because he had about an 5-6 in long gash in his head and ended up with 3 big stitches! That was just an interesting week along with some other things that happened too. I joined the Phone Potty Club.. Logan tried to call daddy in the bathroom and some how my phone ended up floating in the potty... I wasn't up yet and he hadn't informed me that he was up.. just came in to sneak my phone away to call daddy... not mad but I did loose everything on my phone. Thanks to my Uncle Tim he said put it in rice to get some of the water out.. and that's where it's been since Saturday.... and it still doesn't work! Praying I can get some of the info back because it had pictures and videos of my kids on it.......

I'll leave you with a picture of Rocky.. boy do we miss him but I have a peace that he's where he needs to be.. and we will be able to visit too!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!!

Happy Birthday to Logan Michael Walters... my little man! He's grown so much. I was looking at pictures to put on here and I can't believe how big he is and how fast it went! He's 4 today.. or he says this many.. and then hold 4 fingers up! :) He was born on Friday March 24,2006 at 11:02 PM and he was 7lbs 10oz and 20 inches long. I was induced with him because my blood pressure was high but he was trying to come early several times before them and had to keep him in! :)

He was only a week before his due date! He was due on April 1st. He's now soo big. He's such a proud big brother and a big help to me with Kaylin. He's about 3 1/2 feet tall now and about 42lbs. He loves to play with his cars and he's really into watching new movies. He loves to play baseball and basketball outside which I know he will be playing those when he gets bigger. Hopefully he will go out for t-ball next year and he will be starting SCHOOL too.. that's just crazy to me. Although, he is really excited to ride the school bus. He loves to play outside in the garage with his daddy and "work". He also loves helping me in the kitchen from cooking to cleaning up too.. and scrub scrub scrubbing out the sink... he says!

I thank the Lord for Logan everyday. I'm so thankful to have him in my life. I love him sooo much. He has a great personality. And I can't wait to see the young man God will mold him in to!

Kaylin's ONE... Pictures!

Here are some updated pictures of our kids! They are getting sooo big!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SWEET PRINCESS KAYLIN!!!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet girl Kaylin Michelle. She's ONE today(actually yesterday), March 2nd, 2010. One year ago she was born at 7:11PM and she was 7lbs. 7oz. and 20 inches long! :)

She is so beautiful inside and out. We are starting to learn her personality more and more each day. She loves to laugh and smile so BIG! She loves to tell you how big she is-- when you ask her she puts her hands up. She loves to dance in her jumperoo and loves spending time with her big brother! She is walking now.. pretty well by herself. Here are some pictures of our BIG girl.. more to come this weekend when we have a little get-together for her to celebrate!

Bath Time....

This is one of the first times I've put Logan and Kaylin in the tub together! Something Logan really enjoys... they crack each other up! Kaylin will get to splashing and squealing and Logan starts laughing and Kaylin laughs at him! Too cute! But a very loud bath time.. :)