Sunday, March 29, 2009

family updates

So Alot has happened in the last little while, but since we are so focused on the house and waiting for the loan I have forgotten about updating on the family. so he we go..... Kaydee's first hair style. So cute!!!!
She is almost crawling. She is at the stage where she rocks back and forth then lays flat.

Loves her swing. She is so cute!!!!


We had SO much rain! two days straight of Heavy...heavy down pour. Tornado's did touch but not near our house. They did affect some of the members homes but every one is o.k. You can see our yard is a river, the rivers filled up fast and there is a lot of flooding going on... we are on high ground so we're good. We let Thayne play in it cause it was fun.




Finally the sun came out so I took him to the ditch to "swim" This ditch never fills up. But it quickly filled up with two days of intense rain. It was a scary storm, I won't deny that.


Thayne loves to ride his bike so we take him to Scott's airstrip to ride. Our house only has dirt and grass and he gets stuck. so here he can ride with ease. (a week before the rains)

Earlier we sent out an e-mail about being accepted in an art show. This is my picture "Flint river sunset." We didn't win anything, but were still excited to be accepted in the show.

This is my other picture. "It's a long way to the top" I like this picture a lot.


This is Scott's picture "Twilight." Yes, he really took the picture, but I had to set up the camera and help him with the shot. He saw it and knew what he wanted.

we took Thayne to his first fair. Well, it was a parking lot (really safe) fair. He Loved it, I don't know any child who would hate it. I think we had the most fun. It is so much fun to take him to do things for the first time.

This picture cracks me up. Scott barely fits. It's Thayne's first ride.

This is My milk man. Scott loves acting, so he participates in the local theatre. It's called Swamp Gravy. They preform local stories about local people. They take the historical stories that they gathered from talking to the locals and put them altogether in a play. It is always so good. Look up the web site. www.swampgravy.com
Scott is always wanting the family to participate....I am not an actor. So I don't, and I haven't let Thayne participate because performances go until 10:00p.m. But next year I offered to do the pictures for the theatre and during performances I was going to Take pictures for the tourist. You know the whole souvenir thing. Stand in front of a backdrop that says "swamp gravy" maybe have a cast member stand in the picture. and charge them $7.50. I think I will do pretty good. so now the whole family will be involved.
Believe it or not but tour buses bring people in every performance. They come from all over.
So that's what's goning on!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Very high stress levels!!!

We got the O.K. for the house. So that's it right? wrong. Someone was absent from work the day the papers came through the offices for everyone to sign off on their part of t he loan. Well, that missing O.K. is causing us another week of delay. This person allows pools to be apart of the loan. Apparently this particular loan does not include a pool. WHAT!!! who ever heard of that. so it's a big deal that the person who was gone really needed to give an O.K. Sigh, so once again we are left waiting and waiting and waiting.........this is so annoying. we planned on having everyone from church help us this weekend. but I have not packed for fear it would be a "NO you are not approved " why pack if you get denied. the closing was suppose to be last Friday, but than this came about. SO our mortgage guy said we should know Tuesday by the latest. well, it's Tuesday night and no word. Buying a house is too hard!!!!!!!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

we're buying a house

We have been waiting on getting approved for the loan. WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED!!!!! And so now I can post and tell everyone that we are buying a house! We are so excited. It's our first one. So the house has 4 bedroooms and two full baths. It's about 2,000 sq ft. The thing we like the most is it has 6 acres. WOW 6 acres. And i can garantee that the price we are paying for it will make all your mouths drop. It is such a deal. It's WAY less than 200,000. WAY WAY less. WAY WAY WAY less. I think my point is made. It is a sound house. It needs no repairs. The roof was just put on two years ago, the heating/ air cond is only two years old. all the windows are brand new. The barn that you will see in the pic is brand new. the kitchen has all been re-done. The pool was just converted to salt water. Seriously, it is such a deal. we are so excited. we will be moving in the last week of march.
Also the other thing we like or I like is in the front yard there is a 30' by 20' (maybe bigger) slab of concrete. An old house was there and then burned down. It's a perfect spot for a studio!!!!!! O.k so look at the pictures and drool over 6 acres.
p.s. this is not our furniture.....I wish!!!


front of house
The barn. Great pic opps for the business at the barn. Tons of storage space inside that barn.


Screened patio over looks the pool.


Kids bathroom. It has two sinks.



The pool. Thyane will have so much fun!!! and Kaydee.

New counter tops too!



still in the kitchen. I like how the living room is right next to the kitchen. as is in most homes.
I did not take pictures of everything but you get the gist of the house.


The living room. The little girl is our realitors daughter. right behind me is a mud room and next to that is the laundry room.








Sunday, March 1, 2009

This is for you Evan

o.k evan you wanted it so these are for you.

For every one else Scott has been wanting this helicopter for a LONG time. after much waiting for the mail to bring it. It FINALLY arrived. You really can't tell but on this day we are under tornado watch. this is a small break between storms. enough to let scott fly his new toy. All day we had HIGH winds. Something you don't fly anything in.


First attempt.

First real attempt
last attempt before ordering parts to fix it.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

photography is fun!



O.K. so since I have a studio I have to play. This effect is hard to get without the proper equipment. This is all fixed up with photoshop. I hope to get the equipment soon so i don't have to spend so much time on photoshop. I am showing you the work put into theses photos. This is why you pay so much to have your kids pictures done. Of course proffesionals do this alot faster and know what they are doing. I am still just learning.







































Wednesday, February 18, 2009

what scott did for valentine's day

O.k so Thayne's birthday happened and blah...blah....blah... I just wanted to give a kudos to my husband. Since Thayne's birthday is on valentines day and we are usually busy with him that day we don't really get to celebrate like most sweet lover's. so I told Scott that I think it would be a great i dea if my car was detailed. I have not washed it for 6 months. It only has one hubcap and looks like it's redneck neighbors. So he woke up @ 4:00 am on Valentine's Day to make my car beautiful. He even bought new hubcaps. I think he would have bought rims but they were a little pricey. so now i can drive my pretty car around and not look so redneck. I'm so happy!!! He cleaned the inside so good and bought new floor mats. I married such a sweet man. Even if I have to tell him bluntly what I want. We all know most men don't understand hints. I LOVE YOU BOY! THANK YOU!!!

Monday, February 16, 2009

Our little valentine. Happy Birthday Thayne!

Thayne is 3 years old. I can't belive it. He is officially in primary. He has grown so fast. I now understand the meaning of where did the time go? It was just yesterday that he needed a bottle or was being swaddled in a blanket. He was still wearing onesies and diapers. Now he showers himseelf and brushes his own teeth. Not a moment goes by that he tells me "no mom I do it." Or "go away mom I can do it." I'm so proud of my boy and how indepentdent he is. And even though he wants do it himself he still needs kisses for his owies and still needs cudddles after waking up.

In the First picture he is 1 year old.

18months old. So sweet.
Two years old.




He was born on valentines day. He is our sweet little valentine. No longer will scott and I have date night on valentines. that's O.K.
Kaydee is holding his balloons.







He got choo-choo trains. He was so excited.





we had a huge party and it rained. Lucky for us 15 kids still showed up. so we all hung out under the carport and had lots of fun! We borrowed a bounce house thing from a friend. What a wonderful invention!!!!!







Thayne got a bike. He really was excited but this picture just shows the tears of joy.












Our three year boy! we love you THAYNE. You bring us so much joy.