Cats

These are our cats. The calico in the box is Butterscotch, and the other one on top of the box is Molly. Molly is the klutz of the family, and this is a rare event in which they are this close to each other with out batting at each other with their paws.
Jonah

Masonry

Today's project is laying groundwork for the foundation. Did I mention that EVERYONE enjoys watching this?

excavation!

Excavation started yesterday. We're all having a good time watching the process from the kitchen window.

July 4th

Here's a picture from July 4th. The kids rode bikes in the Trinity Freistadt parade this year. They'd been looking forward to it all year, so it was a treat. Even A got to participate. They'd like to bring a chicken in the parade next year... hmm we'll see how that goes.

Photo

Let the digging begin...

OK, I really wish I had a picture ready to load right now, but if I wait for that to happen, it will be sometime next month before I post at all, and it's already been two months. Is anyone even checking this blog? I'm sorry.

The digging began today. We are adding a dining room and entry to the back of our ranch. I think I finally believed today that it's going to happen. Easy to do considering the back hoe sitting in our backyard. The kids and I watched the happenings from our kitchen window. They scraped off topsoil, moved cement sidewalk and scooped up clothes line poles. It was very exciting. They come to dig the basement on Monday. J spent a good portion of the morning standing on the trunk of the maple tree that came down on Tuesday, video taping the back hoe. The tree trunk may become wood floors in our dining room and kitchen. Anyone have wood flooring in their kitchen? Do you like it?

OK, I'm going to try to get some pictures up...

Oh, and yes they cut through the phone line in the process, but the phone company was right out to fix it. So far so good!