We are moving in!

THe house is completely done! Gabe has reconciled to the fact that he has brown carpet and is much happier now that there are toys and clothes scattered all over the floor. My folks and sister nad brother in law and their baby that is way to cute and chubby( I am jealous) and my aunt and uncle came to see the finished creation and help us move all of our stuff(which we had way too much of). It actaually only took three trailer loads. OUr friend JAke helped us out so much and added the much man power especially to get the new fridge where it needed to be. THank goodness I have no piano! We are planning on having a party sometime after we get settled to let everyone see where we have been the last four months. OUr internet nad phone wont' be hooked up at the new house for a week or so, becasue I kinda forgot that I needed to get hat taken care of. Whoops! So this will be the last blog for a while.
Some more exciting news- mY brother nad sister in law in Texas are going to have twins!!!! HOw crazy is that! I am so excited. I plan on goin down soon after that babies are born. IT's about time for a visit I think. And I promise I am not just coming to see the babies, Jared! Congratulations for you guys. LOve you.
Thank you all who helped us out so much and blessed us in so many ways- for my friends who watched the kids so I could work and continuely ask questions and are so sweet to be interested in our house. We are so thank ful for our dear family who have done so, so much for us, for our parents who are amazing and always give support and love and admiration of my too expensive of blinds and green walls. YOu are all wonderful, and friends you better watch out- game night at our house in a few weeks!

Finally!!!!

OUr toilets are fully functioning! And not only do they work but they are a comfortable toilet. I know that sounds weird, but htere are some toilets out there that are plain not comfortable to sit on, and by golly, our are! It is so nice not to have to carry Gabe out to the freezing port a potty whenever he has to go( every 30 minutes I swear). This also means that our plumbing is completely done, our heating is finished and we are one step closer to moving in!
Gabe went back to school this week and loved it! He didn't cry at all and has been learning the ffffff letter that flies. He likes drawing on any piece of wood that he can get his hands on at the house. HE has perfected the A as long as it is upside down, and the H is great and he added the F yesterday to his letters that he can do without any help. We have had so much fun with him and his school.
HIett, well, HIett just loves to help. ANd he is so much happier when it is just hima nd mom while Gabe is at school. THey do play togehter all day, but the fighting goes down to a minimum when there is only one choild at home. ANd it is nice. I better get going. I have to put the rock on the bar today and then the interioir will be all but finished. Yipee!

Another week has come and is almost gone

I can't believe time passes so fast. IT was so great this past week. We actually took a few breaks from the house and just hung out. ONe night we went to dinner with Kim and Sharisa, another night we just played around, and then one night I went to a movie wiht my friends and bawled the whole way through. YOu need a movie like that sometimes.
Gabe started his new school. HE had a really hard time with me leaving him there. I think this building a house stuff is hard on kids. Gabe told us last night that he didn't want to move into the new house. HE wants to take it apart and put it in the big garbage( I think he is talking about the roll off bin at the house site- It looks like a house could fit into it!) That made me sad. I thought they were still too young to really care about htis sort of thing, but I guess change is hard for everybody- young or old. But his new teachers were really great and they somehow managed to calm him down so he still loved his new school. HIs teacher, Mrs. Walker, is actually my friend Gena's mom, so we kind of know each other a bit and Gabe knows that Caleb's grandma is his teacher and he thinks that is pretty cool. Hiett is just a nut. And he will tell you so too. ANd then he will call you a nut. ALthough it all kinda runs together, more like, "no-uanut!" But he is such a cute rascal- and rascal is a good word for him. He's one of those kids who smiles at you when you are upset and you can't relaly stray mad for too long. Adolesence should be fun. :) Well, here's a few more pictures for those of you who care to see our progress. We are planning on moving in within the next two weeks! AHHHHHH!

OUR CHRISTMAS

Our week of trim work

OUr Christmas was wonderful! It is the first year that we stayed here at home instead of trafveling to one of our parents houses. IT was fun doing the whole Santa is coming, get treats and then actaully getting to stay up and be Santa. ( and eat the goodies!) The boys had a great time. Hiett kept stealing sips of Santa's eggnog right before we went to ben, it was so funny. Gabe kept insisting that he was going to show Santa his new Spider man pajames and was so sad when he said he can never see Santa. I htink Gabe was most exicted to open a little gift hat he got from his teachers at school. It was a snowman book that he loves. ANd hiett just loves his candy canes. Is this long enough?
This past while at the house we've been working on the trim. If I seem a little different to everybody I blame it on the fumes I inhaled way too much of while finishing the wood for the house trim. WOW. But the house does look nice I think and if I am not right in the head at least there is a good reason. Thank goodness that Hans had four days off plus the weekend so we were able to get a lot done. They said this part would take the longest and they weren't joking! We hope to move in before the end of JAnuary, a few weeks late, but not too bad. We hope everybody starts off an excellent New Year!