So Exciting!

I'm SO excited to announce that we've started putting up our siding!!!!!!!  I'm running around in circles and doing a little dance.  woo hoo!  Okay, maybe I'm not doing that on the outside but that's what I feel like doing on the inside!  Anything other than electrical and plumbing.  I'm sure Nathan is even more excited about it than I am since he's the one doing the work.  I think siding was a good choice to work on this weekend.  We needed the motivation, to do something that had noticeable change and progress!  And not to mention that siding is finishing work, something that indicates a finished product!

Bob got the main septic hole dug, so right now there is a huge 8 foot deep hole on the side of our house waiting for our septic tank to be delivered this coming Tuesday.

The propane tank was also delivered, it will not stay where it's at in the pictures.  Note to self in planning out a house; consider where your propane tank will go.  We finally decided to put it behind our garage, it will be the most out of site there from all my windows.  Its a big ugly white tank that will definitely need bushes around it to hide it!  They'll come and dig and run the line to the house this Thursday and we'll get the tank filled.

Nate also picked up our water heater tank.  It's huge!  I don't think we'll ever run out of hot water in this house!  Hot showers all around!

Lots of great things happening!  Which is good because winter is around the corner here and the list is still long of things that need to be done before we can move in.

We really appreciate your continued prayers!

^ I love this picture!  The frame is trim for one of our windows. ^

^ some of the siding being started on the front of the house, vinyl gray brick along the bottom part for the front. ^

^ close up shot of our fake brick ^

^ starting the siding along the back. ^

^ Dwight cutting the siding and having Zeke help him. ^

^ Loving how its turning out! ^

^ climbing the scaffolding.  Thanks Dwight for all your help, awesome day! ^

^ A bright and cheery house, especially in the dead of winter! ^

^ McKenzie climbing a dirt mound at the edge of the property, her face is covered in pizza sauce. ^

^ my sweet baby girl just hanging out in the jogging stroller, she loves being outside! ^

^ beautiful girl! ^

^ getting ready to drive away in Dwight's truck, this reminds me of the scene from toy story, I can just see one of them getting on the floor to work the gas and break peddles! ^

^ having fun! ^

^ digging for the septic tank ^

^ our 8 foot deep hole.  Now let me tell you, this makes Momma a little nervous with kiddos running around.  I can't wait for Tuesday when it will be filled back in. ^

^ propane tank being delivered ^

^ Option number 1: bad location for a propane tank... hmmm, what does your eye look at?  Yeah, definitely being moved ^

^ If you need a warm shower come to our house.  She's a beast! ^

Swing Set & Family Camp

I had this great idea for a 'before and after' post for a swingset that we recently received from our friends who are moving.  I should have known better.  Repainting a swingset is a little low on our priority list right now.  The funny thing is, the swingset looks great, it really doesn't need much tlc, it has a little rust on it and we, or should I say I, thought it would be fun to paint it red.  Okay, I guess I should clarify, I had the idea to paint it, Nathan had the great idea to paint it red.  A red swingset with our cream colored house, how pretty!  Well that just might not happen this year, we'll see if that 'before and after post' ever gets written but for now here's a picture of our new swing set!  I love it!  And the kids do too ; )

This past weekend we did not finish the electrical and plumbing like I had hoped, but that's okay.  Nathan was able to finally complete the bricks around all our basement windows.  Those took hours each to do and I know Nathan is so glad that they are finished.  I should wisely not ask for any more retaining walls to be built, at least for this year! 
On Saturday we decided to head down for the day to a Family Camp that we love to go to each year.  It's such a blessing for us to gather with other families and friends and have a fun weekend of fellowship, fun and worship and teachings.  We would have loved to go for the whole weekend but knew it was wise to continue work on the house so we spent a long day on Saturday down there.  I only took a couple pictures during our busy day of Nathan playing play-do with the kids.  It was such a wonderful time for all of us to be together, having fun!
Also, the theme was perseverance, what a great topic and reminder for us during this season.  I wrote a little bit about how we're feeling right now with the building process and the need to be reminded to persevere, over at my new blog: worshipfulwomanhood.blogspot.com.  I'd love for you to take a moment to read what I wrote if you get the chance.  You can click here for that post.  I hope enjoy the couple pictures that were taken from the weekend.

Oh, and I should mention that I recently made homemade soap!!  I had been wanting to try to make some for a while now and finally found a friend who makes homemade soap.  So we spent a day together last week and made a couple batches.  If you want to see our project or learn how to make it yourself check out my homemade soap tutorial over at my other blog.  Here's a picture of how it turned out!

Worshipful Womanhood: My New Blog

I am so excited to finally tell you about my new blog: Worshipful Womanhood! 

I have always had a heart for Woman's Ministry and it's been on my heart and mind recently to create a blog that could reach out and encourage women in the Lord.

I hope you take a moment to check it out and follow me there.

As trusted friends I would love for your input and wisdom to be shared as we encourage other women together!

Click on the picture below or here