Orange Spray Paint and a lot of anticipation.....

So now the outline of our house is spray painted on the lot. Shayla and I checked it out today. All I can say is that it looks really small compared to my vision. I seem to remember Jesse saying his hole looked really small too. I'm sure it will be wonderful.

HOLY COW!

They're staking the house. We're going to have a hole on TUESDAY!

Ethan is so funny.

SOMEDAY our house will be here!

This is a picture of our lot without a hole or house. Hopefully, we will have a hole very soon and a little later, a house. Our family room and backyard will have a great view of Spanish Fork Peak! I'm so excited!

Who Knew?

Who knew that ANY of my or Cordell's kids' softball or baseball teams would EVER play in the state tournament? But this year, Anya defied the odds. Her team, which placed 4th in the city was invited to play in the tournament this year. That sounds great until you realize there were only 6 teams in Springville. Her team was a substitution for another team that could not make the tournament.

Even more suprising was that her team went on to make it to the final 8 of the tournament. She played 5 games in 2 days. We're so proud of her!

Ain't Technology Great!

I had no idea I could text into my blog. This may come in handy when I start posting a play by play of my house and all sorts of fun things!

So much for blogging

So it's been almost a whole year since my last blog. Hmmmmm.......I guess I have about the same track record with regular journals, so I shouldn't be so suprised. A lot has happened this year.

For starters, we finally threw in the towel on building in Utah County. The excrement dished out by the county stunk much worse than any sort of natural fertilizer I've ever smelled in Lake Shore. So, instead we decided to build an Ivory Home on the east side of Spanish Fork instead. We're thrilled to finally get the chance for a little more space. (Although I have a sneaky hunch that no matter how much space we get, we'll just fill it up eventually.) We've picked out all our colors and materials and should break ground shortly. I told Cordell I will probably start crying the day we walk in the front door with the keys to our own home. He said I was way too sappy. :) Hopefully we should be in mid to late September--just in time for Halloween! Here's a link to a virtual tour of our floor plan, with the exception of the upstairs loft being a bedroom instead: http://www.showmethemodels.com/hamilton/index.htm

The second big thing for me is that I have FINALLY finished my Master's Degree and can have some time to enjoy my family and teaching without the added stress of homework and portfolio projects!