We returned my Dad's tractor on Sunday after church. They have a bunch of animals at their house, a huge petting zoo, really. They had a 1 day old baby llama we had to check out (didn't think to take the camera to the pasture for a pic). Cooper got a ride on Poppy's shoulders, which he loved and as you can see, the dog crate is a big hit for a play house!
Okay, we finally got the slab poured yesterday! It was too wet after all the rain last week, but the nice windy weekend did a great job getting it dried up quickly. Here are some pics I took. I got to add my own touch, too, by writing our name in the concrete.
Our building slab has been rescheduled for tomorrow since it's pretty much been raining all day, but that's okay, because our building will not be delivered to the site for two weeks-it's all prepared, they just have to ship it here. I took some pics of Cooper during play time today, he always makes me laugh! Enjoy!
The laundry basket is always a fun place to play, we did this for probably 15 minutes before he got tired of it.
I guess he's saving the book he's sitting on so Harry Dog won't read it- hehehe. He loves his books, they are in this bin behind the recliner, so it's kind of his little book cave.
We ran into town this morning, as you can see, Cooper is in his big seat now- yay! Although, I kind of miss the days when he was small enough to easily manuever in the infant carrier.
Dennis and the guys got a lot of work done this weekend. They had a few setbacks with rented equipment issues, but still managed to get everything done that they wanted to on Saturday and Sunday. Our slab is scheduled for Wednesday and our building will start going up in a couple of weeks. We will get our electric lines in, plumbing tied in, and a septic system set up in the next couple weeks, too. It's starting to look like we are really building there, as opposed to just moving a bunch of dirt around. Cooper and I had to go out and inpect the situation, give it the Cooper seal of approval yesterday. I think it passed :) Poppy came out to play in the dirt!
Cooper is our job boss, checking everything out in the wagon
Our pad is ready for our slab to be poured on Wednesday! Trenching is open and ready for the electric lines to be put in and buried The water line is buried and ready to be tied in
Check out the chain on the trencher! I think they worked it too hard!
As you can see, it's at least beginning to look like there is something going on at our land. Hopefully, we will have a slab at the end of the week, that is if the weather is cooperative. It's a little soggy in parts still, we need some more dirt in the front by the corner, but we are mainly concerned about the building area right now. I think the pond work in the back and filling in the low spot up front will end up being a spring project. I have a great idea for an old pickup truck Dennis has out there, it has no bed, but I was thinking if he made a bed for it, I could plant flowers in it and decorate it for all the seasons. How cute would a scarecrow be in the front seat with hay, pumpkins, and mums in the back!?! I know, I get a little carried away with the flowers, I really miss that about having a house. Anyway, I'll keep posting on our progress, hope we can have Christmas there, if not Thanksgiving!
We went on our first official family vacation last week. It was much needed and we picked a great time to go, the weather was perfect and no crowds this time of year. We went to South Central Oklahoma, stayed in Sulphur at an RV park and we got a great spot with a humongous tree that shaded us all day long, it was perfect. We always find nice people to visit with while we camp and this time was no exception.
We just did one thing a day and hung outside at the camper each afternoon. We went to Chickasaw Natl. Park and took Cooper in his wagon down the trails. They were wide and smooth enough for it and they led to a couple of really pretty springs and by a couple of spring fed creeks. Next, we visited Arbuckle Wilderness, which is a must if you ever go that way and haven't been. It has a drive through zoo, you can feed animals of all kinds, Cooper didn't quite know what to think about the animals sticking their heads in the windows for food, but he wasn't scared at all. The next day, we visited Turner Falls and enjoyed the scarceness of people (it's a big summer destination, but quiet now) and had a picnic lunch there. We made a trip to Gainesville, TX since it was only about 45 minutes away to do a little shopping one day. We took it pretty easy, needless to say, and it was wonderful!
We stopped to visit our friends in Edmond on the way there and on the way back, we stopped again for the twins birthday party, Happy Birthday to David and Grace! It was great to see you all two weekends in a row!
While were gone, Aunt Mary had surgery to remove part of her esophagus and stomach because of esophageal cancer and the surgery was successful, but she is not quite recovering as quickly as she'd like it sounds. So, keep her in your thoughts and prayers, please!!
Also, I'll be posting some land pics soon. We have footings, rebar, and some other stuff I don't know about, and the plumbing is stubbed in. We have an inspection before the slab is down, but should have it poured by the end of the week!!
