Moving!!

Yay!! The day has finally arrived! We are starting to move into our new place, finally!! We passed our final inspection this morning and when we got the go-ahead from the painters that they were at least finished enough for us to start moving stuff in, we were at it! I need to take some pictures of it now, it's starting to look like we might actually be living there very soon. I had only intended on getting some cleaning done, but got a lot more accomplished! Within the week, we will probably be living there. We may be without phone and internet for a few days, but I might make it.....or I'll have to visit my wonderful neighbor to check my e-mail (: I'll post pics soon. We had a visitor today that I took a picture of that is quite a dinosaur, I guess you could say.....

Stuff

We got back in just a little while ago from going on a boat ride. It was a nice day to enjoy the lake. Dennis decided to take a break from the building project and it's been nice to all enjoy the day together.
Cooper has a new hair cut for the summer! I'm pretty sure he feels a lot cooler! Dennis swears he's going to start his own "mobile barber shop" now- get your oil changed and a hair cut- hehehe.



Our house is STILL in progress, we keep getting closer and closer, just lots of little things to finish. The bank people say it's 97%, I'll be glad when it's 100% and we're moved in!

Happy Memorial Day

Thank you to all of you who served, have served, or have loved ones in the military. We appreciate all the sacrifices that they make to keep us safe and free! We continue to pray for them every day.
GOD BLESS AMERICA

House Updates

A lot is happening, FINALLY, at our place. The last few days have been VERY productive!! YAY!! It's nice to see progress! Dennis and my Dad knocked out a bunch of stuff on Saturday. Dennis took today to work on the laminate flooring. In fact, some of the pictures of the laminate were taken two different times today, so you can see they got a lot of it done. They still have the remaining parts of the bedrooms and the transition pieces to do. The picture of the tile was taken this morning before it had grout, too. They ran out of grout, so they'll finish that tomorrow and the trimwork will start tomorrow as well. Now, if we can just get it all to fall into place that all the people can get out to do their jobs to finish, preferably THIS WEEK! I'm not pushing my luck, though. I'm planning to do clean up this weekend, probably not going to be ready to move in just yet. But, we're getting very close now!

Cuteness

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Okay, so I haven't posted in a week and A LOT has been going on and I had a few cute pictures to post, too!


Our friends, Morgan and Shawn came to visit with their twins, David and Grace on Friday. The kids had such a blast together. We all hung out at the shop and the kids played with each other and on the trucks. Dennis took the boys for a ride in the tractor, Grace wasn't as thrilled about that, though. We all went on the first boat ride of the season and ate dinner at Whitehorn Cove on the lake. Then we threw them all in the tub for a bath after it was all over. I know Cooper slept really good! So glad we got to see them!! This picture is all three of them, they wanted to sit on the swing before we went out on the boat.


I took this one of Cooper at Mamaw & Papaw's cabin last week, he has so much fun exploring and playing outside with Papaw




Fishies! On Mother's Day, we had lunch with the rest of the Rains crew and in-laws at Western Hills Guest Ranch in Sequoyah State Park. To get there, you have a really nice scenic drive and there is a nature center in the park. I just had to go since it was open and Cooper thought it was pretty neat, too.

Happy Mother's Day

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

I hope all you moms out there are having a wonderful day! You are wonderful blessings to not only your own, children, but also to me! Love you all!

Cooper made me this pretty little corsage at school out of tissue and egg carton (actually, I think Miss Karen made them, but it's from Cooper and isn't it cute?)



The last two days, we've got to see all the grandmas to celebrate Mother's Day with them, too!

My friend Traci, took these pictures of Cooper a couple weeks ago at their farm. I didn't post them until now, because I used them to make Mother's Day collages for all the grandmas and wanted them to be suprised. They were a big hit! Aren't they great pictures?!? Of course, this is my favorite subject matter, my little boy.

House Updates

Okay, I keep forgetting to take my camera out to take some pictures, but it's really coming along! The painting is pretty much finished, just a few touch ups and cutting in left to finish. The kitchen cabinets are hung and some of the doors. The ceiling fans and some of the lights are installed, we can actually flip the switch for lights now!
Dennis and I went to Lowe's yesterday while Cooper was at KDO and we picked up our trim, baseboards, tile, door knobs, and a few other things. It doesn't take much to make me feel important, I guess, because I was pretty proud of myself for getting all the door knobs myself, making sure they all matched and I double checked my list to get the right ones. (Told you, it really doesn't take much. At least I feel like I made a contribution besides just picking colors.
This weekend, the heat/air guys and electrician are coming out to finish up their stuff. Hopefully, in a week or so, we'll have floors done and be ready for plumbers to finish. It's really looking like a house now! I am getting so impatient now, it's just so close!!