Antsy pants

I am feeling very antsy today!
This sunday will be our 1 year wedding anniversary : ) We didn't know what we were going to do because we are on a budget. This morning I called the hotel we stayed at our wedding night (Tides Inn Hotel in Port Townsend). Suprisingly they give a good special for Sunday nights so we were able to book the same room. I can not wait! It will be hard to leave the puppies at home but I am really looking forward to our mini vacation. We are planning on hiking arond the Fort and visit our ceremony site as well as reception hall. We haven't been back since the wedding.

This saturday we are going to Justins Aunt and Uncles for his Grandpas 80th birthday celebration. We have a very busy weekend ahead!

I am also getting really antsy about our house! It has been 7 1/2 weeks since we "broke ground". If we only do our minimum hours then it is going to take forever! We need more hours in the day so that we can put in more hours! As of now our house has the excavation (digging, dirt moving, leveling) complete, as well as the foundation. Today and tomorrow the floors are being set and then the walls will go up shortly after. We really want to be done by Christmas but we need more volunteers!

Ready for the flooring : )

YIPPIE!!!!

We just received our lumber for the flooring on Friday (July 23rd). We will being laying the floor this coming week and then the walls will be shortly after. Time flies when your having fun : ) Can not wait to live in our home.

Foundation

Our foundation was poured last Tuesday (July 6th 2010). We haven't had a chance to work on our house at all but we have already put up the walls, inside framing, second story framing and today the roof framing is going up on someone else's home in our group. We are supposed to do "step by step" on everyones house but since we have been putting in so many hours, we have gotten really far on Cindys house. We have to wait for the rest of the foundation to be finished before we get to start on our house.

We should be able to start working on our house in the next few weeks but it just depends on what work is ready to be done. According to our supervisor, we are ahead of schedule, which is always awesome : )

almost a year..

In a few weeks it will be our 1 year wedding
anniversary. We plan on going to Fort Worden (where we got married) and camp. I can not wait to go back there. We haven't gone back at all this past year. It will be fun but a little sad to think that its all over. It was so magical and so special, I just wish we could do it all over again.

It is so weird to celebrate "1 year" when this
Christmas it will be 10 years together.


((This picture is from 2003 Homecoming))

Breaking ground..

This photo was taken last Friday (June 18th). This is the excavation and the foundation has also been completed this past week. Justin, Michala and I worked hard last Friday and will be going up again tomorrow.

So exciting : )

June 6th 2010

Last Wednesday we closed at Title and Escrow. YAY. We officially own our land and have the loan for our build. Today (Sunday June 6th) we had our Housing Ceremony. All the families were there and we decorated our signs to officially start our build..

Thank you to everyone who could come support!

Mom, Dad, Michala, Lily, Julia, Johnny and Ryan

PROUD DIRT OWNERS

YAY!

We are supposed to go close our loan at Escrow next Wednesday, June 2nd. Then on the following Saturday we will go to our lots and decorate signs and put them up on our lots, and there they will stay until our home is done! Then it's the excavation and foundation, which we do not do, that part is contracted out. But after that, we will get building!

We are building a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom : )

Home sweet Stanwood WA. Can't wait!!

: ( sad, but not sad, day

Today I attended a dear friends bridal shower. It was beautiful outside and inside. All in all the shower was amazing. BUT it did make me miss this time last year. This time last year I was finishing my own bridal shower. It was so much fun and the people who came were so special. Weddings are amazing and obviously once in life time. But I never knew how sad I would be to think back on it and miss that fun/crazy/stressful/magical time. I wish I could do it all over again. Why oh why did I not video tape every second of it... BOOOO. It was the most special time of my life and I miss it so much.
Lisa

For my sisters...

"SISTER"

Passing time with you in mind
It’s another quiet night
Feel the ground against my back
Counting stars against the black
Think about another day
Wishing I was far away
Wherever I dreamed I was
You were there with me

(Chorus)
Sister, I hear you laugh
My heart fills full up
Keep me please
Sister, when you cry
I feel your tears
Running down my face
Sister, sister, keep me

I hope you always know it’s true
I would never make it through
You could make the sun go DARK
Just by walking away
Playing like we used to play
Like it would never go away
I feel you beating in my chest
I’d be dead without

(Chorus)
Sister, I hear you laugh
My heart fills full up
Keep me please
Sister, when you cry
I feel your tears
Running down my face
Sister, sister, you keep me

I hope you always know it’s true
I would never make it through
You could make the heavens fall
Just by walking away

(Chorus)
Sister, I hear you laugh
My heart fills full upKeep me please
Sister, when you cry
I feel your tears
Running down my face
Sister, sister, you keep me

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

great quote

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”- Jimi Hendrix