Summer Recap

Our summer flew by! Back in June around 3 days before we were supposed to move into our house a crazy storm swept through Abilene.  Pictured below is my parents barn that we were living in.  Notice the roof being peeled back by the 70-80 mph winds.  This caused where we were living to flood so we moved into a room in my parents house until our house was completed.  None of our furniture was damaged just wet but the barn roof sure had seen better days.  The ceiling in the barn ended up falling in too but we had got almost everything out by then.

 



We were so excited to see a mailbox!  That meant moving in was so soon!

June 17th we closed on the house & were moving in! And then I got really bad about taking pictures of the house and still do not have pictures of the inside.  I'm still slowly getting everything decorated how I want it...just in time to take it down to decorate for Fall & Christmas!

At the end of June my college roommates, Lacey, Erin and her husband Brian, came to see the house and hang out for a weekend before Brian & Erin moved to California!  It was a fun weekend hanging out and one night we took them out to Perini's to experience a great Abilene steak.  Therefore, a picture with the giant armadillo was a must!

For the 4th of July we went to Amarillo to spend it with family at Grandpa & Grandma's house.  It was fun going to the parade that went through Canyon and watching the fireworks that night in the park.  Annalee enjoyed watching the parade but was worn out after and crashed in her stroller while we shopped the square.  She stayed awake to watch all of the fireworks that night though...she loves them like her momma! She also loved playing outside at their house and even tried feeding the goats with Grandpa.

4 generations

Next up was our annual trip to the Frio River with my family.  The river was low again this year so we did not get to float but it was perfect for Annalee and all the little kids. Dallas would take her to the top of a little rapid and she would float all the way down smiling until someone caught her.  She is definitely a water baby!

 

She loves having her daddy home to play during the summers!

 

At the end of July we went to a Rangers game.  This was the kids gift to Kerr for Father's day and the first date that worked out for everyone to go.  We went to the George Bush library before the game and Dallas enjoyed being President for 30 seconds.  I'm pretty sure it was the hottest baseball game I have ever been to...there was no breeze!  We had great seats though and it was a great game to be there until the end!

In August my friends from Katy, Nessa & Tamara, came to visit and see the house/Abilene.  I was so glad they came & apprecaited them making the forever long drive to come see us!  

After they left Dallas surprised me with a trip to Ft. Worth before school started.  It was much needed quality time before football season started for him.  We stayed at the Omni downtown and enjoyed a delicious dinnner at Del Frisco's on Saturday night.  It was a very relaxing weekend but we sure did miss that sweet girl talking up a storm in the background!  

Quick Picture Update

 

In April we went to see Wicked in Dallas.  It was a lot of fun!

Mother's Day

Annalee's first trip to the Zoo

We did not like our life jacket at first...

Now she loves swimming and will jump right in.

The house is getting so close to being finished!  We are hoping to move in within the next week!

Walking up like she owns the place

Sheetrock

Cabinets going in.  She enjoyed slamming all of the doors.

 

Tile work complete!

Daddy's little helper

Wood floors going in currently

Driveway was poured earlier this week.




And here's Annalee making her big announcement of becoming a BIG SISTER in January!

 

 

Easter & a House Update

For Easter we went over to Tim & Crystal's after church and enjoyed a delicious lunch then Annalee had the perfect gigantic "front yard" at HSU to hunt eggs.  She practiced hunting eggs at school the Thursday before so she was an expert on Sunday.  What a cutie she was in her little dress & shoes from Babs prancing around with her little basket picking up all the eggs!

 

On a mission

Dallas was very proud of his outfit this Easter...

 

My 2 bunnies

My new favorite picture - makes my heart happy!

 

It's tiring being so cute.

House Progress Update: Wiring is done, Windows are in, Trim is painted, A/C is in, Roof is on, House is foamed, Sheetrock got started today, Brickers are starting Monday....we are moving right along!

 

What the outside looks like right now.

 

I think we wore these 2 out or are they just sleeping on the job?

 

 

 

 

The Boss checking all our measurements.

What our Friday night date consisted of last week - cleaning up after they insulated the house. :)

The Boss checking in on her workers again.

 

Cleaning up the mess. Lets hope she always enjoys cleaning...I can dream, right?

Progress Part II

 

Things have been moving pretty quickly these past few weeks.  Another house picture update:

 

 

Showing the framers how its done.

Walls going up

Framing the roof

The past 2 days have been spent getting the wiring started.  Thanks to everyone for all your help so far!

What the house looks like today

And here's Annalee cruisin' around on her motorcycle and doing stunts too!

House Progress

Here is our "before" picture.

 

They finished the slab on Tuesday and hopefully we will start framing tmrw depending on the weather.

 

Growing girl

So much for not going another 3 months without a post! I'm going to back track a little bit so if I ever end up printing a book of my blogs it will be in order.  First off Annalee turned 11 months and her sweet silly personality was showing more and more each day.

Then we celebrated her 1st birthday Thanksgiving weekend with family & friends. She devoured her cake and loved being the center of attention, of course! Here is her invitation that I designed in Photoshop & a few pics from the party:

 

After that Christmas was right corner.  We took Annalee to see Santa and of course she highly disliked it (she has not been a fan of many men, besides her daddy, up to this point and Santa was no exception!).  She loved opening her presents - more to play with the paper and boxes than what was actually inside.  After her birthday and Christmas we can pretty much open up a toy store now (and maybe clothing store too!).  We are very blessed by how many people love on our sweet girl!

 



 

Here is a picture of this big girl from last weekend at the park.  She is walking & running all over the place now, she loves being outside, she says a few words and babbles a lot, still loves dancing and really has quite a bit of rhythm, and chocolate milk is her favorite. She goes to school one day a week right now and cries everytime I drop her off.  Let's hope this phase passes quickly because it makes it harder to leave her. She is such a joyful little girl and time is flying!

Other news: I started my new job drawing house plans on the computer in January.  It has been challenging at times but I am really loving it! Dallas is almost done with basketball season and then he moves on to track.  He is already wishing summer would get here faster.  His new favorite hobby is riding his motorcyle that he got back in December.

And our most exciting news for the month: we start BUILDING our HOUSE tomorrow!! Yay! Pictures of that process to come soon!