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We thought the Framers would come on Mon. to start the framework, but they must've taken President's Day off (o.k. whatever-even my kids didn't get out of school for that) even though it was a perfect day (weather wise) for it.
So they ended up starting Tues. but I do need to give them Kuddos, because once they started, they flew!
They did 1/2 of it Tues., then came back Wed. and did the rest. Then Thurs. they worked till noon, but only because we were expecting some wicked storms (which did follow through and come).
This was the view most of Thurs. morning--they were up at roof level most of the time (notice the legs at the corner of the house above)
They started putting up walls Thurs. It's starting to look like real rooms.
On a sidenote, we aren't sure if when they cut our pine tree down there was a nest or two that went down with it, but we've seen these hawks pretty faithfully every day (even before they cut it down). They are "HUGE", at least in my eyes as far as hawks go, and there are 2 of them--so we're assuming male and female.
Well, we have the beginning of a new addition to our family. If you haven't heard, we are adding onto our house, and we are all extremely excited about it.
The first thing to go was our huge pine tree. That was so neat to watch.
I think they were trying to aim the tree to fall at an angle towards our back fence, but it ended up falling towards our neighbors fence. Everybody held their breath for a minute until we got the "thumbs-up" that the fence was still in tact and without injury (phew!).
Then after tearing the tree apart limb by limb they burned most of it and hauled off the rest of it.
The next couple of days were filled with plumbers, and people getting the foundation ready to pour cement. They'd work for about 2-3 hours then leave until the next day. 
We were so excited when they finally poured the cement 2 days ago--that time they were here ALL day even till it was dark.
Then yesterday they brought all the wood that will be used for the framework which they will start tomorrow.
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| Lydia & grandma. Grandma always knew how to calm Lydia down, just take her outside. |
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| We love grandpa too, especially with his comfy shoulders! |
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| No matter how tired, there's always time for a story before bed. |
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| The first day of school, Haley has quite the sly smile, but she had a great day! |
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| Lydia is too smart for her own good. In no time at all, as soon as her clothes came off, she figured out how to get her diaper off. |
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| This is what we did while the girls were at school. We love doing the laundry together. |
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| A thrilling game of Monopoly | <>
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| It came down to Haley and mom, and even though she put up an awesome fight, Haley took a turn for the worst and mom won! |
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| The girls had fun on the Merry-go-round |
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| Sadie loved her ride |
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| Caitlyn loved sticking her toes in the freezing water |
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| Lydia loved sticking her fingers in too! |
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| Haley had no fear, or she was numb!! |
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| A nice picnic lunch at the Rexburg park. Lydia loved her grandpa and the goodies he gave her. |
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| Lydia and I at the St. Anthony Sand Dunes |
