My Boys and the Bluebonnets

Today was a nice cloudy morning so I took the boys out to get some pictures with the bluebonnets. I have not made time yet to get some family pictures done so these will do for now.

 

My favorite one of Haydon

Love his little smirk

Took a while but I got a good one

Love this!

perfect picture of Rylan

goofy
Don't mind the little head creeping in the picture! I did not notice him invite pic until after I posted it. 

enough with pictures, back to work

"Mom can I wear my cap now"

It's starting to take shape...

This rainy week saw some inside work get done in the house. Most of what came down to get reconfigured has been framed.

Master bathroom shower

A toilet will go where the ladder is

Boys bathroom

New Windows

Most of the new windows are in! They look great but it makes me nervous with so much inside work still left to do. They have also started with the new siding but with the rain this week they won't get much outside work done. 

Don't worry there is plenty of work to be done inside. They will be working on the cabinets for the kitchen and bathrooms. We have picked out appliances but still have a few design decision to make for the kitchen. We have also picked out a front door and the other exterior doors. Who knew a house could have so many exterior doors; six total! 

Putting It Back Together....

This week begins the process of putting the house back together. Most everything that is coming out has been torn down.  The new windows are going in this week. I will get some pics soon to post of those.The electrical is complete throughout the house as you can see in all the pictures; wires everywhere. Most of the plumbing is done too and should be fully completed this week.I hope to get up there often to take pictures and will post them as quickly as possible. As much as I can do typing with one hand and holding Haydon. So excuse any typos that I don't catch. I also get interrupted because Rylan has to check his email.

 

The closets for the master bedroom and one of the bedrooms (Rylan says his room) have been framed and are ready for sheet rock.

Another view of the framed closets and the left side is the entry to the master bedroom.

View of the other master bedroom closet and master bathroom. It is hard to picture it because, well there is just not much in there right now...

View from the hallway into the master bedroom; the bathroom entrance is the first doorway on the right and one of the closets is the next doorway.

Some of the leftover destruction in Rylan's bedroom. His closet will be on the right side of the picture.

The other bedroom. Not much will be done to this room; new window and the plumbing is run through the walls. You can see Rylan running around outside in this picture.

The front bathroom which will be Rylan and Haydon's plus a guest bath for the main floor. Everything came out of this room.

This will be the front door/entry way. The two doorways will be sheetrocked to make this a solid wall. The front bathroom door will be in the hallway. Needless to say, I will have a new front door too :).

View into the kitchen from what will be the dining room. Kitchen is a blank slate right now. I think I know where everything will go but just don't know color, cabinets, etc.

The living room. I love this room because it is s open and the windows let so much light in.

The outside back side of the house.

And now without siding and staircase to prepare for new windows.

Rylan's 4th Birthday

We can't believe Rylan is four years old! He was just a baby when we moved to Comanche; at least it seemed that way.

We had a small birthday party with some family that could make it. Rylan wanted a PJ Masks birthday; of course that is the newest cartoon so there is nothing available to buy. I made some decorations to hang up around the house and got green for everything else. His favorite character is Gekko and his favorite color is green. I found a template for a lizard cake online. We did a test brownie mix; it looked better than the actual cake but Rylan loved it! I did find some awesome PJ Masks masks of each character on Etsy.

 

 

He loves Romeo (one of the bad guys).

Cailtyn with Owlette mask.

Dad got to be Gekko which is a big deal because that is really Rylan's favorite.

Later we got out of the house and went up to the new house to look around. The kids played outside and ran off some of the sugar from the cake and ice cream.

Caitlyn and Rylan looking down the laundry shoot.

Madi found a flower and she was proud of it.