Boys day out and girls day in

A few weeks ago Justin and Hunter went to the Butler Vs Kansas State game. Which is even more cool now that Butler made it to the championship game. They met Ben and Jared (and Mel) there and took Beau along with them. They were really excited to go, but Natalie was feeling a little left out, so we decided that while the boys were having their fun day out, we would have our fun day in. I think we all had a fun day!

The boys ate out and had lots of treats at the game. Hunter told me all about being able to use licorice as a straw for his pop. Hunter had fun watching the game and playing with his cousin Jared. Justin said he did well with all the time in the car, and had a blast spending all day with his dad.

Justin and Hunter at the game

Hunter and Jared-Can you tell they are related?

The girls had two "tea" parties and painted our toenails. I found out the hard way that in a two year old's mind it is "fair" if Mom paints your toenails, then you get to paint Mom's!

Natalie at the "tea" party (she wanted pink food)

The toenails

A close-up of Natalie's handy work

The house update

The Progress:

The "hole" for the basement so far

Another view of the "hole"

The Set backs:

The broken backhoe

The truck that came to fix the backhoe, VERY stuck

The water that showed up in the "hole" for the basement

Breaking ground

I realized that many of you may not be updated on the house situation. We did sell our house in Green River in November. Once that was off our plate we started looking for some land. We have really enjoyed living in Pavillion, and decided that we could stay (as long and Justin continued to have a job here). After some encouraging comments from the Principal at the high school, we made an offer on some land. It is 35 acres with power and a well already there. They accepted our offer and so last month we became land owners. We have been working on house plans and just waiting until the ground was thawed enough to start digging. After the last few days of near 50 degree weather, and the fact that our land has a slight slope that is south facing, we thought that we might be close. Justin went out to dig a "test" hole and see if we could start digging, and the verdict was "yes!" So we have officially broken ground for the house. Granted it is just a hole about 1 ft wide by 18 in deep....but still we have broken ground! As soon as we can get a backhoe here, the real digging will begin!

The kids "digging" the hole