Tuesday & Wednesday

Last time going to the beach.  The sun was very warm when it wasn't behind the clouds.

There was a chilly wind, but it didn't stop the older three kids from playing in the ocean.

Olivia was happy to just play in the sand.

Our last day in Myrtle Beach we went to see "Illusions of Magic" show at the Palace Theatre 

After the show we stopped.....at Cracker Barrel!  Yay!

The newest member of our family.

A hermit crab named....Myrtle, of course.

She is Tori's new pet.

Livy napping after a long morning/afternoon.

Pilot Mountain, NC.  What a neat looking mountain.

Thursday, March 28th - Visit with Bill & Alice Agee

At the end of our trip we got to see Mamaw & Papaw Agee.  

It was great to see them and the time went by too fast.

Some "after" pictures and a few more "before" pictures

This is what an area in our basement looked 13 days ago (on October 10th)....

This area would eventually become our office area.  The doorway at the end is to a washroom.

Furnace Room

The chest freezer will go here...

Looking from the office towards AJ's room

Livingroom

Hallway to bedrooms/laundry room/washroom

Another view of livingroom

Kitchen - there is now a corner cupboard that we had built.

AJ cutting tile for the den in the basement

The downstairs washroom.  I LOVE it - I think the black and white is just gorgeous.  Jeff picked everything out and did a fantastic job.

You can see the office is set up, but is being used as a workroom right now.

Furnace Room/Off season clothing storage

The Den - the TV for video games/DVD's will be in this room, 

along with bookcases and some seating.

Adoption Court Date

We got the call yesterday that a court date has been set to finalize our adoption of Olivia.

We go to court this coming Friday, July 6th, and Olivia will become a legal, permanent FOREVER member of our family!  Whoo Hoo!!  It's been a looooong road, but SO worth it.

Drywall is done - time to paint!

Yay!!  The drywall is all done. 

Now is the cleaning/painting phase,

as well as plumbing and installation of

flooring, tub, sinks, toilet and all appliances - whew! 

We have only 9 more nights in this house. 

 Praying for a miracle that the new house

will be at least done enough to move right in. 

Our stove doesn't come in until May 24th,

so we might be living on pbj's for a while!!

Here is Olivia wearing my new pink hard hat

that my dad bought for me.

Livingroom

My mom and Luke eating some stirfry that I

brought over for them.  Taking a quick break from

cleaning!

Rene putting primer on the ceiling of my room.

Girls' Room

In livingroom looking down hallway to bathroom.

Bathroom

Laundry Room - Guest Room

Looking down the hallway from the bathroom

to the livingroom.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Drywall is hung! 

They started on Thursday morning

and when I stopped by at 3:00pm,

they had already hung all of the drywall

throughout the whole house.

Kitchen

Livingroom

Everything looks so bright and clean and new.

They already have all of the taping and most

of the mudding done, but I'm waiting unil they

are all done and it's ready for paint before

I take more pictures. 

Stay tuned......