Catching Up

This morning we had our pre-drywall meeting with our builder at the house. We were surprised to find out that our builder will no longer be working on our house and we now have a new builder. He wouldn't really say why he wouldn't be working with us anymore, just that he was staying with our company but moving on. We like the new builder and he has twice as much experience as the old guy so we're okay with the situation.

We walked through each room and went over where all the outlets, lights, etc were located. There were just a few things we asked to be changed, such as the location of the light that'll be over the kitchen table.

Over the last week, inspections have been completed, the builders have gone through and done things like reinforce bowed studs, and most of our utilities have been hooked up. There are some huge, deep holes on our lot right now.

The sewer ...


Water ...


Electricity ...


We asked about a completion date and the builders both agreed that around the first of the year was a safe estimate. However, we are supposed to get drywall installed either Tuesday or Wednesday and they said it usually takes 60 days once that is complete. So there is still potential to be in the house before Christmas.

Carter has been doing lots and lots of art projects at school still. Since we haven't bothered to hang up any of the pictures we brought to the apartment, I've been hanging all over Carter's art in the dining area's walls.


For this one, the kids got to pick out foods and glue them to a plate. One of Carter's teachers pointed out that Carter put the cauliflower on the fork and thought that it was funny. I mentioned that it appeared he liked the bread. She said that if she'd let him, that was all he'd of used.


Last week the kids worked on the letter D so they made dalmatians. The kids each had unique ways of applying the dots. Carter put his in a couple of lines.


Yesterday the kids did my favorite project - they painted pumpkins. Isn't this cute?


Today was gorgeous! It was a little cool, breezy, and sunny. After Rylan's afternoon nap (Carter refused to take one today) we went over to Crockett Park. It was surprisingly not crowded and we had a lot of fun.



There are train tracks bordering the edge of the park. Several trains went by while we were there and you can just see them through the trees ...


My mom is flying in tomorrow for a visit. We're planning on keeping her busy with all the fun fall things that there are to do in the area.