Quick Update ...

Just a quick update with a few pictures since I have had a few many  requests for some updated pictures because it's been two weeks {oops!} since I last posted. I have been seriously neglecting both of my blogs. Turns out moving into a new house, trying to unpack, organize, hold parent teacher conferences, and love on your two babies non-stop is pretty time consuming. Who would have thought?

I will be back with a much more detailed post soon {hopefully this weekend!} but until then here are a few pictures of the latest happenings on the farm ...

Porter loves watching the horses. He talks to them.

We put the grills in all the windows. Very farmhouse. I love them.

First meal. On purple plates with green plastic spoons {we still can't seem to find our silver wear...}

Our fireplace in the works...

And all done! I love it.



Someone is pretty excited about the new house! Love.

& just because they are so cute.

Granite was installed...finally!

The porch railing was completed!

Full view of porch/house with the first dusting of snow {since then it's been in the 50's. That was just a tease!}

First fire in the fireplace!

Tile back splash was installed. This is the little nook by the mudroom.

Kitchen. Both pictures were taken before grout. I will take updated pictures this weekend.

Going for a walk down the driveway {1/4 mile one way}. Porter was already off and running ...

Awesome sky on the way back from our walk!

My big boy "posing" for a picture.

All these were taken with my not so great I-phone camera. I will try and get some pictures with my real camera this weekend since these pictures are horrible at showing the real colors of things! I'll be back soon!

Week Eight {Days One thru Five} ...

Life is crazy busy right now in our little household! Things are moving fast with the house and Nick is busy working full time and then working on the house at night and on the weekends {and being full time dad when he is home!}. The boys are growing and changing every day and I have been busy soaking them up and preparing to start another great school year teaching my first and second graders {School starts Tuesday! These last five months flew by!}.

This past week we had our electric and plumbing inspections and passed them both! They also got all the windows in, the basement glass doors installed, the entire porch framed {the floor still needs to be laid and the shingles put on} and the concrete in our garage poured! Nick also air sealed the entire house and as I write this he is there putting in our insulation with my father in law {I love having a handy husband who knows how to do all of this stuff!}. 

I know in the pictures lately the house hasn't really seemed to change that much. It's hard to really capture everything that has been happening the last few weeks {electric, plumbing, air sealing, insulation and so on} in pictures. But, this coming week it will be changing a lot because... the dry wall is being installed! I am so, so excited for this!

Here are a few pictures from this past week ... 

The porch!

Cement poured in the garage!

All the windows in!

Side shot of porch and house.

Basement walk-out doors.

Hurray for windows!

Week Seven {Days One thru Three} ...

This week is week seven! It's almost been two months since we first broke ground. It's crazy to me on just how much has been done in only seven weeks. This week so far has been an exciting one {aren't they all?}! Last night we took dinner out there and had a picnic with my mom. It was a beautiful night and we had fun walking all around the land and snapping pictures of the progress this week. I even got to help Nick wrap the house {they put house wrap on the house before putting the siding up in case water or moisture gets through the siding somehow, so the house will still be protected.} which was fun!

They got more of the porch and porch roof framed! Ekkkk!

The garage windows are framed {from the inside} but still haven't been cut out, so the garage will look different once that is done. There are two windows.

4 windows were put in {one in the kitchen, two in the dining room and one in the master so far} and two sliders {one in the dining room and one in the living room}. Nick helped with this. The sliders were 400+ lbs!

Closer up on the windows. The white stuff you see is the house wrap.

Our fireplace was installed! I LOVE our fireplace. At  our old house our fireplace was strictly for looks. You could burn real wood in it and everything but it wouldn't really give off any heat that would actually help heat the house. This little baby is the exact opposite and if we need it to, can heat the house. Very excited about this! Plus I think it fits great with our farmhouse theme. I really love it.

Slider in living room.

The excavators finished on Monday and are officially done at our house! We no longer have random man made dirt hills and mounds. It looks totally different out there now, and I love it. Now we just need to get some grass growing...

Another shot of the porch, coming from the side of the house/garage.

Hey! Look! There I am! {with Weston!} I am usually always behind the camera! My mom took this as we took our nightly walk on the land. Weston was catching a evening snooze.

Nana and Porter looking at some cool rocks.

I saw this bright red dragon fly land on the house as we were wrapping it. I have never seen one that color. It was pretty awesome!

Porter sitting in a window!

This is what I helped do! I rolled the paper out and held it up and Nick stapled it!

Nick got quite a few more posts dug for our fence as well! 

Week Five {Days One thru Five} ...

What a week we have had in our household! My sister, brother-in-law and cutest nephew were here visiting from California. We were so happy to have them here. On Tuesday Weston got sick {after we finally got Porter back to 100%} and then I came down with the same stuff. So, I wasn't able to get out to take step by step pictures this week. We did go out there together yesterday and I was able to snap some pictures of the progess this week. I have loved watching everything come together. It's so much fun going out there each time and seeing such huge changes. This coming week is a big one, with lots of exciting things happening, and I can't wait!

 The cement cookies for the decking {which is coming soon!}.

 Sam sitting on the pile of dirt looking out at the view.

 Trusses were set, roof was sheeted with plywood and ice & water shield was put on.

We have tons of HUGE fieldstones that have been dug up during all the excavation. We will use them to bulid our rock walls, and also for our fireplace.

The garage was framed and the plywood was put up. The windows still need to be cut out of the plywood {this week}.

I thought this was a cool shot of the garage trusses.

Our desperate attempt to try and pick out an exterior color for our house. So far? NO luck!