House Stuff

Not much to report, but here are some pictures....basement room(s) above the garage

doors off family room...as of today the other one is in as well.

Door off the eat-in area of the kitchen. It is one piece and weighed 400 lbs!!!

view coming up the basement stairs. Yes, you get to our basement from the garage. That way if someone has to come work in the basement (geothermal, electrician, etc) they dont have to go throught the house.

Holidays

Christmas morning...Fin is terrified of "Spike" the dinosaur

Here he is.....

Baby Mallory and her own "spike"

Our Pre Holiday Trip to Las Vegas

Call us crazy....My inlaws (minus Casey and Kari) headed to Las Vegas to celebrate my father in laws 60th birthday. Both he and his wife had never been, so it seemed like a great thing to do for his Birthday. We had a great time!! 3 nights, 3 shows, great food, some gambling, some shopping, loooottttsss of walking and laughing. We saw Beatles Love, The Jersey Boys and Chris Angel. All 3 were different, and all 3 were great. The weather was chilly...40 degrees, but perfect for our purposes. We got back to Illinois on Tuesday the 23rd....and we hit the ground RUNNING!!!!

Shannon tells me she never wins, so we had to document a winning slot ticket.

We stayed at the Mirage in a 2 bedroom suite. There was an additional (3rd) bathroom, so that made it PERFECT for 6 adults to stay at. I won't bore you with the other pictures, but this is a picture of the MASTER BATHROOM...........just an idea of where we were.

Happy New Year

So its a new year and I have loooottts to blog about. However, due to the holidays and general life, I just haven't found 20 minutes to sit down, upload pics, log on to blogger and blog. Once life gets back to normal.....like Tuesday....I will get on the ball. Maybe.

Cute

So last year I posted my fave Christmastime commercial.....Will Ferrel as Santa spouting off Christmas tunes.....

This year I have a new favorite and it is terribly cute. It is totally something that could and may happen sometime at our house.

Check it out HERE

Our 2008 Christmas Card

Well I tried to post a link to our card. It said I could blog it, however it takes you to a sign in page, so that didn't work. Then I tried the crazy hyperlink thingy and that did the same thing......so if you are on my christmas card list you will have to wait to see it. If would like a christmas card, send me your address via comments and I would gladly send ya one. Don't worry, the pictures arent anything you are going to ooooh and aaaah over......


I put Sean and I on it for the first time EVER!!!!! I don't recall ever sending a Christmas card with our picture. I figure some people would wonder what Sean and I looked like these days. Not my blog regulars.....those people we never see...
Sorry for the lack of posts...I've (we've) been SUPER busy with "stuff" and of course with the holidays fast approaching and our upcoming trip to Las Vegas....the blog is suffering.

House news....all the windows and glass doors are in. We have temporary steel "construction" doors where the actual front, side and back door will be. We have stairs to the basement and they are working on the stairs to the rooms above the garage. The garage floor is poured and the cabinet peeps are coming tomorrow or Friday for another measuring session...The front 3 dormers are incomplete due to the snow that has arrived in the midwest....hopefully it will clear for a few days enough to let them get that finished so they can concentrate on the inside of the house over the winter.

TTFN!!

Reverse Applique

If you read my previous post about the Turkey Shirt here is another shirt I made for Miss Finley. She is going to wear it on her birthday next month!!

The possibilites are endless!!!