Our New House - Phase 1: Framing

We are so excited to be building our first house in Sandy, OR and wanted to post pictures for all of you to see the progress that is being made.  Below you can see that our lot has a bit of a slope.  We will have a flat driveway, but quite a few stairs going up to the first level of the home.  Hooray for exercise!

The beginning of framing!

The den:

The inside of the den:

The dining room:

The kitchen and pantry:

The nook and two-story great room:

View from the backyard of the house:

Lacey and Papa walking up from the garage to the mudroom:

More pictures to come:)

Afternoon at the Park

The weather has been usually beautiful this year for May.  The last 2-3 weeks we've had sunny 70-80 degree days and we're LOVING it!! The best part about the warm weather is that we get to enjoy time outside.  Last week, we discovered a new park in our neighborhood that has become our new favorite.  It has two nice playgrounds, lots of grassy space to run around, a basketball court, a duck pond and lots of walking trails.  When we go in the afternoon, we sometimes have it all to ourselves!

Lacey loves to go down the slide...

...and run...

...and swing.  If this isn't the look of PURE JOY, I don't know what is!

We had so much fun today and we'll be back soon!

Other news from today: Bryce is getting his braces off next week!  I have about 7 more weeks left on my braces.  Both of us are excited to see our final results and are so grateful to Dad for doing them for us!

Saturday morning Nutella face!!!

Friday Fun Day!!

Yesterday I took Lacey to an indoor play park and it was FANTASTIC!!! Toys galore! As soon as we arrived she was off and running from toy to toy. We will have to make another visit soon!

Lacey's Walking!!!

This one is for Auntie Heather and the rest of the family!  Lacey has been walking for about 3 weeks now and gets more and more confident every day!