Update on the House!

Ok! So Here are some pictures of our house (in progress). Three saturdays ago I got they a picture of the poured foundation.

Then... 2 saturdays ago they had started framing. I was dying to see it and I wanted to check out one window situation so Curtis took me out. Piper got all prettied up in her chinese outfit her granddaddy got her in China and when we got out there and were checking out things it started to sprinkle. I asked Curtis to run to the car to get the umbrella. The moment he got to the car it started DOWN POURING!! We got soaked! There was no longer a need for the umbrella so we just let Piper play in the puddles. You should have seen her face when it started though!!! It was hillarious. She didn't know what to think of all that water!












Here she is getting ready to go see the house.














And Here she is playing in the puddles.



















OK, so here is our house 2 days ago!!! It looks like a house!


This is the living room.
And this is the living room from the other direction. And this is the back screened porch.

Another day at the Beach!

So, two Saturdays ago we went to the beach with out friends and I forgot to post pictures!! Bad Shauna. We got up "early" on Saturday and went straight to the beach and had such a blast! It was SOOO nice out - we beat the heat (at least a little). The water was warm and the waves were so fun - small, but Curtis and I still caught a few rides on the booggy boards.


Here's Piper ready for the Beach.



The walk just to get to the beach was so pretty. The houses that line the beach care gorgeous too. Such a tiny little girl and such a HUGE ocean.

Family Picture! fun fun.

Dad and Piper playing in the sand. Piper is such a good little digger.

After the beach! Someone's ready for a nap.

After nap time, we decided to walk around Charleston. It was such a beautiful day and we thought it would be fun to do a little "sight seeing". We didn't educate ourselve on any of the history - just looked at all of the pretty houses and views.

We stopped at the park for an italian Ice and it was AMAZING. Here's Piper LOVING it!

A walk with Dad through the park!

It was so nice to just get out and explore our new "home". There's so much to do here! And so much to see - again and again!

For the Claytons!

Hi everyone! I'm not sure if you guys check out our blog but if you do I wanted to post these pictures for you! We were able to see Darleen, Chad and Allison on Sunday and visit with them. It was so fun to see them and hang out. We almost felt like we were back in Utah. Curtis and I had dinner with Donald and Julie Sunday evening (we had enchiladas and cornbread -yum!) and then just hung out with them playing games and what not until the clan rolled into town.

Here are Darleen and Curtis holding little Emmerson. Kennedy got stuck cleaning up our games and junk food- sorry Kennedy! And here are the rest of them just chillin'. I love Allison's Hair - isn't it cute.

Anyway, It was really fun to see everyone and have a mini "reunion". We're so glad Donald and Julie have moved down to Summerville! Piper already has just loved playing with the kids and being with family.

Last Weekend

We had a very relaxing weekend last week. Curtis cleaned both of the cars and I cleaned the house while Piper took a way long nap. After, Curtis wanted to ride his bike around so Piper and I watched for a little bit. Then Piper decided it was her turn so we took her around the apartments with her little bike helmet on. She thought she was pretty cool. I can't believe she kept the helmet on!

Later, we decided to go to the pool and take a dip (It is SOOO hot - today it's suposed to be 104-107 WITHOUT the heat index!!!!!!) Piper loved it! We swam for about and hour and then went to dinner at Los Arcos! YUM! Piper did so good. The waitress won her a teddy bear from one of those toy machines and we had a grand 'ol time.

New House Update

So... We had a little set back on the house but things are back on track now. Last week when Curtis checked the house he realized that the block wasn't built high enough (something about flooding in the front if they left it the way it was) So he had to tell them to tear out the top layer and re-build it higher. It set us back a couple days, but not too bad. They ordered the block and got it going pretty fast. Here's a picture of the blocks that they tore down. And here is the way it is supposed to look! Piper loved playing in the dirt. Here she is posing for a picture in the master bathroom and Curtis is in the garage.
This is what it looks like from the back. That square coming off the back is the screened porch (they do that A LOT out here). Curtis is thinking of building deck instead of doing the concrete slab at the bottom. I think that would look SO nice! Can you believe how high it is!! I knew that was the point of a raised slab but I just didn't realize it was going to be that high up. I hope the deck thing works out!! It would look so great. I just can't wait to get in and buy patio furniture and have dinners out on our screened porch with the fountain going in the background!
Anyway, that's how things are going there. Curtis said they are going to finnish filling it in with dirt today, then do the soil test tomorrow, get the plumbers in on wed and do the inspection, then have someone do something on thurs and have those inspector do that inspection on thurs and pour concrete friday so they can start framing on monday! WOW that's a LOT!!!!!!! Hope it works out according to the schedule! I'll keep the blog updated!

Oh yeah, incase anyone cares - I'm going to have Curtis have someone (?) bring in at least 2 more loads of dirt for the back yard so it doesn't slope down so bad into the lake. Just incase anyone was worried about that! haha