Fancy Footwork

Last night was Blake's flag football scrimmage against an older team. He had a lot of fun, but they lost 6-0. Blake is very quick and can weave in and out of the players pretty good. Our first game is the 4th. Check out the video of one of the plays they ran. Blake is #7.

Getting Close!!

Well as Clint says, "We are on the downhill slide now". I'm so excited. We are still shooting for October 1st (or around there) for a move in date! The grass was being laid today and the painters are hard at work! I have picked out some fun colors, so I'm looking forward to seeing them!

These are colums that will be part of the iron fence that we put up.
The yard is ready for grass now. The sprinkler people finished yesterday.
Clint putting up our light at the end of the driveway. It's really cute!
The sod arrives!
My vent hood is done! It will house the vent hood and double as a pretty decorative piece that I can use.

First Day of School

Today was the kid's first day of school at their new school. Clint and I drove out to Belmont (our new subdivision) and waited on the bus with them. They were really excited. I'm so glad they are so open to new things. When I was little a new school would have been REALLY scary!

The Porch

This weekend Clint worked on putting up the "wall" on the screen porch. We even put in a dogie door for Bogie. Clint really has done a great job on the porch! The brick layer was there putting brick around the outside fireplace. As you can see the walls are painted yellow and the trim is white. It's very cozy.

More Pics

This is a picture of the cute desk that is in the kitchen. I love it!
Picture of the house (some of it) from the front
YEAH, 4417 Native Dancer! Yippee

Almost There!

Well, they are almost done trimming the house! I am counting down the days! The cement guys are out there today pouring our driveway and sidewalks. The new trees we planted are looking really good despite the 100 degree temps we've been having! They are paining the inside of the screened poarch. I picked a pretty shade of yellow. I hope it turns out good.

The forms for the sidewalk leading up to our front door.
The concrete guys.
I wrote, "Ellis's est. 2007" Clint thinks i'm silly, but I wanted to write something in the concrete.

Picture of the kitchen looking at the island.

Flag Football Time

It's time for Blake's first year of flag football. We had to get him a mouth piece last night and form it to his teeth. His first practice is this Sunday. Should be fun!

The tooth is finally out!!

After many weeks of Blake's tooth hanging by a thread, he finally let us pull it last night. He wanted me to do it, so we counted down from 5 and then, with a very easy pull, it was out. He was SO excited. We did a little dance! He put it in the tooth fairy bag and kissed it... then under the pillow it went!

Cabinets!!

When we got back from San Antonio yesterday we went straight to the house to see the cabinets! It was really cool to see the kitchen come together after all that planning on paper. Everything looked great! Clint says they should be done by the end of the week.

Blake standing in the kitchen. Behind him on that blank wall is where the cooktop and vent hood will go. Also, right in the middle is where the island will be. It is not yet put together...but I saw the pieces and it looks really great!

This is looking at the area where the kitchen sink will be. I love that I can look out the window like that! To the right of the sink (the square opening) is where the dishwasher is going. Notice that it's built up off the floor! I saw one in a showroom and it was really nice not to have to bend over so far to load and unload!

This is looking from the middle of the kitchen toward the pantry and Clint's wetbar area.