WOW THAT WAS FAST

So last week we signed and we figured it would take awhile to get the foundation in. Thursday the dirt was moved around and by Tuesday (4 days after the papers were in order) the foundation was in and poured. We are so surprised and excited at the same time that the house is moving along so fast. At this rate we well be moving in by September...JK.

Our future home!

Alright well AHO moves fast! We signed our papers on Wednesday and by Friday they already had the dirty ready to pour the foundation, which I suspect will be sometime this week. This has been one of the funnest and hardest experiences of my life. Picking colors for our house has been quite the challenge. First deciding on what we BOTH like then making sure it matches everything else. Thank goodness AHO has been patient with us and given us plenty of time to make up our minds which has changed 4 times! Not kidding. We have gone through and changed flooring, colors of the outside, carpet and the garage door. Every time we had to sign something new to make our change, so they have been outstanding! We finally have it done now and are very pleased with our choices. We went and took pictures of our dirt, and the address of the house, but when we went the office was closed so I don't have pics of our choices yet but soon!
I hope everyone has a great Monday!

Our Driveway

Our Address

Its official we are going to be homeowners!

Well we signed our contract today! I am so thrilled we actually have a address now to our new home and it feels so real now! They will be pouring the foundation in about 2 weeks so I will have pictures very very soon! I can not wait and I wanted to share with everyone my excitement! I hope everyone has a great day!

Busy, Busy moms listen up!

If your household is anything like mine, summers are just crazy busy! Dinner is the last thing you want to think about especially when in the evenings are usually the busiest. So as a new mom I have some tips to help ease the pain of thinking about what to make for dinner. Now a lot of you may already have this figured out, but to me its all new. Ok so my first tip is to make as much as possible in the morning as you can. The afternoons get so hot and its usually when we are the busiest. I like to make my salads in the morning like a pea salad or macaroni. In the summer we always eat fresh vegetables and fruit. Cut up watermelon, cucumbers , onions and corn on the cob are always on hand cause they make the easiest sides! For a main dish we almost always BBQ. Lately BBQ chicken is a hit around here. I cook the chicken in the morning for 1 hour then put it in the fridge until later to BBQ. This way all your doing is heating it up and its really fast. If your husband is anything like mine he will always call and let me know when hes on his way home. This way I know I have 20 minutes to throw together dinner because most of it is already done! Let me know of any other great tips or dishes for this summer. What is your family eating this summer??

How much more redneck can you get??

About a week ago Rich wanted a haircut really bad because he had some corporate people coming into his office the next day and didn't want to look like a rag muffin! Of course if you know my husband he is quite the procrastinator he had known about these people coming in for about a week or two. So the night before they are to come he says oh man I didn't get a haircut. Of course by this time its 8 o'clock at night and there are no salons open! So on our quest we go to find some hair clippers and I thought oh of course I can do this. My mom, dad, and brothers didn't have any. I though to myself who around here would have hair clippers, immediately I thought of Jan because she is very creative and probably has everything. We walked next door and we were bummed to find out Jan didn't have any clippers. Then her light bulb went off being as a creative woman as she is, she said our dog which is a poodle has clippers Ed uses them on him all the time. Rich being as desperate as he was said ok and we took the dog clippers to give Rich a haircut! It actually turned out pretty good considering our sources and me behind the clippers! Actually Rich did most of it himself!

Wallowa Fun!!!

Well we had an amazing trip! Lytton was such a little trooper. He made the whole 4 hour drive with no problems, I was quite impressed because he can get impatient in the car just when we drive around town! He was such a good baby for us it was just amazing. Well we did plenty of fun things, I had never been to Wallowa lake before, but we had so much fun we plan on going back every summer. They had an amazing hiking trail we climbed and there was a waterfall at the top it was gorgeous. We drove go carts, rode on paddle boats which Lytton loved, except for the life jacket! They had horse back riding and a tram that took you to the top of the mountain! We walked down to ride the tram and it had broken down with people on it so they had to fly in a rescue helicopter to get them down. Thank goodness Lytton needed a nap first or that would of been us up there! We were kind of bummed that we didn't get to ride it, but I guess next year. We also were able to walk right up to deer and feed them, Lytton loved that! The last thing I wanted to share was something that I did that I have always wanted to do and for me it was very adventurous, I was able to go PARA SAILING! I loved it it was so much fun, and not even that scary I would defiantly do it again! Here are some amazing pictures from our trip!

Rich, Lytton and I after paddle boating

Lytton on the paddle boat

Lytton and Grandpa on our hike

Rich, Lytton and I on our hike

Getting ready to Para Sail

Up, up, up

Lytton an Daddy getting ready to swim

Lytton and Rich on our hike

Feeding the deer

Happy 4th!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July! For us we are going to be in Wallowa Lake until Sunday. We are super excited to get away for a bit and this will be our first vacation with Lytton, if anyone has tips for traveling with a little one and staying in a hotel I would greatly appreciate it! In other news we are going to start building our house this month! We are super thrilled and will be posting pictures very soon of everything that is going to be going on with the process.