Asher Goes To School

Asher was so excited about going to school this morning with brothers! He was especially excited to wear his new school shoes that he's been itching to wear out of the house.

He was very patient with me and let me take a couple of photos. This is his "cheese" smile.

And then he was outta there. I've never seen him climb into his carseat so quickly.

Thursday's Addition Update

Walls!

The World's Most Solid Deck :-)

I got to see a 3D rendering of how the roofline will look when its all said and done. I can't describe it very well, but the kitchen roof will extend from the house similarly to how the garage does except that the kitchen roof will be higher than the house instead of lower. It looked really neat.

The skid loader arrived today and made good progress. To give you an idea of the volume, he hauled away 3 dump trucks of dirt today and has about 2 more to go tomorrow.

This is the entrance to the boys' superhero lair. Ike and Chad were kind enough to open it for the boys before they left, during the day it will be covered so that Ike and Chad don't accidentally step into it while they're working.

Today's Progress!

First Day of School

The three older boys all started school this morning. They were so excited, and I have to admit that I was a little excited too.

Spencer had no hesitation at all about kindergarten.

Isaac is thrilled to have his own desk this year!

We Can Walk Out The Back Door!

Floor joists are going in!

One Last Hurrah

Since the rest of the dirt pile is scheduled to be taken away tomorrow(and Mommy was away from the house grocery shopping), Daddy let the boys have their hearts' desire. I think the pictures speak for themselves. Won't the skid loader operator love us?

We Got Some Of Our Yard Back Today!

Since there's no longer a hole with exposed rebar for them to fall on, we let the boys back onto the dirt pile to play. They spent nearly all afternoon and evening in there.

Ike and Chad are *so* patient with the boys, we really appreciate them. While the boys were "helping" them today, Samuel says to Ike, "Do you think we could come over to your house for a sleepover sometime?" followed by "Do you have any bunkbeds at your house?" Ike's response tells me he's probably a big softie, "I bet we could find a place for you to sleep." :D

We Have A Foundation!

I've Decided He Resembles...

Neil Patrick Harris.

Spencer's New Look

Is It Even The Same Kid?

The Johnson Castle Moat

Asher's Solo Performance

It was Isaac's idea to add the lightning.

The Boys Formed A Band

Your speakers should be turned on, but you might consider turning the volume down a tad.

Exciting Morning!

We're getting a foundation today!

Between the cement truck and the pumper, we're taking up a lot of street today, sorry neighbors!

Spencer's First Sleepover

When we ran into Spencer's friend Griffin at Eldorado Canyon last week, the two of them decided that a sleepover was in order before school starts back up, and last night was the night!

Spencer was *so* excited.

Although they slept surprisingly well at Griffin's, Spencer was still evidently tired since he's currently crashed in our bed and has been since about 20 mins after he got home.

Thanks to Griffin and family for having Spencer for his first sleepover!

Addition Update

After almost of week of it being too wet to make any progress, our contractors, Ike and Chad, were able to get back to work yesterday and made the decision that the surevoid, a cardboard spacer that is designed to eventually rot away, had gotten too wet to fulfill it's purpose of holding the weight of the cement until dry. So they had to tear down the inside wall(it was about 3/4 done), take out the wet cardboard, replace it and rebuild the inside wall! The reason the space needs to be there is that Colorado has lots of bentonite clay that expands and contracts and can wreak havoc on a foundation. Thats why the foundation has to "float".

The Foundation walls are all up now.

Add a bunch of wet cardboard to the haul away pile.

Replace it with new cardboard, wrapped in plastic this time in case another ocean decides to fall from the sky.

Lots of rebar in there!

Polished Off the Weekend

With one more park.

Asher had tall hopes for his evening.

and achieved them(of course).