Catchin' Up

I thought I would post a few pictures of Brad's latest project, his shop, and then I realized I haven't posted a thing since Christmas! So, this posting will do a very brief review of the past couple of months. Above is Clay before he got his haircut which you can see in the picture below. It is hard to believe that he turned two in January. He is healthy, energetic, and learning new things everyday. We are blessed to have a healthy little boy. Also, he is excited about his little brother arriving sometime in mid-October. He even already has his Big Brother shirt to wear at the hospital.

Clay is playing below around a wash tub with shorter hair. We haven't gotten him a pool yet so this has to make do. He doesn't care. And yes, he had a pool, but it ended up in the trash.

I didn't realize that you can't really see Brad working from the bucket. But, he is way up there. His dad came out today and helped him complete more work on his shop. The frame is up and most of the walls. Today they put part of the roof on. Thankfully, Bro. Rickey in our church owns a bucket truck and was kind enough to let Brad borrow it to help them finish up the building.

And yes! We did sell our little house. It was gone before March which allowed us to put in the shop. It is hard to tell from the pictures but because of the extreme slope of our property, we had no other choice than to pour a foundation for the building. We are proud of how it is turning out and know that it is a blessing from the Lord because we ended up getting an excellent price on the building itself.

This is the first year that Clay has been able to enjoy the fun of hunting for Easter eggs. We hunted indoors and out. We enjoyed making the memories this year at Easter. And, we had a really great Easter Sunday church service as well would made it even more special.

Clay below with his choo choo trains and track.

Here are some pre-foundation pictures.

Below, during our spring break, Ellen and Clara came to stay two nights with
Granddaddy and Meme. Clay loves playing with his cousins.

Below Clay helping his daddy pack. He was actually hiding in the suitcase.
At one point, clean underwear was on his head.

Below are pictures of the birthday party. And even though it was a
bit cold, we were able to go on a short hay ride which was lots of fun.

Thanks for reading our blog. I hope you enjoyed it.

Clay Helping Decorate the Christmas Tree

It was so much fun having Clay help decorate the tree this year. He was most helpful and enjoyed it more than I anticipated. Pardon the outfit. He was wearing the t-shirt he was going to sleep in and insisted on putting the shoes with it. Another posting follows with more pictures of the same evening.

More of the Big Helper

More Curls

Make sure you click on the next posting of Clay's Curls.

I could not get them to upload into one posting, so there is two.

More pictures of his handsome hair.

December 23, 2010.

Clay's Curls

These pictures were taken December 23, 2010.

They are pictures of Clay's beautiful curls before they were ever touched by a shear.

Thanksgiving

This year we enjoyed Thanksgiving at Justin and Rebbecca's home.
We had a wonderful day enjoying time with the family.
Pictured above is a memory from the day.

Pictures of Our Little House

The above picture is taken from the end of the alley kitchen.
The desk is sitting where the washer / dryer will sit.

This picture (above) was taken from the back far corner of the bedroom.

The hot water heater is concealed in the white "box" above.

The electrical box, above.

The window pictured above (on the same wall as the door)
is the one that sits above the kitchen sink.

Rear of the home above and below. This shows the attached shelter.