Snow in March!?!

I was shocked to wake up yesterday and see 5 inches of snow!! Surely school would be canceled, or at least late right?? No! It was running on time. It didn't really matter because I was at home with a sick baby, but big brother still had to go to preschool. Colten liked playing in the snow, but my flowers didn't care for it. They were little frozen lumps under all the ice and snow. Hopefully they'll snap back, or I'll have lots of wilted flowers to save.

Carson is getting better and actually wanted to play last night and take a bath. Colten gets to go on a trip with his grandma this weekend and ride the train up from Salem on Monday! He's really excited to go. The addition is moving along and should be sheetrocked next week. Then we get to paint and do the finish work.

Windows, stairs, and a deck!

This week we had windows, a deck, and finally stairs (no more climbing up and down the scary ladder!). We are supposed to get insulation, and siding this week and sheetrock the following week. It is moving along.

What a crazy, crazy week!

We had Easter this morning with finding eggs and getting chocolate. I even fixed a nice breakfast and we all got dressed in nice clothes for going to church. Colten had a great time finding eggs and was upset when his breakfast couldn't be the chocolate rabbit. Carson found a couple eggs but had more fun moving them from carton to carton and then banging the eggs together and cracking them.

This last week started out at a nice hotel in Cascade Locks on the Columbia River. It was my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary celebration. I was in charge of creating, editing, and showing the movie I made of all the pictures my grandparents brought up a week before the celebration. I was up all Friday night; did I mention the hotel was nice, right on the water, also right along the RR tracks!! Saturday night I was up all night burning DVD's of the movie for all 17 families that were there. We stopped on the way home by Multnomah Falls and had a great break from driving and got to see the great view.

I had grades due this Wednesday and had a stack of essays to correct. I've got a yearbook deadline tomorrow, and I have pages that aren't even really started! I spent every spare minute I had this last week in class working on the yearbook. The weather yesterday was good so I begged my mom to watch Carson and I worked with my big boy outside moving plants and planting new ones. I also put up a fence so my doggies will no longer take the shortcut through my plants.

We have a Roof!!!

...and plumbing, and siding, the deck, and electrical should be going in next week! This remodel has been really crazy with all the rain and getting people out to our house. But, it is starting to look like a place to live, not some strange growth coming out of our garage!

My boys are growing up!!

My baby is now officially a toddler!! He is walking everywhere and can't move fast enough to suit him!

Colten is now into the really interesting world of airplanes and of course fighter jets. The most interesting thing about them is of course the big explosions that happen when they crash! What is your pre-schooler doing watching plane crashes you might ask?!? Well, I can thank my father and U-tube for all the wonderful footage Colten has watched.