#2 reason why I love my family

#2 Well, it isnt because we are all great basketball players!

But I love that we play together and have fun!  Even though my boys are so competitive!  Michael was the basketabll player of the family and now Bryce and Stephen are getting more and more interested.  What sport do they not like?  I love that my family is so athletic and sports minded.  There are other things in life I know, but when I watch my boys play sports, my heart goes pitter-patter!

14 reasons why I love my family

#1  Well, it's not because they are neat freaks!

This is Stephen's room and I just had to find a reason to use this picture.

Just the night before he had cleaned his room only for me to find it like this the next morning after he had left for school(a daily occurance).  So, what's the use?  However, I will never give up reminding my boys to keep their surroundings clean.  I am glad that they keep busy doing lots of productive things and enjoy developing their talents and haveing a good time.  So, even though I have to constantly remind my men to clean up after thenselves...I love that they are usually anxiously engaged in a good cause!

Now lets see if I can come up with 13 more!  Shouldn't be too hard should it?

I AM - Nichole Nordeman

Have a beautiful Sabbath. We are so blessed!

Slowly but surely

Well the house is coming along.  That roof has been a HUGE job.

They are now sheeting it and then we can finally be dried in!

In the meantime Dad has been working on the stairs going down into the basement.

And here is where we will have the stairs going down from the family room.

I'm excited to see some progress being made down stairs as this is where

the boys rooms will be.  3 bedrooms and a bathroom on this side next to the stairs.

Looks like Dad is getting ready to put the wall up between the mechanical room

and the theatre room here.  On the othere side of the wall will be room to put in

a small kitchen area....someday.

Here is the back entrance into the basement.

Here's a look at the family room looking out the windows on either

side of the fireplace.  Master suite on the right and kitchen on the left.

Here is a view thru the wall into our master bedroom closet

and then thru to the bathroom where you can see the window in the middle.

And on either side of these rooms is our bedroom on

 one side and our office on the other.

Here a view of that whole side of the house.

Here is a view of the kitchen area looking from the bay window

and out thru the kitchen into the laundry room and pantry.

Last but not least is the back of the house.

Tomorrow is a big day as the weather is supposed to be pretty good

and Dad is anxious to get us all dried in.

We've been picking out colors of stucko, tile, hardwood, granite, windows and stone too.  I'll try to get some pictures soon to post later.

  So, we are getting there slowly but surely!

More Trusses

Well, the week started out with the trusses over the entryway and familyroom in.

Then the big guys showed up and started placing more of them over the garage and rest of the house.  It has been a slow progression trying to get all of them on and set.

It's been like peicing a puzzle together watching these trusses go up.

Here's a view from the street.  Still lots of work to do before it looks like a roof.

Jut thought I would give you a peek at how it is going.

Stay tuned and I will show you the finished product!

It's getting there.

Michael William

I stumbled upon this picture the other day while cleaning and organizing.

I remember this time in Michael's life so well. He was about 3 years old. It was just the 3 of us and all of our hopes and dreams.....which are now being fullfilled.

So proud of this sweet boy!

Cant we just have prayer??

So, you know how you start to wind down for the night and you gather the family around to have family prayer right before you go to bed?  Well, our family has this big problem it is called "Stephenitis"!  I swear that we can NEVER just kneel down and have prayer!  Stephen always gets the ball rolling and for some reason Mike and Bryce get sucked in everytime. So, the jokes start (with Stephen) and comments are made and then it is like a ripple in the water....they don't stop!  And they go on and on and then someone cant stop laughing and it seems like it never stops for another 20 minutes.  So, what once was a simple family prayer to finish off the night, ends up being a long drawn out comedy hour!  And I just get tired of it.  Especially because it is usually "guy stuff" they are laughing about.  Finally I say, "cant we just have prayer"???!!!! And then if I'm lucky and catch them in the middle of a joke....I start to pray or someone else is tagged to pray right at that moment and we are finally able to put the night to rest!  Geez!  This just happens to be a nightly thing.  And it seems to have started ever since Stephen became a teenager.  He is constantly quoting from movies or comedians.  He is a night owl as it is so, the later it gets the crazier he gets.

This can be an annoyance but it can also be a lot of fun...shhhhhhh!  Dont tell them I said that:)