August Fields

i won!

every so often i will enter a blog ‘give away’.

well i am SUPER excited (you know its true because i broke out the caps) that i won the give away over at holly mathis interiors for a personalized sarah + abrahams print!

serious cuteness. i’m pretty sure its going to go in my office by my craft desk.
thanks holli and thanks sara for teaming up together and making me feel a little extra happiness today!

basement walls are poured

shirtless men ahead…avert your eyes! *smile*

first the forms for the basement walls were set up. the following day the cement trucks rolled in and the walls were poured (kinda loud and dusty!). the kids LOVE watching the trucks!!!

the next day the forms were taken off and waterproofing was added to a section of the walls. i know that some sort of foam has been adhered to a section on the outside of the walls as well but we haven’t been up to the house today…so no pics of that.
we are all so excited because monday the workers start framing!
on a side note this past week i had to have the plumbing fixtures chosen for the tubs and showers. at the same time i also picked out fixtures for other areas of the house (the kids’ bathrooms, schoolroom, basement bathroom) just to check it off the list!

first soccer game

deanie had her first soccer game!

she’s the one on the far left in the top picture. number 5. (chosen because there are 5 kids in our family..isn’t that cute?)

i wasn’t so sure about the whole ‘soccer’ thing to tell you the truth. i had never played when i was little… but we know the coach and the assistant coach and deanie really wanted to try it out!

i was excited that their team color was purple! *smile* they won their first game and we all had fun cheering the girls on! 🙂

excavating

last week the excavators were out digging the hole! i drove the kids up to the property and they had so much fun playing in the HUGE piles of dirt……or volcanoes as they call them 🙂

of course a dirt slide came of it all.
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the two workers, who are brothers, turned off the machines, walked over and asked if the kiddos each wanted a turn driving the excavator and taking a scoop. they were so patient and kind and surely made yet another awesome memory for the kids.
of course mama had to have a turn! 🙂
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we went back that night as a family and each put a shovel full of dirt into a mason jar. not sure the exact reasoning for this but i thought it would be a fun memory and the kids could remember scooping dirt from an area that will be under the house. 🙂

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