August Fields

friday favorites

here are some more of my favorite things 🙂
1. bubber. hank received this for christmas and its so fun! it sticks way better than moonsand but is not as sticky on the hands as playdoh. i suggest buying the kit with the tray…our rule (for the little ones) is to keep it in the tray. 🙂

2. ravensburger puzzles. sturdy box, sturdy pieces and they have a huge variety. they carry kids (50 pieces) up to adults (1000 pieces and more). if you’re going to have puzzles around the house i highly suggest investing in ravensburger puzzles. you’ll know what i mean once you have them! you can buy them online but our local barnes and noble carries them as well as most high end toy stores.
3. smartwool socks. if you have snow by you these should be keeping your tootsies warm! once you wear these socks you’ll be hooked! again, local shoe stores or sporting good stores may carry these socks. they are a bit pricey so i ask for them as gifts 🙂

tile, insulation, electrical and plumbing

my goodness. the house in the fields is on a roll! things are really picking up, lots of contractors at the house and many decisions are having to be made. we are still really enjoying the process and the whole family is having so much fun watching the house be built!
below is a picture i took at the flooring store that captures the overall color scheme. those are not our actual cupboards or wood floor but they represent the colors we’ll use for those items.
BUT….those cute cute teeny tiny little hex tiles??? girls. bathroom. i think they’re just adorable.

dubs and mama. this is his usual mode of transportation. the sling. you can see the insulation behind me.
more insulation in the bonus room and lots of little blue electrical boxes. see the little room on the right with the angled door? shhh……it’s a surprise secret hideout for the children! we’ve scattered three of them throughout the house…..they know about the other two but think that this one is a closet.
below is a picture looking into the bathroom. the room beyond (with the window) is a laundry room. so…..the bathroom. see the white plumbing line and silver air duct? right between will go an old wall mount sink i picked up yesterday and is currently in the back of my truck. so excited! i hope we can make it work.

a merry little christmas recap

i love christmas. celebrating the birth of Jesus, opening a door for the advent calendar with the kids each night, visiting with relatives i only see once a year, eating delicious food and on and on!
here is a little picture recap of our celebrations….
each child had four gifts under the tree. want, need, wear, read.

all the children raced downstairs christmas morning to open stockings! we don’t do santa claus in our home. the kiddos know we fill the stockings and trust me, it doesn’t make it any less exciting 🙂 christmas morning creates so many memories for our family. ah yes, you see correctly, little dubs did not have a stocking. he had plenty of fun frolicking around in all the paper!

this is dancy on christmas night at bedtime. she received a music maker harp and art supplies (from hobby lobby) and felt it necessary to sleep with all of it 🙂

boone joined in the annual family bingo game at my parents house. last year it was a penny for every bingo you got…this year it was quarters! 🙂
our family picture. i wore the green scarf (old navy) to every party. 🙂

merry christmas from our family to yours! and cheers to a happy new year!

windows, shingles and dormers oh my!

my goodness…..so much has been happening at the house! i am so thankful for the dry month of november to make up for the ridiculous amount of rain we had in october.
the shingles are starting to go on. we opted to go with a black shingle that had some definition to it…..which means there is actually a little bit of variation in the color. overall it is black and we are very happy with the choice.

the dormers. i think they may be a favorite feature. they are faux, meaning there is not a room that that they are attached to, they’re just for looks. but i think they really cozy up the roof line.
the shed dormers over the garage are real 🙂 they are part of a bonus room over the garage. again, i think they add so much to the roof line.
yay…the windows are in! they will have grates in them but those are added at the very very end so dust doesn’t settle in the little spaces.


the basement floor was finally poured. isn’t that interesting that it is poured so far into the process? i thought it was! 🙂 they actually cut a hole in the floor of the foyer and stuck a “shoot” down to the basement to deliver the cement and the workers smoothed it.
here you can the pile of lumber ‘in waiting’. this week they will be working down here framing. straight ahead you can see the cutout for a fireplace and to the left is the back of the house.