Sheet rocking (still)

I am using the large sized letters so that this will appear like more words. Kelly and I have been sheet rocking for about 2 months now. We planned on 2-3 weeks. All I can say is that 2500 sq. ft. & a triple car garage is a lot of sheet rock and work! We do have to take into account that in that time period Kelly got type B influenza (yuck!) and we took time off to go to a funeral. We are seriously so close to being done (with the sheet rock). The garage is partly done and there are only a few small things left to do in the house! I am so excited to move in although there is still a pile of work for us to do. Taylor gets to hang out with us in her play pen. She really has been good and she is growing like crazy. I will put up a picture soon. Jake, Colton, & Britnee don't really appreciate me hauling them out there after school but they are good troopers most of the time. They like the big pile of dirt and have big plans for a garden this summer.

Happy Birthday Jake!

Today is Jakes birthday, I absolutely can not believe that I am old enough to have a 10 year old. Happy birthday Jake I love you! Jake chose corndogs and BBQ potato chips with ripples for his birthday dinner. I added banana chocolate mini-muffins to the menu (they were somewhat healthy and I was the only one who liked them, maybe when Kelly gets home tonight he will like them). We will be having angel food cake later on. I am so glad to have Jake as a son he is a good helper and he is very smart. He likes to hold Taylor, play with legos and bionicles, he also likes to read books that he is interested in (Levin Thumps) and knows Book of Mormon stories better than me (thanks to Tennis shoes among the Nephites.)

Smile

It seiously took 19 minutes to upload these 2 pictures. Actually it took longer than that because the first time I tried after 10 minutes the internet connection disconnected. How long does it take you to upload a picture? I want to know what I have to look forward to at my new house. Here is Taylor smiling she started smiling about a week ago. I think I was scaring her with the camera because it took a while to get a shot of her smile. We also made valenine cookies last week as you can see Jake, Colton, and Britnee had a lot of fun decrating them!

I'm still here!

It has been a while but I really am still here. My only excuses for my lack of blogging are that I have a new baby, we are trying to build a new house, and my internet service is extremely slow. Maybe when the house is done and I have hi-speed my blogs will be more regular. This picture of Taylor is only a week old, I took it in Fairfield when we visited Mckay. It was so fun to see him again.

Taylor Mae Atkinson

12/26/2007

Christmas Eve

One day old

Taylor was born at 2:57 p.m. on December 20th. She weighed 7lb. 11oz. and was 21 inches long. We are enjoying her so much!

Exciting Week Ahead

Well if you haven't heard if I don't have the baby by Thursday (20th) I am going to be induced on that day! Kelly was only concerned that he already had that day off so he didn't get to skip out on work. The kids are so excited they are counting down days till the baby is born and days until Christmas. It really is a busy and exciting time for us. Our house is coming along. Almost all of the windows are in, the shingles are about 1/2 way done, and between my dad, Kelly's dad, Chase, and Kelly the basement is mostly framed (thanks for the help!).

Construction Update

Here is the back of our new house and here is the front.



We are hoping the shingles and windows and doors will all be done by the end of next week, we will see!