Exciting---Brick and Dry wall!!!

Our brick!!!  mortar may dry lighter(or so I've been told)...I love it!!!  Brick is called Old River, I think.

our room---or at least the ceiling!

our fireplace and built ins!!

our living room...
That's all for now...I didn't go in many rooms...they were working hard and I was told that if anyone got in the way, they probably would be hit by dry wall.

Baby Girl!!!

My new niece!!!  How I wish I could be there for her birth!!!  Our class voted on whether she was going to be a boy or a girl...the girl votes won!  We didn't know the sex of the baby, so this birth was extra exciting!!!  Mom's doing well and I think Dad is proud to be a papa and proud of his wife!

Mark is turning 9!!

 Snuggled in mom and dad's bed!!! 

Mark is turning 9 on Monday, so he had a few people (2 cousins and 2 friends) over to celebrate!

Mark opening presents...

Mark wanted a lego man/Batman cake...so here was the end result.---he told me how to decorate it, and I did it...my ears heard a bit different than he meant, but he was so grateful...it was sweet to watch.    Notice the dead lying down lego---and the robber next to him...Mark's idea!!!  I made some candy lego men...some multi colored, some yellow, red, green....they were tasty and cute!