They're Pouring!

Yesterday they finished building the forms for the concrete walls of the basement. Today they were pouring the concrete. It was funny to see the big cement pouring crane they were using for our house, but I guess they use what works. We talked to the builder today and he thinks he can still get us in by Dec. 1st despite the setbacks we have had. We are so excited!

Ready to Pour!

We went by today and they had put of the forms for the basement. We are way excited. They are planning to start pouring the basement tomorrow. The builder had told us we would have a garden level basement, but we weren't sure we would after looking at the plans and the hole. After seeing where they put the windows though, it definitely looks like we will have one which will make the basement a lot nicer. I LOVE natural light, so it was a big thing for me. So exciting!

Our Footings

I haven't posted about the house this last week because nothing has been happening. When the diggers finished digging, they found some groundwater. It has been a pretty wet summer for Cheyenne, but since they found some water, the builder is installing a french drain and a sump pump. It will cost $1600 more, but we will only have to pay half. The builder will pick up the other half. Anyways it took them almost a week to figure things out and get approval from the city so they could pour the footings. They poured the footings on Friday and will hopefully pour the foundation next week.

Pretty Gabby

Of course if I take a picture of one child, I have to take a picture of all of them.

I haven't posted any pictures of Gabriella for a while and since she is growing so fast, I thought I should post some of her. She's a cutey, that's for sure. She is also very easy going and a very easy baby for the most part. Heavenly Father took pity on us with number 5.

Vedauwoo

On Labor Day we decided to drive to Vedauwoo. It is only about a half hour away and has some great hoodoos (spelling) and other rock formations. It is so nice to live where it is only a short drive to someplace as spectacular as this.

We went on a 3 mile hike around Turtle Rock. After about 2 miles we came across this stream with a little waterfall.

The kids and Dan enjoyed climbing the rocks. Gabby and I stayed safe at the bottom.

We also got to see a mama moose and her baby. Here is the Mama. She was huge!!

A Hole!

We have a hole! We stopped by yesterday and they had started digging. They had finished the garage part and were working on the basement. I can't wait to see how much they have done today.

We have a digger!

Sorry if you get tired of seeing updates on our house, but I can not wait to get out of this rental and into our house, so every little step is extremely exciting for me. Our rental is about 1300 square feet and after having a house twice that size with a yard, it has been hard adjusting to something much smaller and more awkward. All 5 kids are sharing one room and all of our furniture (except bedroom and dining room furniture) is stuffed into the front room. Anyways, we drove by the lot today and a digger/excavator was there. A couple of guys were also standing around and they said they were going to start digging tomorrow. Tomorrow we might have a hole!!

First Day of School

The kids started school on the 26th of August and boy was it a busy day. The movers were delivering our stuff on the same day! Emma is in 4th, Ben is in 2nd and Eliza is in 1st. Fun! They are standing in front of our rental house/apartment.

Eliza is 6!!

With moving I got a little behind blogging, but the day before the movers came, Eliza had her birthday!! She decorated her own cake and got some fun presents including: some little stuffed animals, dive sticks, and a Lego Indiana Jones set that has short round (her favorite character) in it. She seamed to enjoy her presents and her birthday.