SPRINGTIME

Tomorrow is the first day of March and I associate that month with Spring. Our house is coming along good, for the winter we have had. Here is a picture of the bottom deck that has just been started. The bump out that you see at the end will be the guest bedroom door. Yes, our guest have a private access to the lake. Any takers?

The above picture is looking toward the other end. If you came out of the guest family room, this is where you would be. This is going to be a wonderful view.

MAN CAVE

THE MAN CAVE Ahh yes, the infamous man cave is shaping up by the minute. Here is a rare look of the inside. tehe

The above picture shows that the cave has two rooms. This has been a passion of Phil's and he is proud of it. He and our future next door neighbor have been working every minute that they are not at work.

As you can see from this picture, Phil is using barn lumber and pine boards to cover his walls. The floor is an 'unsightly green linoleum', but I am the wrong sex to have privy to his plans for the floor.

AND FINALLY, Saturday we traveled with Lauren and the family to her AAU gymnastics Competition. There were 4 schools from Cincinnati, One from Louisville, Indiana, and others. About 30 different studios participated. Everyone competed in three divisions. Trampoline, Double-Mini Trampoline, and Floor excerises. Our Lauren got 2nd Place on Trampoline and Double-Mini Trampoline. which was fantastic.
HOWEVER, SHE WON FIRST PLACE ON THE FLOOR EXCERISES.

SAME-O-SAME-O

That is what our weather here has been like since my last post, so I won't bore you with more snow pictures. Our contractor hasn't worked any this week and that is the first time that it has been too treacherous to travel to the site. I have been busy however, I picked my ceiling panels for the basement today from the Armstrong web site. I also picked out our door hardware. And lastly, I decided on the vent-free gas logs.

I sure am ready for spring.
Miss you all.

THE SNOW

We had about 5-6 inches of snow today. It was beautiful and I wanted to share some pictures with you.

Lucy seemed to be having so much fun that I joined her. I used the infamous blue pool float to slid down the road that Phil built to the lake. It was doing great till Lucy caught up to me and pounced on the float AND ME.








When Lucy is not frolicking around in the snow, she has a wonderful huge insulated house to stay in.

FROM FROZEN TO FLOODED

After church, we drove around, looking at the swollen creeks and ponds, realizing that they all, will ultimately end up in Wood Creek Lake. So we have gone from Frozen Lake in last blog entry to Flowing Waters, almost out of bounds.

It has been raining for the last few days none stop. Tonight, the news said we got 2.40". I believe that and I think you will too after looking at this picture on the left.

Brent, Annie and the children came down Saturday to go through the house, so I am going to give you the tour that we gave them. The first picture is of the front door. Of course that handsome young man in the forefront is Seth, our oldest grandson.

The next picture is our kitchen/great room. The window on the far left is the kitchen. My view will be the lake. I shouldn't have any trouble getting dishwashers from this sink. The rest of the room is the great room. Our lots are on a point, so we have lake view on three sides of the house. I can't wait to share this house with everybody. Then it will become our home.


This one is standing in the kitchen looking the opposite direction toward the rest of the house.

On the right is the front entryway, then in the background is the stairs leading to the lower level,walk-out basement. In the middle is the entryway to the master suites, his/her closets and bathroom.




This is the bed room that overlooks the lake as well. The door you see leads outside to the deck.










The next Picture is our bathroom. The rectangle window will be some sort of obscure glass, or I may try to build a stain glass window to fit the area, if I can find time.
This one is of Lauren and Seth playing down by the waters edge when we had a short reprieve from the rain.

Here is Popi telling a big tale to Annie, Brent, Lauren and Seth. Lauren and Seth love it here. They like to explore the cliffs and play by the water's edge. Brent and Annie say "It's too far from town when you have small children". That is probably true if you have to run your children like they do Seth and Lauren. The only night they don't have something after school is Wed. and that may be full now. But for us, we think it is going to be just perfect.


We are happy they came to visit today.

***Actually it is only 6 miles from the State Police Station.:)

Elsa Providence Carnahan

We have another wonderful blessing, A new granddaughter. She was born on January 19, 2010. Here is a link to Jordan and Tiffany's blog, so that you can get all the wonderful details. www.babycarnahan.blogspot.com

I, however, want to brag a little on her. I got to see her tonight on the web cam. She is so beautiful and looks a lot like Titus did when he was a newborn. Ashley and Chris were in New Mexico for the birth. I think Auntie Ashley really loved seeing and holding her.
Given an opportunity, I think Ashley and I would love to spoil both our new baby girls, Elsa and Liza. I took many pictures while on the web cam to share with everyone, but I have lost them, I can't find where they are stored. There were many cute pics of Titus and Baby Elsa. Maybe I can find them later.

This is Elsa a few hours after she was born. I am sure we will have more pictures on the blog in time.

Phil and I are proud of all our grandchildren. With Elsa and Liza, the new babies, then Titus, Lauren and Seth, and follow up with Sebastian and Edison, Jessica and JP's older boys, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN. That is truly a quiver full of blessings, and we have room and love, for many,many, more.

ARCTIC HOUSE SITE

IT HAS BEEN TOO COLD FOR THEM TO WORK ON THE HOUSE, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN SOME REALLY BREATHTAKING PICTURES AT THE PROPERTY. THE ENTIRE LAKE IS FROZEN COMPLETELY ACROSS. DOG PRINTS SHOW THE FUN. PHIL WALKED ABOUT 2 FEET INTO THE LAKE BUT DIDN'T VENTURE TOO MUCH FARTHER. THE SUN, SHINING THROUGH THE ICE COVERED TREES, WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE. THE DOGS LOVED THEIR NEW FOUND FREEDOM OF GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE.

LIZA COMES HOME

Liza Jayne and her parents came home today from the hospital. Her parents had her all bundled up because it was 16 degrees outside.

Phil and I knew they would love some good food, so we took them dinner. They seemed to really enjoy the food, and I enjoyed holding Liza.




She is already changing so fast. She kept her eyes open most of the time that I held her. I think she is beautiful, but I might be a little biased.