Updates of the House

Well, these pictures actually aren't very recent, but it's a little something. We actually do have siding and rock, but this is just a picture of the house before that...framed and all.

We have the kitchen that Dustin is very proud of. He picked the floor and the cabinets. He actually picked almost everything in our house. I lack the "vision". He did a great job. It's obviously dirty in this picture, so I'm excited when it's all done and clean so you can have a better idea of how it looks. We also have countertops and appliances now, but those pictures will have to come later.


And here we have our living room. The middle where all the junk is will have carpet.


Basically we have to still build our deck, finish a little bit of trim, get toilets, and do carpet. That's about it. Oh, and a garage door. We are hoping to be in there in a couple more weeks. Keep your fingers crossed for us, though.

Better Late Than Never...

I was aiming for the three month pictures, but ended up doing them at 16 weeks instead.  I guess it's close, right?  Anyway, it was one of the funnest things I've done for a long time!  It was like a photo shoot!  A girl I work with let me know her roommate worked for a photographer, so I decided to get these pictures done.  I think it was totally worth it!  I really am going to put pictures on here besides Macie one of these days, but it was just so fun, and I thought they turned out pretty cute!

For those of you who are concerned, we are coming along nicely on our house. We aren't in yet, but updated house pictures will be coming soon.

It Works!!!

So our internet has been down for about a month, and I finally found the time to call and get a new modem thing sent to us. I am SO excited now! I have been wanting to post for so long, and now that I can, I don't really have much to say. I guess I will just treat everyone to some super cute pictures of the babes.





Minus the sleeping picture (which is how she sleeps at work...when and if she sleeps) she has the same look in ALL her pictures. She really is a happy baby, but that flash sure does something to startle her. She's always wondering what is going on. One of these days I'll get a good smiling picture to post. Stay tuned for hopefully more posts before another 8 months go by! :)

Memories!

I see this on everyones blog, and I think it's a fun idea!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I (or Dustin) had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.

Walters' Reunion!

I have been meaning to post about our reunion for awhile, but I just haven't had the time. This actually took me a little while. Last week, Dustin and I took the long drive up to McCall for our family reunion. This reunion consists of my brothers and sisters and their kids. It was a week long, and so much fun. When we first arrived, we were swept off to the outdoor pool right away. Here is Saki. He wouldn't get in the water, just walked around throwing anything he could find into the pool.


Here is Patrick and Kennedy lounging in the sun.


I guess it took a lot out of Dustin because he had to squeeze a quick nap in after that.


Sunday, the majority of everyone was there, so we decided to do family pictures. This is as good as it gets with a family this big. We all have t-shirts that correspond with our own little family. It helps keep us organized, right? Here is a picture with my dad and all my brothers and sisters. Ten kids. I think the last time all the siblings were together for a picture was at my wedding two years ago.


Here is the oldest. #1. Maddie, Tawny, Regan, Marty. Their oldest, Taylor, had to work and couldn't come.


#2. Bret, Carson, and Ryan. Angie came the next day with Delany, and their oldest, Tyler, was at scout camp.


#3. Kyler, Meggan, Kristy, Kellan, Gregg, and Mikayla.


#4. Braxton, Payden, DeDe, Brandt, Bailey, Addison, and Kylee.


#5. Peni, Jaycie, Rose, Avery, Tu'i, "Ema, and Brooklyn.


#6. CIndy, Scott, Natalie, Alexis, Patrick, and Kennedy.


#7. Mason, Tony, Cameron, Brennon, Kaden, and Camille.


#8. I didn't get a picture of Cody's whole family togther (yeah, I missed a whole family), but here are Lilli and Carly at least.


#9. Ife, Sakiusa, and Celeste.


#10. Dustin, Macie, and me.


I think all the stress of picture taking wore Dustin out. Notice a pattern here?


Here is the whole family (minus the 4 who weren't there)


And here is a picture with my dad and all the grandkids. I think there are only 3 grandkids missing from this picture. Altogether, we have I think 34 grandkids. Not too shabby.


This is a random picture, but I thought Macie looked pretty cute sleeping in the morning.


Monday, we had "Beach Day". Not really a beach. It was a lake. Tony rented a boat for the day, and everyone had tons of fun. I wish I would have gotten a picture of Camille and Cindy, or Ife, on the tube, but I missed that part. Here is a picture of Rose, Macie, and Carly.


All of us sitting around doing nothing.


Dallin and Lilli were being so cute. I wish I would have gotten them on video, but I just got a picture instead.


Here we have Kylee, Bailey, and Payden. By the end of the day, it was a little overcast and windy. These guys were just worn out and a little chilly.


Ife was a little chilly, too.


Who sleeps like this? Stiff as a board. Apparently Bret does.


And of course it wouldn't really be a day at the lake if Cody and Bret weren't fishing. A bunch of the grandkids actually were playing in the little stream and caught a bunch of fish, too.


Even though Dustin had to leave on Sunday, and I was there til Wednesday without him, it was still a way fun family reunion. As always, I love getting together with my family. It was so awesome of everyone to do their best and make the effort to get there are spend time together. I am so blessed to have such an awesome family. I love them all so much!

Our House!

Well, if you didn't know, Dustin is building us a house. We are super excited. He's been working very hard to get this baby framed. We probably won't really be in there til end of September...October-ish...I'm trying not to set a date yet. Anyway, here is just an update on how things have been going for him. This is our foundation. Yee-haw.


The left side is the basement, and the right side is our garage.


Then we got an upstairs, the living room and kitchen.


Dustin was VERY excited to get this cowboy hat. I never thought him much of a cowboy. I must say, though, he looks pretty smokin' in it. :)


Then we got bedrooms above the garage. Dustin put the roof on this morning. Did you notice we have no front door? Don't worry, it's there. He hasn't cut out the sheeting yet, so it's hiding. On about day number two when he first started framing, he actually did forget to frame doors in our house, but he fixed it. It's our first house, so we're allowed to make mistakes like that, right?


Here is what our house will kind of look like finished. It is backwards and a different color, but you get the idea, right?


Part of the bedroom side is framed inside, but not all of it, obviously.


This is looking down at where the stairs go. It's a split level, so the stairs split at the landing and go down into our dirty basement and up into our living room.


Dustin really has been working his tail off getting this done. He's taking a summer class, working, and building this house, so needless to say I haven't seen him a ton lately, but his part is almost done. We REALLY appreciate those who have put even a little bit of time in (and tools) to help us out. I'm so thankful for Dustin and his hard work. He's the best husband ever invented!