updates...

Casey had all of last week off, a whole week.  This is what he did in between taking ruby to the park while i was in portland with my dance team...

the gate is moved back, we will have to much more parking room now!

The gate from the backyard.  i think the dogs liked it better when the could run along side the house, and see who was here.

Outside of ruby's window.  You can also  see the flow-well that casey put in
The patio...we are ready to pour our concrete as soon as the weather and our crew of helpers are ready too.
Next project...the yard.  It should be interesting with dogs :)

An a side note my girls did so well at state.  We took home 2nd place!!  I was so proud of them, they worked so hard, and all that hard work paid of.

backyard update... for those interested

Casey had his "weekend" Thursday and Friday, so nice since the weather was good....so he worked on our backyard project along with my dad, his dad, Abe, and Eddie.  Here is what we have completed thus far.  We are hoping to pour our concrete next Saturday, weather permitting.  

Work Day #1...

Forms are started and gravel is being brought in

Here is our patio...note we are putting in a door where the window is currently so we will have access to the patio from the dinning room.  I can't wait.
Ooops this is the beginning of day 1...
Moving the gate back so we will have parking along side the garage...
Work Day #2...end results...

The big black thing is a flow drain that is going in the ground....we have 2 of them because we have serious water issues.  Casey dug two  3 ft deep holes about 3 ft wide too.  He's so manly.
The steps up to the patio...
The patio...you can see part of the hole that the drain goes in

Click here to see my teams state routine...please note that the quality is not the best so all the small detail is really hard to see.  With that being said please come to a FREE showing March 15th at South Albany HS at 1pm.  All the local schools will be doing their state shows

the good...the bad..and the soon to be...

The good:  Dance season is almost over, and my girls competed at their last local competition before they go to state in 2 weeks... and they WON...by alot!  It was such a great day for them.  They looked amazing and made me so so proud...I actually cried.  Good job ladies!  (jenna i tried uploading the routine, but blogger wont let me do videos for some reason...sorry)

The bad...very bad:  Ruby has had a fever since Friday.  No other symptoms but just a nasty fever.  Poor lady has never had a fever before so it is very new to all of us.  She gets really bad at night.  Her temp ranges from 100 to 104...so scary.  All she says is "hot...hot...hot" it breaks my heart.  If she is not better by tomorrow the doctor wants to see her.  

The soon to be: Casey has been working hard with the help of Eddie, Pat, Gabe, Abe, my dad, and his dad we will soon have a back patio.  We are pretty excited to finally have a place to hang out in our backyard.  Casey has been working so hard and we hope to be pouring the concrete within a few weeks :)...PS- thanks for all the manpower boys, we really appreciate your help!

Here's some "in progress" pictures...