Morton Madness

Dad, Jusitn and Nic are leaving for their Elk Hunt so we needed to get these birthdays celebrated before they left.  Carlie made cupcakes and mom decorated the table.   Always a fun time trying to get this many kiddos to LOOK AT THE CAMERA AT THE SAME TIME!

Mom and dad had these five little crazies spend the night Saturday night.   Seth shot the bow for the first time.  Not bad for his first shot!  He did not want his picture taken. Jonah kept asking Papa to shoot.  He did great.  He begged to shoot again on Sunday and even came home and googled a Genisis Bow and asked if he could get one.  

They are finally starting on the outdoor kitchen!  So crazy how they tore the bricks out.  

Jonah has been practicing blowing bubbles.  He FINALLY got it!

The deck guys came out today and cut the squares in the deck.  We FINALLY got the approval for the kitchen!  HOA is wearing us out.  Why does it matter how tall my fence is?  

The boys decided to walk to school today instead of taking the bus.  We met the neighborhood gang at the gazebo.   Luke's teacher sent this picture after school.  

They were here at 6:30 this morning prepping to pour the deck.   The boys were sad to miss it.  We are not real happy with the color so they are going to come back out and see if we can make it darker.   They will come back in a couple of days to make the squares on the deck. stamping the texture equipment pad

The electrical work is in for the kitchen!  Now, for the HOA to get off our backs and stop being so nosy!  They didn't like the first drawing that was submitted so we are drawing up another.  They even wanted to know if we were going to have a six or eight foot fence and about the setbacks!  Get over yourself people... let us build like EVERY other house in the neighborhood!  

They have the deck laid out and ready to pour!  I know they are SO sick of seeing me.  They had it all ready except for the rebar and I went out and had them make a few changes to make it wider and longer in some spots.   The below picture is off the back of the driveway.

The boys met their teachers tonight.  Jonah has Mrs. Howell and Mrs. Sauls.  Jonah only has one buddy in class, Artis. Luke got Ms. Membreno and Mrs. Tucker.  He knows a couple of kids in there.  We met the neighbors at Palios again this year for dinner.  Mimi and Papa came and took the littles out to dinner while we met the teachers.  We haven't spent much... or any alone time with the bigs.  We missed them and I kept looking for them but we know the bigs enjoyed their time.

When I looked out the window I noticed that all the pool permits and inspection pass' were all gone!  The bag was still stuck to the window but there was NO paperwork.  At 8:30 tonight my neighbor sent me a picture of the paper and asked if we needed it.  It was in her flowerbed! I went and got it and told her if she found more to let me know.  I went out the next morning and guess what I found!  ALL the other paper work and permits... floating in the bottom of the pool in this nasty rain water.  

They laid the deck drains today and fill dirt to lay the deck.

They did the gas line this morning and cut something in THREE places.  We thought it was the internet but its working and Grande says there is nothing wrong!  Wonder what the heck they cut... only time will tell.  

Miesha called Monday and needed some help with an event she was having on Friday.  She asked if I could get away Thursday to help decorate or Friday to decorate and help run the party.  I told her that I was going to do EVERYTHING in my power to find someone to watch the kids.   Side note... this is Miesha's first party she has done EVERYTHING on her own.  She had a small budget so could not hire a caterer or someone to make the cake or deliver balloons.  She was even told that the venue had been paid for without her seeing what she had to work with on this tiny budget.   I was trying to figure out just how that was going to happen.  The party was out in Desoto.  We would leave at 8:00 Friday morning and decorate all day until the party at 8:00 that night and then stay to run the party which was over at midnight.   I knew that one person could not handle all my crazies ALL day so I started brain storming.   Got it figured ou...