THE BYRAMS

Monday, April 21, 2014

Here We Go!

The house is coming along so quickly!

I couldn't be any happier!

Feb 11

Feb 18

Feb 21

The concrete guys worked for a week or two, and then all of the sudden I drove by one day, and there was house!

March 4

March 5

From right to left: Laundry window, kitchen window, dining sliding door, two window seat windows.

I told Vince I though the framers put my kitchen sink window a little too high!!!!

Something was wrong on the plans and we did lower it!

The next day it was beyond awful weather, and when my sister in law called me (she lives across the street) and told me they were hanging trusses I had to drive over immediately! The wind was blowing like CRAZY! I still can't believe they hung them that day!

March 5

The framers were sooooo fast! I couldn't believe it!

March 6th

I drove by at least 3 times a day at this point, it was so exciting to see it taking shape!

March 7th

March 10th

Here is the back

March 10th

The next two weeks were spent doing the heating, plumbing and electrical.

I happened over to the house one evening to help Vince and smacked my head into a beam. Nice.

March 28th

Ivy helps too. It was so cold this day and she sat freezing to death watching Frozen on the Ipad.

March 29th

On April 2nd Vince came home from the house with a super fun souvenir.

He was working on the heating and his finger got caught in his saw.

It got caught in the mechanism and he couldn't get it out. It just kept getting smashed!

I am glad to report that he didn't lose the finger, or the fingernail, and he is back to full use of his pinky.

The house April 4th

Heating: Check

Plumbing: Check

Electrical: Check!

Now we just need to pass those 3 inspections and we are on to insulation!

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Mmmmmmm

Sometimes I could just eat them!!!

but sometimes I could beat them too!

Shenanigans

I threw St. Patrick's Day together in a minute. Seriously, one minute.

With my phone being toast, Kindergarten registration, and running all over town trying to get tubs and doors bought for the new house, I didn't even have 3 extra minutes in the day.

But our little impromptu party came together nicely.

While the kids ate, I wrote out a little scavenger treasure hunt, and hid the clues right around them, good thing they are always so clueless as to whatever I am doing!

Jack read all the clues, so nice that he can read now!

I grabbed some toys that I had saved from Christmas and used them as the prize.

They loved it.

I love that they are easily pleased!

Kindergarten Shots

Guess who's going to Kindergarten this Fall????

It was time to get her shots, and she was super thrilled.

She wasn't feeling so lucky that St. Patrick's Day...

But a little Root Beer makes everything better.

Note: Day of Kindergarten registration they took the kids back to screen them.

I was wrestling in the hall (wrestling is putting it lightly) with Ivy and when Brooke came back with the teacher, the teacher asked me how we spell our last name.

B.y.r.a.m

She looks at her chart and looks back at me, "What?"

Byram. B.y.r.a.m, I say.

She looks at me again thoroughly confused.

"So it's not "E.l.l.e?"

Me: Huh? Oh wait a minute.

Apparently my soon to be Kindergartner doesn't even know what her last name is.

The lady had asked her "What's your name?"

Brookelle responded "Brooke"

Then the lady must have asked "What's the rest of it?" or "What's the last part of your name?"

She responded: "E.l.l.e" spelling out the last part of her first name.

Good golly. She is quite the blond!

Saturday Rides

On the 15th we decided it was a nice enough day to head over to G & G Byrams and break out the 4 wheelers!

The neighborhood we live in is not a great place to ride them, so we are storing them there and the kids miss them.

There they go!

Ivy insisted on wearing goggles and I couldn't stop laughing!

My favorite part was when George said he would bring the little 4 wheeler in! He looked awesome!

Monday, March 24, 2014

Bye Bye Binkie

For the past few months, she only got it at nighttime.

And if she was sick.

And on long car rides.

I was totally enabling her.

It was becoming habit for her to "Sneak Bink" behind the chair in her room, if she got it off the dresser while no one was looking.

if she is old enough to know it is "naughty", then she is old enough to go with out.

I was terrified to do it. But I did it, saving it in the closet for an emergency at 2am. Luckily, no emergency.

She is now 1 week sober, and life is good, for everyone.

Props

Jack was getting tired of the usual "Sunday Before Church Picture".

So on this particular Sunday he requested props.

Good call Jack, good call.

Western Day

Brooke was sooooo excited for Cowgirl Day at Preschool

And you better believe that Ivy was NOT about to miss out.

Winner Winner "Pork" Dinner

The School sent home a flyer about a Piggy Bank Beauty Contest for the Bank of Commerce.

All you had to do was build a Piggy Bank, out of anything you wanted, and turn it into one of the locations.

I told Jack No WAY! I didn't have time to do that, and really didn't want to deal with it.

But he just big fat went and did it anyway.

And it turned out awesome. Bank robber on top, cop at the drive thru window, security cameras, desks inside, a vault and safe, and the hole in the top for the money.

All I did was the Bank of Commerce sticker.

So.....GUESS WHO WON FIRST PLACE!