Nathan and Naomi have welcomed a sweet Christmas gift into their lives! Violet Christine Levin-Greenhaw came into the world on Dec.17th at 1038. She weighed 8# 13 oz and was 20 inches long. We are all thrilled and thankful to the Lord for his Blessings in this new member of our family. Keep Naomi in your thoughts as she has had a hard birth and is still recuperating. They are both delightful new parents, and a joy to watch. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

We were sitting in the living room and reading, when Biscuit started growling. When David looked up, there were a couple of deer out enjoying the apple tree. Bidcuit chased them all over 5 acres! Of course hunting season was over at that point!

We enjoyed what little snow we recieved, it really felt like Christmas time. I even got David to put up lights on the porch! Last week I put up some fir boughs on the railing by the front door, and some little fake trees with the old red sled by the entry. I also put out my villages. The trouble is, I still have so many boxes of stuff, it's hard to remember where certain items are. David says once I clear out all the Christmas boxes from the shop, it will be empty!

Happy Veterans Day! I hope we all remember what brave men have done for our country.
I love the Fall season, with the red and orange leaves falling. The big oak has just dumped lots of leaves. We have discovered that most of them have fallen into the gutters, there by clogging them up just in time for the big storm we recieved this past week. Poor David climbed up to clean the gutters out,even tho he is just getting over a bad cold.
Our old dog Button passed away a couple ofweeks ago. She was 11 1/2. We miss her, she was a sweet dog. Biscuit, our 3 yr old spanial, was not sure why we were burying Button out in the Secret Garden in the moonlight. He has tried to be a very good dog ever since.
I did get one flower bed planted before the weather turned. I planted over 30 1 gallon periniels, mostly lavender, white cone flower, bush phlox, peonias, asters, daisies,etc. I also put in 100 daffidills, and 50 grape hyacynth. I also have the mums to plant. We shall see what the deer think of this new smorgasborg. I have heard that they don't like most of the afore mentioned plants, so we shall see.
David's grass is coming up, I am so glad! We need to reduce the amount of mud that the dog can romp in.
We will have a beautiful baby granddaughter in only 3 weeks or so! Naomi is due the 6th of December. We are so excited to see a new generation coming about, and to see what she looks like!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving in only 2 weeks or so, everyone!

Well, Happy September! It soesn't feel like Fall, as it is about 94 degrees out! Hope you are all having a great Labor Day weekend. We are enjoying our cozy little home under the big trees. I thought I had better post some new pictures, as we have been busy unpacking and sorting and putting away. So here we are. We are finally done with the contractors and bank and can focus on making our home like we want it. I am loving my kitchen and all the light in the house!
We are going to try for an Open House the end of September. I was so sorry to have missed seeing Danial and Shirley when they came thru from Wyoming! It seems that we have been so isolated out here and only concerned with getting the house done and all the details. Now we want to see our friends and family! I can't wait to share our new space with you all. (I will have to make another post for all the pictures.) Take care.

Yeaaa! We passed our final inspection on Friday! We actually have been living in the house for a couple of weeks, as we couldn't stand it any more. But now we have started moving the furniture in, stacking boxes and trying to remember where we put something. It has been an entire year, if you can believe it! We are very thankful to be thru with the house at last. Of course there are a few little "projects" to do around the place, but we can actually start to settle in.
David and I have tried to rest today after moving in more furniture yesturday, including the couch and desk and beds. We have the TV Armoire in, after I gave it a crackle finish, to update it. I have been trying to get a bookshelf painted as well. Too many things to do and not enough time!
We will try to have an open house when we get everything put away and done. Hope to see you all there!

Happy Fathers Day! We've had our first family get-together in our new house! The kids all managed to get here from all their differant directions. We really loved seeing them! Naomi is doing wonderful, with virtually no morning sickness. Jeremiah is headed off to Yosemite for the summer, so we won't see him untill Fall or Thanksgiving maybe. Rachael is glad to have the term over and will go one more year for a degree in nutrition. David and I are just hanging on, all we can think about is getting the house done. As you can see the maple island top is in, now David gets to cut a big hole in it for the cooktop. Maybe we can use the cut out for a chopping block. So we are waiting on the granite counter installer, the excavator, the plumber to finish and the concrete to be poured for the driveways. Also gutters and tubelights and porch steps, and a number of little things. When we prayed for patience, we didn't think the Lord would give us such an opportunity to develope it!

I can't believe how wonderful it is to turn a light swich and get instant illumination! The electrician has been out and has hooked up the oven, as well as oll the lights and outlets. We have to wait on the counter guy before we get the cooktop in but the kitchen is coming together! I can stand there and imagine myself cooking away. I'm getting very excited! Next week we hope to get counters and have the trim and inside doors going in. David has hauled away 2 truckloads of cardboard from all the packaging!
It won't be long and we can have all of you over for an open house!

Tiling. Too tired to write more!

Lots going on this week! I was off all week, and was the "gofor" for David and Curley while they put in the floor. We also have had the finish carpenter here putting in the kitchen cabinets. His name is Samuel and he is doing a great job- comes at 7:00 and seldom goes home untill 6:00. Today the "finish package" came- the inside doors, the trim and closet shelves and rods,etc. The pictures are of the guy delivering the finish package. It was too wide to fit thru the garage door- the door is 16 ft and the trim was 18 ft wide! So David and Curley had to "work it" to get it in. Mabel spent all week laying the felt and foam for under the flooring, and really wished for Rachael to help her , as they had made such a good team when she was down the last weekend. Today I took Mabel and walked her feet off at Home Depot, and got all the lights and the supplies to tile the bathroom floor,etc. It took us 4 hours. She was lucky to get a potty break and lunch! Also the tub was delivered , but it was the wrong one, so a flurry of calls and high blood pressure, and the plumber called and smoothed my feathers down, and promised to get the right order out soon. Hopefully this month. I also looked at granite countertops. There is a wholesale importer who has great prices on granite counters she gets from China. If I can find an installer to put it in this month, I am going with granite. Well, my 1 week vacation is almost over and we are worn to a frazzle- so it must be time to go back to work. But first the tile floors!

Color and lots of it!Except for the living room which is a light beige. We are so greatful to have Mabel and Curley helping us with the floors. They are able to be here for a few days. I can't wait to get the floor all laid, it is so pretty, and really contrasts with the walls. Last year on Memorial Day we camped here under the big fir trees and made a campfire! There was only tall grass and blackberry bushes at that point. I can't believe how much has changed since then- here we have a house almost done and a big shop. What will the next year bring?

At long last my kitchen cabinets are here! I am so excited and can hardly wait to get them set up in the house. It was quite a sight to see the semi truck get turned around and back up our little road. They did a great job, and stopped the truck at the bend in our lane, then dolly'd the boxes of cabinet parts over to the house garage. We had to put them in the house garage as there is no more room in David's shop. I have it filled full of furniture and boxes of who knows what.
Before we can get the cabinets in, the walls need to be finished with the plastering, and then we get to paint! I have lovely colors of lime green(!), and sunny yellow, and moss green and sky blue, and antique white all picked out. You will have to come and see us to see which room I paint lime green!