Logan's October School Work

Logan seems to really love painting and gluing but hasn't been very excited about writing letters. He is doing much better than he was last year at this time. His personality really caters using the tools like scissors, glue and painting tools. He used to not like any of it (anything that required him to sit still at a desk) but now he seems to really have taken a liking to art.

Our New House

Our new house has come a long way. It first started as a simple lot that Ricky and I picked out. It has sense gone through several phases.  As of yesterday, we now have walls (no pictures yet).  It's been fun to take the boys down to the property for them to see each step of the building process and see how it's made.

 This is when we signed papers and purchased the property.

This is the lot after we signed papers. 

 Ricky brought the boys slings (similar to what David is believed to have used to kill Goliath) from Israel so we went to the property to try them out. 

 We broke ground as a family. 

 The construction crew dug trenches for piping. 

Piping was laid and the ground prepped for the tension slab foundation. This was Tuesday, 10/13/14.

 10/18/14

 10/18/14

10/18/14

10/22/14

 The initial framing went up very quickly. This was Friday 10/22/14.

 This was taken 10/24/14.

 The majority of the frame work is done. Now it's onto the inside and the more intricate details.

10/24/14

11/1/2014

11/1/2014

State Fair

Ricky had a procedure earlier this week that he has been recovering from so I decided to take the boys to the AZ state fair for a few hours to give Ricky a quiet house. I love fairs. We had never been this fair before but the boys are finally old enough to have a lot of fun and make it a fun experience. Unfortunately, this fair is pretty small compared to the fairs in CA that we're used to but it was perfect for the boys.  We took some time to walk through the animal areas then they quickly blew through 100 tickets on rides, fun houses and games. I can't believe all of the crazy fair food that they have now. We went simple...the boys ate a hot dog, roasted corn and the boys had their first funnel cake.
Other than Logan not understanding that he couldn't go on every ride he saw (most of which because he was not tall enough or because I deemed them not safe) we had a very fun and memorable day.