Ice Skating Princesses

We had a fun time taking the girls ice skating a couple weekends ago. They all did well on the ice! Kaitlyn is getting more and more comfortable on the ice, while Ashley is doing well on her "training" ice skates. Lauren surprised us all, though, by getting brave and trying some skating all on her own, without Dad's help. She had a few falls, but did great. Most of the time, though, she (like her sisters) did laps around the rink holding desperately onto Dad. A good time had by all!

Our house is framed!

I haven't posted anything for awhile, but wanted to "show off" some pictures of the much-awaited framing of our house. Here's a view from the front and the back. They plan to start the 4-way work this week (plumbing, electrical, HVAC, gas line etc) andso we're hoping to continue to see progress. It's been a slow process, but we're finally seeing some progress. We had hoped to be in the house before school started last August, but our hopes and expectations have had to adjust several times, and now we're just really hoping to be in before our baby comes in May. We'll see...