House Addition

As many of you have already heard- we are in the process of a MAJOR house addition/ renovation. We are pushing back the first floor of our house to expand the kitchen, add a breakfast room, add a mudroom and expand the family room. In addition to these upgrades, we are also adding basement since we were required to pour a crawl space anyway. So, we will eventually gain a guest bedroom, full bath and 2 storage rooms in the basement as well! YIPPEE! So far, we have had the concrete company dig out the whole basement and they have made concrete walls as well. We are still waiting for the floor to be poured which will be this week. Then- the real construction can start! We are going to be broke- but it will be so worth it to have a larger home for our family of 5. It will be set up so nice for all of us and will be perfect for entertaining. Too bad it won't be done in time for the annual halloween party! Our kitchen cabinets are being hand made from the Amish and then a guy in the Quad Cities who did Dick and Mary's new kitchen. I can't wait to see the finished product! We ordered our new Granite counter tops and and have bought our new flooring. I am so nervous about picking paint colors because I want it to be just perfect! I guess I have awhile before I get to that point!

As you can see- Carson and Gavin are loving our dirt mountain in the entire backyard! They have been climbing and sliding it down it for a couple weeks now!

Updates on the Ghys kids

Ok, I have been bad about updating this blog but mainly because I have been spending most of my free time updating my surrojourney blog instead. As a refresher- that blog address is: http://www.theirbunmyovenourdream.blogspot.com/.

So, here goes trying to catch up on everything else in our lives. The boy's started school a few weeks ago. Carson is in 1st grade and is loving it. He has 3 other boys in his class from Kindergarten so he already has good friends. He really likes his teacher and is doing so good in school. He is becoming a strong reader and really seems to enjoy it. I am so proud of him! Here are a few pics from his 1st day. Carson is playing soccer now and is very busy "running around the ball". He loves the sport but is definitely not offensive at this point. His speciality is definitely baseball. The other day at Carson's school, there was a Cub Scout recruiter in the cafeteria asking the kids "Who wants to join the Cub Scouts", Carson replied saying "No, way, I am not a Cubs Fan." What a funny kid! Also, the latest accomplishment for Carson is Daddy taught him to ride his two wheeler without training wheels. Too bad summer is over now!







Gavin goes to preschool on Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's. I am not kidding when I say he is the smartest kid in his class. He knows every letter sound and can tell you what many words start with. He was never nervous about school and is excited to be there. He is lucky to have one of the same teachers he had for Blossom's and Buds and another teacher who he likes a lot too. What a big 4 year old!!! Gavin is such a sweet kid. He just has the most amazing facial expressions and knows how to work it for sure! When he is in trouble or getting yelled at- he will look at me all sweet and cute and say "I love you mom". Awwww, my heart melts every time!










Morgan is doing great at walking and talking. She says about 10-15 words now and knows more than 10 animal sounds. She is such a sweet baby girl! I can't believe how fast she is growing! :( She loves being outside and playing with her brothers. Between the three of them- they must run around the circle of our first floor at least 20 times a day chasing each other. Morgan is right there with them and just loves it!