Helping Pops on the Farm!

Eli loves the tractor! Dad is getting ready for the big garden, so Eli was helping him with that.

Eli's Birthday!

Sunday was Eli's 2nd birthday, so we had a tonka truck party for him on Saturday. We had such a great time. Thanks for letting us have it at your house Dad. Here are a couple of pictures. I didn't take any from the party, so I will have to wait till I get some from people to post more.

Aunt Jennifer was in Town!

Matt's sister Jennifer was in town this weekend for Eli's birthday, so we went over there on Sunday and ate lunch. We had a great time and it was so beautiful outside, so we stayed out there the most.

Eli's new bike we got him for his birthday.

Grandad helping Eli ride.

Just like Eli to fix things. He does this to all his toys.

Nana and Grandad got Eli this tunnel for his birthday. He loves it.

Uncle Michael, Eli, and Aunt Jennifer.

Eli's hiding from Uncle Michael in the tunnel.

Flying Eli.

Eli loves to push his bike, so Uncle Michael was helping.

Daddy helping Eli learn to ride. He caught on pretty fast.

Nana, Eli and Grandad.

Watching cars go by.

Matt giving Eli a little talk :)

You can always find the Kirkpatrick's playing football when the weather gets nice. Here is Jennifer, Eli, and Michael.

Eli ran far away....

Our Trip to the Aquarium

Eli and I took a little trip to the aquarium last Friday. We had a great time and he really enjoyed himself.

Here he is running down the ramp. He just kept running and running.

More running...

Running again... he had a blast!

What's he looking at?

A shark!!!

Can you find him? I told him to stand on the platform and he didn't even come close to being able to see him. It was funny.

My little baby kangaroo.

He was scared of these things. Not exactly sure what they are. Sting rays maybe.

Here he is on the bridge outside of the aquarium. I have to find an ATM cause the garage where we parked took only cash.

So tired! I was asking myself why I took him when I knew he would sleep in the car and I wouldn't get to rest when we got home. But it was worth it. He had a great time!

What a Difference a hour makes!

This was taken a couple of days ago. Tommy and Matt cleaned it Thursday night. You can tell in the next picture that it was cleaned up.

This was taken about 8:30am this morning. They got there at 7:30am this morning have been working very hard!!! I was so excited to see what they got done!


They have worked like mad men lately. Our heating and air is getting put in Monday and our new windows and siding will start going probably around the 21st. And our hardwood will be going in soon in the kitchen to match the rest of the house. Then once the floors go in we can fix the drywall and get the cabinets in. There will be so many things going on soon it will be crazy! I will keep everyone posted.

Progress on New Addition

The first picture is when they framed around the footers to pour a slab of concrete for our new addition. The second and third pictures are of when the slab was poured and they started framing the outside walls and the last two are what I took today. They got the addition "in the dry" last weekend. YEAH! Hopefully this weekend they will get the ceiling up so we can move our heating and air unit. I will post more soon... Thanks to all have been asking about it. Also thanks to all who have been helping. It's been such a blessing to have everyone helping.