Coming SOon....

Hello Blog world! Yes we are still alive here at the Wood Lodge! Here's the scoop. We are OFFICIALLY 99.9% DONE with our house. We have passed our final inspection(s) and are closing on our end loan today or monday!

AAAHHH!! I have started unpacking our J-U-N-K.....

Hence, no pictures yet, because it's a ZOO! BUT I promise I will update the blog with "the grand tour" in the next few days. And I hope that everyone truly appreciates the pain and torture with which I will post "the grand tour" becuase we are back on Dial-Up internet service. SOO there's the scoop. We will also be having an open house sometime in September, so all you lucky locals can come check out the "lodge"........stay tuned....

More random Utah pics

Manti or Bust

For the 4th we took a road trip to Manti to visit my gramma and my sister. TONS of fun. Here's some highlights.

in the truck heading up to the family cabin with cousins

chillin in the back with Scott (cousin)

Climbing the ladder to one loft in the cabin

family photo attempt #1

attempt #2

walking through a mountain field with cousin nathan

View from the cabin driveway

Walking down the cabin "driveway" to the stream.

Apparently every family picture was pure and utter TORTURE for this poor child. We gave up after this attempt

lane trying to break into the Manti temple

He was pretty concerned that no one was opening the door so he started knocking on the walls.

My sister my gramma and me.

Pony rides at the park! Lane thought that was pretty cool. He learned "Giddy-up Cowboy!"

Concentrating very hard on holding on. He did really well, and kept looking at me saying "It's bumpy!!!" I said "yeah like mama's dirbike, right?" he thought that was an acceptable analogy and was fine after that.

Sparkeler face.

I got to visit my friend Jessie on the way home. This is jessie's first baby she's due any day. YAAY

Lane was all doen on the way home. He was a great travelor! We'll have to do it again sometime!

Debut

Ok, so i decided it's ok to post a belly pic of me at 5 months, becuase at least i'm SUPPOSED to have a belly by then, right? Here you go, folks. Here's baby girl's grand appearance :)

Adaptable

Look who is WAY too comfortable living in a construction zone. Yikes.

I guess it's a good think this cat is tough. Out of the 4 or so cats we've tried to bring to this property she is the only survivor......

Here's to you, Meow! (name curtesy of Lane)

New Toy

Scott made an impromptu teeter-totter. Lane's a big fan, but needs more people his size!

Camo, Trucks, and tool sets....

All come in pink, right???

we're having a GIRL!!! AAAAAAAH!!!!   I KNEW it, but I'll be honest, I still cried the entire way home :)  I'm not sure what the emotion was to instigate the crying, but it's a mix of fear, joy, anxious, excitement, and who knows what else. But I think I ended at excitement.  The wood family is over as we know it, but it will be fun to see what it turns into :)  

Let the sewing begin!!

Funny

I was talking to gramma terry the other day, and

she says, "when is your baby coming?"

i say, "Oh not till november..."

Gramma (almost falls out of her chair) "OOOH.....really???? I thought you were MUCH farther along than that"

me.."yeeeahhhh.....not so much.....i'm just big"

Gramma...."well that's ok. people used to tease me, cuz i got huge too with my babies..."

Ahhhhh, I love old people :)

I can't escape it....here's a conversation with me and one of my patients at work last week:

patient: "oh!! when are you due?"

me: "oh, not till november"

Patient: (eyes bugged out of her head) "Yikes!! Triplets??!????"

me: "just shut up and do your exercise"

OH WAIT...that was what i said in my head.....real answer......"ha ha.....nope.....just one....."

Helarious!

tomorrow is my ultrasound......i'm pretty sure that i've cracked, and i'm going to find out what i'm having... I figure...i didn't find out with Lane, so i should find out with this one so i know which way is more fun. Right?? Ok. SO i'm taking guesses. I think it's a girl. What do you guys think?

deck party!

Scott started putting our decking down this weekend! Lane is so excited to be able to run up and down it and said, "oh! I can ride my bike on it??" yup, you bet, Lane.

we are using redwood....it's really pretty stuff....we probly will just clear coat it and not stain it. Wrap around porch and porch swings.....here we come!

Heaven part 2

My new definition of Heaven is having a kitchen sink. THOUGH i have not yet ventured to wash my dishes in it....because I don't have a dish drainer yet......but just knowing that it is there brings me joy :) And that I can turn the handle and water actually comes out??? Well now....there's pure bliss.

Delays

Well.....I'm not sure why this surprises and/or frustrates me.....but we are experiencing some delays with finishing our house. FIRST: we were supposed to get carpet on june 23rd....but apparently i ordered the most popular color of the century and it's backordered....tilll july 8th....ok.....WELL then our carpet guy calls and says he can't come till the 12th, and my heart almost broke.....why??? Because these days i'm a little pyschotic due to the growth i call "the belly" SOOOOOO a few more weeks *sigh* i can do it.

SECOND: we installed our hardwood last weekend, and here's where we

RAN OUT OF WOOD

Are you KIDDING me!!?!?! THIS.....THIS measely little section that would take like 6 boards, cost me getting my kitchen appliances this week. NOW we have to wait 2 weeks for One...1....stinking box of wood :) I'm not bitter......

But isn't it pretty??


So fun

here's when it's clean

Here's when it's not......i dont' bother cleaning it really....becuase we dont' have our carpet, and so people can't take their shoes off.....sooooooooo this is the constant state of my floor.....i'm not sure really the PROPER way to clean hardwood flooring since i've never ever dealt with it in my life.....so if anyone has some pointers, that would be great :)

weirdos

GRIZZ and KITTY

BFFs

That's love, when someone slobbers on you, chews on your head, carries you around by your leg, and eats all your food, and you STILL want to cuddle with them......

Downstairs bathroom

Scott built a little log vanity for the downstairs bathroom. Totally cute. YAY

Now we just need to grout, put down our hardwood, doorknobs and carpet and the inside is DONE!!!!

tile tile everywhere!

We got our kitchen counters on this weekend too. They are really pretty! We did a granite tile...

It's a tan, brown, white speckled, but from a distance kind of looks green. Either way i think it's really pretty! We got a brown sink...so it all ties in well together. I think the next pictures will just be when it's all done with appliances and all! WOO HOO