Monday, July 21, 2008

Meet McBeamerson



This is McBeamerson, a new member of our family. Isn't he cute? This is the scene Annie and I found last week when we went (wow +5 alliteration!) out to the house. The framers had installed this 20ft by 18in steel beam across the back of our family room. Yes, it was as per specs, but we just didn't realize it would hang so low. I could reach up and touch it from the ground. It hung down a full 18in from the ceiling. Our builder tried to talk us into leaving it initially, stating that "oh, you won't even notice it when it's in." Hi, have you met us before? We are apparently very picky. Because we did not want McBeamerson in the family. So, after some words were exchanged with the framer...I give you...'lil Beemie! They pushed the beam up into the ceiling and said our HVAC wouldn't work, but we didn't care! We are form over function people. So, when you come over, bring your portable fans and/or heaters, cause it's going to be hot and/or cold in our house.

Here's the after picture of 'lil beemie.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Floor Plans

Here are the floor plans. (In case you wanna case the joint).

Downstairs:


Upstairs:

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Pick your Favorite Win a Prize!








fine print: the prize is really just the satisfaction of knowing that you possibly, maybe, influenced our decision...and our undying gratitude and appreciation...and our next born child, Cheedo Archibald, or one of our existing children, because they have had really questionable behavior today.

Here are a few pictures showing alternate views of the house.


Sunday, July 6, 2008

Kid's Stuff

So, this blog is mostly about our house, but I wanted to share a few kid related morsels. This is the video showing the song that Marsha sang at Papa's wedding dinner. Don't pay attention to me, she's the real star of this one.


I was practicing a ton and we hadn't initially planned on having her sing with me, but she just out-of-the-blue started to sing with me on the chorus and it was so cute, so we decided to see if she wanted to and she said "yep." I was nervous that she wouldn't go through with it, but she did, and it was so cute. We didn't tape the actuall performance, but recreated one for posterity. She had to have the microphone to sing, otherwise she wouldn't perform.

Here's a few pics of us at the cabin. We went fishing, but there were no fish. Then Nula threw Marsha's new shoes into the river. She was very upset and has reminded us frequently of this fact. But we had fun!

We also white-trashed it up with a hommade fireworks show out in the street. The kids were mostly excited but mostly scared of the fireworks. It was more fun to watch them than the actual fireworks.









Foundation Firming 101: How a?

That sort of sounds like a really good workout video. Anyone want to start one with me?

So, here are the results of last week's pour. Looks good! Save all of your oohs and aahhs for my audition tape for So You Think You Can Dance, or SYTYCD as Ann likes to call it. I'll post that later. I pretty much owe all of my inspiration to Dance Company and the dance that I practiced for but never actually did. Man am I glad.

Here are the pics. Sorry, no nudity.















Here is a video.

Try to watch it without throwing up or down. It sort of reminds me of that Bourne Supremacy movie. I could totally get a job with that director. You can hear the birds singing in the background in the video. One of them landed on my shoulder. They're just so excited for us. And it really is a wonderful, magical place out in West Farthingham. The sun is always shinning and there is always a rainbow. Mostly, the animals come running when we drive up to the lot and regale us with Disney songs. Then, after the squirrels feed us dinner, the neighbors get together to hold hands and write missionaries. Most likely, we will strike oil, find gold, or diamonds on our property, I just haven't gotten out my prospecting pan yet. It's still in the basement with our metal detector. Anyway, if you'd like to buy a lot, call 521-lots. Disclaimer: I can't really guarantee that the animals will sing to you, I think they just really like us specifically, but you'll probably have all that other stuff, diamonds, gold and oil and rainbows, if you like that sort of thing.

So, after all this happened, I fell down into our hole and bloodied my shin. The bird on my shoulder laughed, so I fed it to a passing skunk. Who's laughing now?


Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Don't Lose your Footings


Here are pictures of the footings that were poured yesterday.
They are so interesting to look at we know.



Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Yay new house!

Nula says, "Go forth and build me a house, exactly 20 cubits by 30 cubits." No, that's what Ann said to me. Nula's exact words were "I-waahhnn ummm housh-u-moush."

We are excited to a
nnounce the birth of our new house. We don't have a blog for our kids, but we have one for our house, which incidentally, is still a gleam in its' (is a house a boy or a girl?) parents eyes. Meaning, it's still a hole in the ground. Notwithstanding the previous, we would like to keep everyone updated on the status of the construction of the house. Mostly because we're so excited. And because we're overtly confident that everyone cares as much as we do. Yay! Over-assumptive narcissism. We love you all!

Quick Facts:

Location: Farmington Ranches (West of I-15, ok really West of I-15, ok, like almost out to the lake West of I-15)

Style: Northwestern Craftsman, with a few requisite Utah house touches.

Type: 2-story, slab-on-grade, a little bit bigger than our condo. No basement (frown).

Projected Completion: December 2008 sometime.

Here's us at the Ground-breaking ceremony. I forgot my golden shovel. I was also a little surprised that no one else showed up. Didn't you all get the invitations?

Here's a few videos!



More to come later.



We hope to be done before Christmas!