Field Trip and Home Tour

Heather, Annee, and Hayden are on a field trip today. They went to see Snow White at the Capital Theatre and are making a visit to the WKU Planetarium. They are also having lunch at CiCi's where they get to top their own pizzas. Below is a link for a video tour of construction on our house. It is from Saturday. They have also been able to get some work done this week. A picture from this morning is also included. Girl Scout cookies are here. If you ordered them, I am sure that Annee or one of her representatives will be contacting you soon.

Home Tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g03722GJP5s

Too much reading - hopefully he will stay awake for the movie.

Weekend Update

Made it through another weekend. The Lasley kids had another double double on Saturday. Both Annee and Hayden were in double figures scoring this week. Their final game is this upcoming Saturday. A&H both fared better than their Dad. I made my return to the intramural court after almost a five year break. I was the oldest player on the court and it showed. The good news is that I survived. Heather had practice today in preparation for Briarwood's March Madness. I believe that Briarwood's team of teachers will be playing a team from Natcher Elementary this year. After signing Annee up for softball this afternoon, Hayden and I made it to our first WKU baseball game of the season. Once we get past this evening the week looks pretty good for weather and work on the house.

Annee auditioning for baby sitting jobs.

Hayden has started drawing hockey logos. He is hard at work on the Vancouver Canucks logo in this picture.

Hayden in our new living room.

Annee in the master bedroom. The master bath is off to the left.

Hayden is walking through through the dining room. Annee is in the garage.

Picture of the kitchen taken from the breakfast area. The laundry room is beyond the kitchen.

Progress!

Work on the house started up again this week with at least three days of work on it. We need to pick a front door this weekend. Annee and Hayden have hoops tomorrow. WKU MBB and WBB had senior night on Wednesday and Thursday. Their final three games are on the road before the conference tournament. We all made it for the Women and Hayden and I made it to the Men - Aneee had Girls Scouts. Cookies should be here next week!

Happy Valentine's Day

We are having a low key Valentine's Day. After church we went to lunch at Montana Grille and then came home and took a nap. Annee and Hayden both had excellent basketball games yesterday. It was definitely the Lady Longhorns and Annee's best game of the year. The Commodores dominated much of their game. The margin would have probably been at least 30. Signed Hayden up for baseball last weekend and will sign Annee up for softball next weekend. A&H had a babysitter on Friday night. First time in several months. Got to go to a movie with my Valentine. Below are flowers that Heather got for Valentine's Day. Wish I could claim credit, but they are from Grandpa Cy. It's a tradition that he sends her flowers for Valentine's Day every year.

Book Parade and Winter Strikes Again

Winter has struck again. H, A, and H have their 8th day off today. WKU even closed. Fortunately the WBB is still on for tonight. Briarwood had their Book Character Parade yesterday. Annee went as Amber Brown from Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon, while Hayden was Captain Underpants. We made it through another week of basketball. Hayden's team played much tougher competition which was a good change of pace. Annee participated in a Girl Scouts dance clinic with the WKU Topperettes a couple of Sundays ago. The girls got to perform during halftime. Progress continues on the house although it is being slowed by the darn weather. Hopefully it will stay nice for while.

Captain Underpants and his buddy Patrick.

Amber Brown and her posse.





Our attempt at making a snowman - aka Burt.

Annee performing at halftime.

Annee with some of her Brownies troop.

Winter Wonderland

The snow finally came. We ended up with about 5 inches - the most since we have been here. We took advantage of the snow and went on a family sledding expedition at Briarwood. Going down the hill proved to be much easier than going back up. The roads weren't too bad around town. A&H's basketball games were canceled but Annee made it out for a birthday party, Hayden and I went to watch WKU take care of New Orleans in MBB, and Heather snuck in a trip to Target. Quite a few churches have scaled back their Sunday activities but we believe that the hearty Methodists are operating on their normal schedule. The big question for next week is when will the county schools reopen.

The Snow Princess

Heather and Hayden getting ready to head down the hill.

The have made more progress framing the second floor of the house. The temps will be in the 40s next week so they should be able to get back at it before too long.

Snow Day

Below is what a snow day in Kentucky looks like. Just about every school has shut down for the day - even Bowling Green City Schools. In Kentucky, just the anticipation of snow is enough to shut things down for a day or two. Thursday was a rough one for Hayden James (and those sitting in front of him at morning meeting). He threw up and managed to hit a fair number of students in Heather's class in the process. That was just the beginning for him as he proceeded to throw up several more times at home. Annee had to step up and go to the WKU MBB game with me. WKU continues to struggle with an overtime loss to North Texas. Hopefully A&H will still have their basketall games tomorrow morning.

Work Resumes

Work resumed this week on our new abode. As you can see from the series of photos below, they have begun work on the second floor. A&H had a very good weekend of basketball. The Commodores continue to dominate their opponents, while the Lady Longhorns are coming along nicely as well. Their games are quite a bit more competitive. Annee had her best game of the season with 8 points and was more aggressive. Hopefully the games this week won't be impacted by weather. The forecast for the weekend is not good. Predictions suggest about 5 or so inches of snow could be coming our way. We went to about 12 minutes of the WKU-North Texas WBB game last night but left at half when we were up 49-15. The final was 101-53. The men play the Mean Green tonight - Hayden and I are planning on making our way to the game. New Orleans makes their final trip to Diddle Arena this weekend. They are moving down to Division III after this season.

Rain Delay - Stairs and Garage

Rain is delaying work on our abode but they did get the stairs in and the garage framed first. Hilltoppers are home on Saturday and Sunday against Middle Tennessee. The men are on ESPN2 Saturday at Noon. Annee and Hayden play early Saturday so we should have our activities wrapped up early. Annee has a birthday party Sunday so it might just be Hayden and I for the women's game. We are starting to make our spring break plans - heading to DC to show A&H where they were born.

Garage

Stairs

Weekend Update

We are done with 2/3 of our three day weekend. Annee and Hayden had friends over on Friday night. Made the rental rather cozy but nothing was broken so it has to be considered a success. Basketball went well on Saturday - for A&H and the Hilltoppers. It was picture day so we had to get to the games a bit early. Hayden's team (Commodores) was not fully tested (understatement). They don't keep score in 1st and 2nd grade but it would have been somewhere around 30 to 4. Hayden looked good and has made incredible gains from where he was last year. Annee's team (Lady Longhorns) had a sluggish start but had a fairly decent last 3/4 of the game. She played better and harder than last week so that was a positive. We are hoping that next week she chooses to use the backboard more often. The Hilltoppers beat Florida International Saturday night. Isiah Thomas coaches FIU but missed the game to be at his mother's funeral. After Sunday school this morning, we all served as greeters for the 10:00 service. Annee and Hayden do a good job and do most of the greeting. I also read the lessons - the Old Testament lesson was 17 verses - some eyes seemed to close after verse 14. After church we snuck in lunch at El Mazatlan before the Lady Toppers game. They were also victorious. Hopefully we'll get a chance to catch up on some work tomorrow. Work has continued on the house. Some pictures are inclulded below.

Someone was not very happy with the results of the Cowboys-Vikings game. Fortunately - we were at the Lady Toppers game for the 2nd half.

This picture is from the front left. The room on the left will be used as our office. The dining room is on the right of the entry way.

Another picture from the front of the house.

An essential item for all construction sites.

Progress Being Made on House

Heather, Annee, and Hayden returned to school on Wednesday after four days off. In Kentucky, you get at least one day off for every half inch of snow that falls. At least we got a trip in to Chuck E. Cheese's. Went up to watch WKU beat Florida Atlantic in MBB and WBB the last two nights. Florida International is here this weekend. Annee and Hayden also play on Saturday. With the weather warming up a bit, progess is being made on the house. Below are some pictures. We'll have more soon.

White Christmas in January

We had our closest thing to a white Christmas in January this weekend. Grandma Ann and Grandpa Jimmy made their way to Bowling Green yesterday so we celebrated Christmas with them - or at least we opened presents. As is the case with most the country, it is cold here. Annee, Hayden, and Heather did not have school Thursday or Friday. Unfortunately, I was not here with them since I was in Atlanta for a conference. A&H got some sledding in which is quite a novelty for them. They had their first basketball games today and both did well. Below are pictures of the blizzard, presents, etc.