We are getting things cleaned up here. The following are pics of our family room, from varying angles. This is the sitting room/computer room angle. We will post more pics as things continue to get in order.

This is our sitting room/computer room/kids library/playroom (and part of our family room).

Getting cleaner!

Fuzzy picture of our cleaner family room (our "Media room"). Notice the kids Library on the far right of the picture.

Some progress made (this was taken on the 15th).

Victory over boxes...

We have lots of bird friends here, but haven't been able to put up the feeder yet. A little ice (no, none of that is snow, just ice...) and our deck work fine though. Look close and you'll see seven birds on the deck.

We got a tree (thanks Mimi and my folks).

Moving stinks...

Shiree got sick (so did I)...

Moving has been a trial!

It's a boy! Today Shiree had an ultrasound, and here he is! The due date is May 18th.

Here he is with a little enhancing to better discern his outline.

Computer at new house, no phones...

We have taken the computer over to our new house, and have no phone line yet, so I am posting this from work. Don't try to call our home phone, it is no more. We got power yesterday, and the propane tank set. Today we should get it filled and hooked up. We move tomorrow morning! We should have a phone out there by monday ( I hope). Call our cell if you need us.

Amazing!

Got this off of the weather channel today. This has been an unbelievable storm year! And this doesn't mention the earthquakes! Read on:

Tropical Storm Epsilon, the 26th named storm of this remarkable hurricane season, has been christened in the Atlantic Ocean about 845 miles east of Bermuda. Epsilon is churning westward and may gradually increase in strength. It is, however, expected to shift to an ENE track after about 36 hours, thus sparing Bermuda any effects. The storm likely will become extratropical by this weekend as it continues its journey over the open waters of the eastern Atlantic.

The amazing 2005 Atlantic hurricane season has shattered many long-standing records, chief among them a record number of named storms, twenty-six, which has obliterated the previous record of twenty-one in 1933. There also have been 13 hurricanes so far this season breaking the old record of 12 set in 1969. Another record set was for the most category-five hurricanes, three, with Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Wilma became the strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin with a pressure of 882 mb breaking the old record set by Gilbert (888 mb) in 1988. Katrina likely will be the costliest U.S. hurricane on record. Also, the final seasonal tally for damage will be the greatest in U.S. history, breaking the previous record set just last year. The landfall of four major hurricanes in the U.S. also set a record.

Here is the house right before I left today. You can see the door we put up today on the crawlspace, our air conditioning unit, our smooth yard, and the new deck.

The guy came by and smoothed out our yard today and I spread some grass seed. If you look close, you can see our house number (1545).

Deck. You can see our temporary power cord running by the base of the deck.

Here is our house as seen from the far corner by the road. That's going to be a lot of grass to mow next year! Notice the deck and if you look closely, our new door to the basement/crawlspace.

Here is Shiree and the kids standing on our messy deck.

Here is our closest neighbor's house

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blue ridge

Notice the moon between the clouds. Sunset was behind my back, shadow of the mountian is on the trees in front.

Mountain pic I took today. 

Jen on the parkway...

Jenny on top of the world

Jen and I (Lance) were on the parkway this evening. 

November 10th, deck going up.

November 10th

Here is a pic of the house today. It is officially dried in now. Thor was still working on it when we left, putting up the rest of the shingles (that's him on the roof...).

Not so good of Alex, but here are the kids for Boone Boo today. Cinderella and Tigger.

Here is the driveway view, notice the roof is up. Thor finished the part that is not yet shingled. It should be shingled tomorrow!

Today, from the other side.

and here it is from the road on my way out!

Inside. (from living room, looking through kitchen, into family room. The braces in view will be knocked out and the room open.)

and by the time I left, this is what what on the lot (they had almost finished the roof. Amazing)...

then the last piece was brought up, picked up, and swung out...

Set on the foundation, ratcheted together with the other section (this is our basement/crawlspace)...

lifted in the next section (roof was hinged up and nailed into place at the same time as the other.)

then hinged up the roof, brought in the next section (on the left)...

set on the foundation...(you can see into the kitchen here)

Swung into place...

First section going up.

Here was the frosty lot this a.m. (24 degrees). Thor was putting down the plastic moisture barier.

It is confirmed. The house is here, just down the street from the lot! We haven't seen it yet, but will probably go out on Wed. eve. Thursday a.m. it gets set!!!

Here is Jenny's talk. She told me what she wanted to write, then she drew the pictures to remind herself. I added the color, but she did the rest. Notice the spikey hair on daddy in the baptism photo, and Jenny's long pig tails--she loves drawing long pigtails these days. Notice also the folded arms in the last 2 pictures, grandma laying down (Jenny ran out of room for the body) the spikey daddy hair, and the bended knees in the last one. She did a fantastic job!!!

More house pics from Denver.

Although not the best picture, here is our utility room with a door leading to our backyard, and a pantry/closet on the left. Fun! The bucket is paint for touch-up after transport. I don't know what the box is...

A light in our entryway.

This is our living room. They have roped off the carpet, siding, molding, etc. for transport.

This is our deep tub in our bathroom. The shower is to the right.

This is in our bathroom.

The house is done!

I went to Denver, NC to R-Anell to walk through our house before it comes up next week. This is our color scheme. The following pictures were taken there today. It looks incredible! The inside is only primer, but looks great. We love it! Can't wait to see all three pieces together on the lot!!! the word is that it will be on the lot monday or tuesday, and Thursday they will set it on the foundation. Updates to come...