Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

So, for those of you who don't live in or around Portland, we get kinda crazy about snow here. Any mention of it and people hunker down, collect massive amounts of food from the store, and prepare to be snowed in for weeks on end (despite the fact we've never been snowed in more than a day or maybe two during my lifetime :). My favorite is the news stations and what clever title they have created for the latest weather adventure. This weekends was entitled "Arctic Blast 2008." Really, that sounds like we're at the North Pole or something! 

Anyway, we did end up getting a couple of inches (definitely a blast :) so of course Erik and I had to go enjoy it! Makes for such a fun morning!

Junie B wondering what the white stuff falling from the sky is. 

It was so fun waking up to snow!

Meet snow Erik and Erin!

Aren't we cute friends?!

And now, time for some hot chocolate!

For the record

We saw the house again today! It was fun to get some pictures when it wasn't pitch black out, but those pictures aren't in this post, they are in the post below. The one Erik so kindly contributed. Please pay no attention to the words on the previous post, the pictures speak for themselves :)

It was raining pretty hard, so we didn't stay long, but it was still fun to see! We'll keep you posted!

Player Please

Dear readers, to whom it may concern, et al.

    Seasons greetings to all my vader haters out there.  This is my first post to the blogified interwebs.  I hope that my wife has been doing a good job of keeping y'all updated about the building of our new house.  She probably hasn't been giving you the whole story.  Here is "the rest of the story".  We are building a house.  We occasionally post pictures.  We stumbled upon this location in oregon while we were on vacation from Mexico.  I was totally thinking to my self, "we should think about buying a house here", erin was thinking, "I need to get some hair spray, let's stop by target".  Next thing you know we were buying a house, and it is totally awesome.  We are actually have a contest, it is self titled "most excited about  the house contest."  All you have to do is post a comment to this blog with your favorite slogan and what your favorite TV show is.  The winner will receive our undying affection for the rest of the house buying process.  Good luck and may the best poster win.  Below are pictures of our foundation and the plumbing that will remove our waste water.   See for additional comments. 

It was raining, I got my boots muddy.

Erin tried to walk on the beams, but she doesn't have the best balance.

This last picture is of our soon to be driveway leading to our garage, but where else would it be leading to?  About this time we were both getting pretty hungry, so we decided to consult our recent addition to the family, our Entertainment book (thanks uncle ken).  (that's my first blog shout out).  Next we went to an undisclosed location for lunch.   My wife just about  pulled the laptop out of my hands (that she gave to me in the first place, btw).  

This will be the best post ever in blogville, 

Erik

SO IT BEGINS

It wasn't a lie, they really did break ground! We were so excited we decided to drive down last night to check it out, here's what we found. Despite the fact that you can hardly see what is in the pictures these are some of my newest favorite pictures. It really feels like a beginning to a new and exciting part of our life. We are so blessed!

The view from the street. Straight ahead is the driveway,
to the right is the porch and dining room, doesn't it look great?!

This is the view from the front right hand corner of the house, so what
you see is the dining room, behind that is the kitchen,
and in the far left corner is the family room/den!

I'm sure you can tell, but this is obviously us hanging out in the backyard!

I only put this in because it's kind of creepy. The creepiest part is that
we couldn't see the fog, it just showed up in the picture!!

They broke ground...

Or so I've been told. 

Today-a big hole...tomorrow-foundation. 

It could all be a dream, but then again, it could finally have happened. Of course it happens the one week we won't be in the area to take pics, but I'll get one as soon as possible. 

If anyone drives by our lot will you let me know if the hole is real?! Thanks.

Ugly Christmas Sweaters and Making Spirits Bright

Well, yet again, no house update...but on a good note, I've had some fun friend time in the last couple of days! On Friday some friends and I got together in our best ugly sweaters! We had a great time, played some serious poker, had some good wine, and laughed a TON! Girls, thanks for a great evening-it was just what I needed!

Tonight I met up with Jeannie and Tracy to help Make Spirits Bright for Children's Cancer Association. See here for more info! It was fun to see you friends! I had a blast!

The non-update

Yep, you read right. This is a non-update. That's because there is nothing house-related to update you on. Sad, right? Apparently there is a new permit guy working for the city of Keizer who is taking a little longer than usual. Hey permit guy...just in case you are reading this I have at least 2 dedicated readers who want updates (and maybe one is my husband, if I remind him)...help us out here. No permit = no update. That's not a happy equation. 

None of the realtors seem to be concerned, so I guess that is a good sign. The last realtor I talked to said they are building houses in about 85 days right now, which still puts us moving in at the end of February. The fact they can build a house in 85 days is a whole other blog. So there you go, no update. Maybe tomorrow...