Updates Galore!!

Ok so where do i begin??? Last time i posted we had started on the addition to our house and I will get to more of that later but first back in the last week of July we had vacation to Branson, Mo.                          

Vacation:
So we went to Branson and took my niece and nephew Brody and Riley. We stayed at this awesome hotel with a water park and an arcade which was awesome it had all kinds of cool things to do.

 The first day we were there we went to The Track parks which is go kart parks with all kinds of different things to do besides just go karts.We also went to the Titanic Museum and it was really cool we all recommend going!  We had a blast there as well! Then that night we went to the Landing and ate with some of Corey's family then went to the Liverpool Legends show which is a tribute band to the Beatles made up by George Harrison's sister Louise which we got to meet. (We had the hook up!!!)  This was all of our favorite part of the trip! We are all huge Beatles fans!

After our night out to see the Liverpool Legends. the next day was Silver Dollar City...be prepared to laugh at these photos lol!!

As you can see by our faces we were having a blast ...or at least some of us! lol

The next day was the day we went home but not before Joe's Crab Shack and Old Time Photos!

We had one of the best vacations ever, especially since we got to take some of our favorite little ones!

House:
Update on the house, we have been very busy working on our house so I will post pictures of what we have done on our addition and the carport that we are enclosing.

School:
So I started my Dental Assisting School this week and I have to say I love it so far, it will be tough but i know with the support of friends and family I can make it through!



Remodel : Phase 3

So we have been working on our house alot lately because we have been on vacation and that is what we did with most of our vacation was work on the  3rd phase of our house remodeling.  We finished the foundation and most of the framing for tthe addition that we are adding.  I dont have the pictures yet of the carport that we are enclosing but hopefully will have those up soon because it is almost done as well. Here are a few pictures of the process of getting started on our addition that will soo nbe a master bedroom.

This is the where we are doing our addition it was once our deck.

This is after the deck was gone and the footers were dug for the foundation.

This was when the footers were poured.

This is after the foundation after Corey blocked it.

This is when we started framing the floors.



This is when we got the plywood down for the floors.

This is the room framed up minus the trusses which will be here this week. I didnt have the whole room but this is the closet and part of the bathroom.

More to come soon!

Super BUSY

So I know I have been behind on blogging so get ready for a lot of blog posts on different things that have been going on so far this month! Get ready for one long post......


Finally Air Conditioner

We finally have our central heat and air and it has been so nice, we almost don't feel normal.  This was the truck when it delivered it to our house

We were so excited!! We had a little things come up that slowed us down but we got it done!! We went from having window units in all the rooms to vents in our ceilings!!

This was Corey while working on the unit

Now we have a thermostat that can be set on whatever we like

4th of July Weekend

Wow was our 4th of July Weekend busy or what......On Saturday we had a family get together with Corey's family and we had some BBQ and we swam, it was such a relaxing day to spend with family.  We got to see people we don't get to see much so that was fun!! Here are some pictures.

We even got to see our little nieces and new little nephew that we don't get to see that much!!

Meet Kynselee: She is so beautiful and has the best personality and such a good baby!!

We have a new little nephew named Jaxson but I didn't get any pictures of him, he is also very cute and a really good baby!!

Here are some of Madison and Kylie, they loved swimming

We had such a good time with all of them! I hope we can make a tradition out of this every year!!

On Sunday Corey and I went to church all dressed up in red, white, and blue....We even got the Camaro out and drove it!

On Monday the 4th we had a get together at my Moms with all her family and we celebrated my 23rd birthday. I don't have any pictures of that but it was alot of fun!

My Birthday

My birthday was July 7th and Corey took off to spend the day with me.  We also had some concrete poured for our foundation on our house (more on that later). But we spent the day together and went shopping and ate dinner at Red Lobster with my Dad and Renetta.



Recipes

People have been asking me for a few recipes that I make on a regular basis so here is the recipes to my Mamaw Smith's Lemonade and Baked Beans

Lemonade

Ingredients:

3/4 gal. cold water

2/3 cup of real lemon juice

2-3 lemons (pulp and juice)

8 level scoops of country time lemonade

3-4 cups of sugar

Mix all ingredients together then start with 3 cups of sugar and then add more if you would like for your taste.

Makes 1 gal. ( I slice extra lemons and put in mine to make it pretty as well)

Baked Beans

Ingredients:

1 large can of Bush's Original baked beans

3/4 cup Ketchup

2 TBS of brown sugar

2 TBS of mustard

2-3 slices of bacon

Mix all ingredients together except bacon and pour into a greased casserole dish. Place bacon on top and Bake at 350 degrees for about 30-40 min or until bacon is done.

(I didn't put bacon on this one because I didn't have any)

We are super busy for the rest of the summer with vacations and stuff I hope to keep everyone updated on everything! Hope everyone is still enjoying our blog!