Cleaning up the tree mulch

Wow, there was so many tree stump grindings!! We hired two helpers, plus Zan and it still took a full day. We loaded it all in bags and are just hoping the garbage people take it away!

Santa also started on my front porch! At the end of the day, he also leveled the yard a bit for us, almost ready for GRASS!!!!

Tennessee with family

My friend Mandy and Scott's kids! Zan and I met at their wedding!



My gorgeous nieces.

Brave me, letting Blaine ride me and Chance..

the Twins and more cousins

Blaine and Aiden with baby chicks

More Vacation photos

We are so proud of Zan! Many months of training for the Ironman. We chased him around for 16 hrs!

Blaine and AC

Blaine and Frankie

Labor Day Parade with cousins

August vacation

Where are the Franc's?

No Blog postings! We took a sebbatical! Actually, we had plans and did not want to miss out on some summer fun with the kids and our families! First, we were off to the Jersey Shore with Zan's family. Second, me and the kids took an eighteen hour road trip to TN and hung with my parents and cousins. then we drove up to KY where Zan flew to meet us and he completed the Ironman! We, with his parents drove back to Jersey and two days later, Zan and I flew to Florida to see our friends, they had a baby boy, Jake!!! Say prayers for him, he is a thriving 1lb 9 ozs. We came back to start running at full speed! We are ready to start school and get back to the crazy life of school, homework, sports, juggling babysitters, getting a million estimates on random stuff, and trying to get this house insulated before OLD MAN WINTER arrives!!! Here are a few pics of our relaxation that we REALLY needed.

Trees chopped down

I decided that I could not handle having a front porch if I had to look through all the trees to see my kids!

I insisted on chopping them all down! Zan thought I was nuts but I like open and yes I am from the back yards of TN. I am sure my parents won't be happy since my dad and Zan risked their lives to cut limbs a few weeks ago! Plus, my mom and I spent three days cutting all the limbs! Such a waste of quality time!

Once the limbs came down, I realized that I liked it so much better and would LOVE for it to all be open. Sorry mom and dad!!!

Old House

I got a lot of emails asking to see original house. I was also looking at the inside "before" pictures. It's nuts how you can rip apart a house. I just want it finished!!!