Thanks to Nana and Wob, we have no kiddo’s this weekend… ( or most of it.) It’s eerily quiet in the house with them not here???? almost alarmingly so. ????? Anyway we are helping the big dog move across the cotton patch this weekend, so all the boys are home Duda, and Witte arrive this morning. So it’ll be rockin and rollin this afternoon at the spain ranch. Thanks again Ma and Rob for watching the boys… Read Full Story

Well it’s always hard to come back from Vacation. This one was especially hard to return from, we had a great time and didn’t get to the rain barrel like we hoped but did get to do some general repairs to the house we are so lucky to stay in while we are there. The boys each got to reel in a fish and we spent most of the time on the lake. Jane and I did get to have a night out to ourselves so what did we do we went and rode roller coasters. (needless to say we both remember that w... Read Full Story

It’s hard enough to go on vacation with 2 boys under the age of 4, but when you get the experience of flying out of a small airport at 7:45am and can’t sleep the night before it becomes an adventure… We’ll see how our adventure goes we leave for Pop-Pop’s in Arkansas this morning. The bad thing is not only did I sleep badly but so did Jane. Wish us luck and there will be some building going on while we are there. I know we are at least going to be putting up a ra... Read Full Story

Fathers day always used to be a day when I hung out with my dad and did all kinds of fun things. Now it’s my turn to spend the day with my boys and my dad. My dad has always been one of closest friends as all of my friends found out my dad being well older then most dads he never shows his age. My dad will be 78 this year and some days doesn’t act a day over 21. (sometimes 18) All the time I have folks come up to me and say “Man your dad is awesome” I always reply with... Read Full Story

Well this memorial day will be one that we will remember for a while. No real building this weekend instead we had a yard sale in the rain not too profitable but we did make a little cash. During our yard sale we found a lost Maine Coon kitty and he will be our house guest until his vet opens on Tuesday. He is very sweet and unfortunately has been completely declawed. Oh to his defenselessness is why he is our house guest to protect him from the neighborhood kittys. Well on to the big news ... Read Full Story

This weekend the weather is going to be great. We have to go grocery shopping today, which means a trip to Greenville but other then that it will be siding installation for us today. The boy’s slept extra late today which was nice, when I say late I mean 8:00am. So we’ll see what kind of building trouble we can get into today. Read Full Story

Today is Mother’s day, which is both bittersweet and fun for me. See I have my wife as a mom, and her mom, so I do get to have some fun. On the other hand I lost my mom in 1997 before I was married and before I had my boys. She would have loved to known them and watch them grow. My wife is a great mom to the busy builders. She gets to stay at home and nurture them and watch them grow. So last night we had a nice quiet dinner out and today she gets to sleep in. That’s what she aske... Read Full Story

Well we are trying to keep with the going green theme, we have done the compact fluorescent light bulbs, built our own recycling can so that we don’t forget to recycle just because we have to carry it outside, we have adjusted our thermostat 2 to 3 degrees for the season, we are growing a garden and we are trying to lower our carbon foot print by driving less until we can get a better family car for the environment. Well for me I wanted to do more, a few weeks ago I posted about a rain ... Read Full Story

Well Fred has finally gotten the siding removal project underway which means I get wood siding for the playhouse. The boys and i got to start putting the siding on the front of the playhouse today. Pictures coming soon. FYI- playhouse doors and 3 year olds don’t mix. Jane had to remove the door a couple weeks ago because my oldest troublemaker liked to close the dog and his brother in the playhouse. So the end result was the loss of the door. Read Full Story

Well after a few “yucky” weekends the weather has turned beautiful and sunny. The boys and I got to do a fun project yesterday. My mother in law’s deck only had a railing around it so we were constantly having to watch the boys to keep them from falling 6 feet and goto the ER. Well she managed to salvage 30 1×1’s that we could use for the railing to keep boys and Jack Russell’s from going over the edge. So in trade for building the slats and mounting them Ja... Read Full Story