The Move!

Abe, Julie, Travis, Jason and Byn's parents showed up to help us move. I had planned on more but we made do and got it done. It definitely was more then I bargained for but we did make it. Next move I will definitely hire some folk to come help in addition to inviting my friends to make sure no one has to kill themselves. (Like me, not sure my back will ever recover)



Now I am officially homeless. Here's some pictures.

A Second Floor

The house is beginning to take shape and you now get a better idea of what it will look like when its completed. Today we drove out to meet Ryan's new pedetrician and swung by the new house on the way home.


Robyn is FREEZING!


Everything is covered in snow.


More snow! Ryan and I went upstairs but the temporary stairs they have are bit frightening. We made it though. The place is coming along quite nicely. I took 15 pictures and you can find them all here: http://picasaweb.google.com/shawn.schulze/0702DanielDrive3

Progress continues despite snow!

The Project continues. We had to choose our electrical layout and floors so we stopped by the new place. I will be out there again later today. For a complete Set of pictures check here: http://picasaweb.google.com/shawn.schulze/0702DanielDrive2

Ryan Turns 8

King of the Hill

Ryry

Progress at new home: Framing Begins

Today we met more neighbors! Melissa and Ethan came came over to greet us and now we're even happier to be moving. They assured us that the builders start every day bright and early at 7:00AM. ;)

For a complete set of pictures today: http://picasaweb.google.com/shawn.schulze/0702DanielDrive

The Schulze Brothers

Our first post with the brothers together. These are ultrasounds of Ryan and Nathaniel at roughly the same age. (Give or take a few days).


Nathaniel whose name means "Gift From God"


Ryan whose name means "Little King"

A snowy drive

We explored our neighborhood and stopped by the model home to pick up the plans for our new home. (Revised plans)

Fantastic surrounding area with lots of cul-de-sacs and even a few houses for sale. Progress on our house seemed minimal with some leveling and site clearing done. Lumber is to arrive in a week and framing is expected to be completed by the end of the month!

There will be much more to do following that. Here are some pictures:

Upstairs bathroom with Marble floors now.

This is for our existing house which is now sold, but you can get an idea of how it looks now. The floors alone set me back quite a bit, but they reflect so much light through our new window that it just so wonderful to wake up in the morning. They are mirror finished as well so you can actually see yourself reflected in them. :)

It was a lot more fun then I thought it would be to refinish this.





For reference, this is what we started with:

Progress at new home

So far it looks like they have finished the footing drains and backfilled the porch and garage. Next we should likely see floors and lumber soon.

We're Moving

Time to pack and throw things away. Typically it's best to wait til spring to sell your house but moving in the dead of winter sounds like a blast!

New House Under Construction

Below are some pictures and you can find some videos here of the new construction.

Selling our home

Our house is on the market! You problaby remember past pictures of us destroying our house. :) We started in our smaller upstairs bathroom: http://shawnx.blogspot.com/2006/02/demolition-begins.html Moved to the living room: http://shawnx.blogspot.com/2006/02/lots-of-blog-updates.html and then the dining room, ceiling fans in the bedrooms, painting etc and recently we remodeled our kitchen. Ok maybe we started in the basement... who knows, the point is were almost done!


Outside


Remodeled Kitchen


Bird's Eye View of our New Land

Early Xmas

Early X-Mas at Meme and Pop Pop's!



Renee






Ryan Working in His Work Shop

Jack and Jill visit Petco

Jack and Jill visit Pet Co! We have a new leash for them where Jack is connected to Jill and then we connect just the leash to their dual Y leash.

They were very well behaved and got lots of great treats. There were actually a few dogs there SMALLER then them hehe. Just puppies I would imagine.

Thanksgiving

We had Thanksgiving this year at MeMe and Pop Pops! Our turkey was phenomal and Betsy was home from the air force to visit with everyone.