Paige's Date with Mom

As an investment in date nights for Wendy and I, as well as for the kids, I bought season tickets to Dallas Summer Musicals. It didn't cost a whole lot for 6 shows because we bought seats way in the back but it has been nice Wendy and I have already enjoyed White Christmas and Ghost. Tonight it's Paige's turn. Her and her mom are going to see the Little Mermaid. I had hoped she would be more excited but it may be that I am comparing her to Tatum who was so sad that she is not going. Paige sounded excited this morning and I'm sure she will have a great time. 

She needed to take a bath before they could go because it's going to be a late night. She also needed to dress up. We'll look at that they match. How sweet?

I decided we should take the whole family when Wizard of Oz comes. So I'm going to buy 4 more tickets for that show. I've even invited Grandma, we'll see if grandpa wants to come but I'm not sure. 

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Energy Efficiency

A very exciting part of our home is the energy efficient features that come standard. And of these features the foam insulation is going to be the most exciting cost cutting feature. Our old home took a lot to hear up and to cool down. And when it never really got to a good temperature. With the foam insulation that encapsulates our new home we should expect to have some serious money as compared to our old place. 

It is pretty cool to see what it looks like to have the inside of our house covered in foam. 

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Our New home

I'm a little behind schedule but the construction of our new home is not. Better late than never, I always say. 

For some strange and wonderful reason we came to the decision th build ourselves a new home. I really do know the reason and I think it has been a long time coming. I know Wendy would agree as well. She has been praying for the opportunity to upgrade for some time.  

We did many great things to our old home and when we left it, it looked the best it has ever looked for us. Of course, that is only my opinion. 

The stars aligned with our house getting a good price, a good location for a new home and our finances working to our favor. 

So we get things started with selling our home quickly. We had three offers after only 6 days. It was the fantastic help of a great realtor Michele Crawford and her team of professionals. Not to mention all the hard work and stress Wendy went through to get our house ready to sell. I really can't say enough a about the amount of effort Wendy put into this whole process. Then we sign for the home we like, visit the design center a couple of times and try to make the best decorating descisions we can. And we are on our a way. 

We had many delays with weather and holidays (we started the process around Thanksgiving) but our builder has worked hard and our house is going up fast. 

Before we even had our pre-construction meeting they had our water land sewage lines in. 

By January 19th we had concrete poured and ready for framing. 

They were moving along and BOOM, we were framing. 

By February 4 they had finished plumbing and into the electrical. 

Our pre-drywall is tomorrow and we are getting super excited. 

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