Projects and . . . More Projects For Our Weekend

So this is the beginnings of our back porch being enclosed!! We are soo excited! Well, Jace will probably be much more excited when its totally done. Jace is def. a project kind of man, which I've loved and appreciated about him. He's always good at finding ways to improve things around the house. Sometimes he says to his detriment! - Thinking - "what did I get myself into!?" Especially since he's doing it all himself with a little help from his dad.

Jace was able to get a jump start on it on Labor Day. I'm trying to do a good job at being the photo documentor since in the past when we've made changes to our house we've always wished we'd have done at least a before & after. So I've got a few stages of this project so far.

By the end of the afternoon, most of the framing was up & the sliding glass door in place. Every time I walk by our back door & look at it, I start to get excited because I can almost see it being totally done.

Right now its gonna be used for a fitness room / Cole's play room. It'll be so nice to have that extra room so I don't have toys constantly strewn all over the front room! And a place to use our exercise equipment now that I've take over the garage for the dance studio again.

Jace found a huge roll of brand new carpet on Craig's list that someone had pulled out of their house for a really good price. And right now it's rolled up along one wall in our kitchen and goes into the family room its so long. Cole has thoroughly enjoyed sitting, sliding, walking, & running along the rolled carpet.

And I just realized that our child is almost naked in alot of my pics lately. But these days being so hot, he gets to run around the house sometimes in just the diaper.People must think . .. oh, that poor homely looken child! Well, at least I dress him to go out in public! :)

And Now for the SPLASH PAD!

Jace's other Big Project!

It's not completed yet, but almost there! We still have to cement it all in and add small decorative stones around it & leave a space for our hand prints & the date.

These have become popular in peoples backyards for their kids as opposed to a pool. A few months ago I took Cole to a members house in our ward who has a splash pad & Cole loved it! So I told Jace about it & he checked it out & custom designed his own style & materials. In the far left corner are two valves that can be turned on higher, lower, or off, depending on if you want the lower water spouts to come on, the top, or both.

Jace had sand brought in to level out the stones & Cole couldn't help himself with it. He enjoyed that almost as much as the water. Such a boy!

So on Monday's Labor Day was the first time we let Cole try it out. And man oh man was he intrigued! He is def. our little water bug!

He got mom a few times while checking out how those little hoses squirt.

Jace also added a fun little tree frog & lizard that shoot out water from their mouths.
Anyone for a shower outside?! There are 3 different spots that water rains down from the tree where the pressure can be controlled to a lot or a little.

The water runs off into the lawn instead of through a pump system, so this way its good for Cole enjoying the water & watering the lawn!

He was so cute checken out the whole thing.

And of course by the end of it . . . his diaper was sagging like a sack of potato's, so we let him run wild. Aren't baby buns so cute?

Then later that evening we all cleaned up & headed to DQ for a quick family treat on a gift card. Gift cards are so nice & handy.
So this is Cole waiting for mom & Dad while he watches his Veggie Tales movie in his TeePee.
I got that thing out for him that morning along with the pop out tunnels that come with it & he loved it. I'd used the tunnels for my tumblers the last 2 years, but never pulled out the tunnels & tents that come with it for Cole. So now their being put to good use by our little munchin.

Suffice to say we had quite the busy weekend with much more ahead of us! A lot of work & a lot of fun involved!