Are you guys sick of these posts yet? Well, too bad. We just found out that there’s been a delay in the construction process, so we won’t be closing until right before Christmas, so you’ve got about a month of these posts left. Apparently, Ivory works with the largest supplier of cabinetry in the country. That’s great, except that, also apparently, the second largest supplier went under and the company that Ivory works with has absorbed a lot of the other company’s contracts. So, there have been lots of delays in cabinetry for lots of Ivory homes. What’s frustrating is that the cabinetry company isn’t handling things very well. Our cabinetry should have started going in on Friday, but instead of letting our superintendent know that it wouldn’t be happening, the cabinetry guys just didn’t show up. He had to call them to get the scoop and then they told him that they wouldn’t be able to do the install until the 26th, 11 days past the originally scheduled date. So, that’s the long story and the reason why we will now be spending our Christmas holiday moving. Can’t complain though. A new house is a pretty great Christmas present!

On to the pictures…

Stucco and stone work!

A little closer.

We have a garage door!

And a banister!

Our gray bedroom.

Another view of the master bedroom.

Bathroom surrounds got installed.

It was pretty disappointing to hear that we’d have to wait longer before moving in, but I am just so excited for this house. It should be a fun Christmas holiday!

Oh, and Bryce met our next door neighbor when he was out at the house. From what Bryce tells me, it sounds like they will be nice neighbors. Empty nesters with lots of grand kids. Sounded very friendly.

Bryce went by the house again and a lot had happened, so I just wanted to post a couple more pictures from this week.

The stone for our exterior has arrived! I’m excited to see the exterior come together.

This gives you an idea what our trim will be like around the doors.

I’m so excited for nice closets! Currently, the kids’ closets are tiny. These will be much more useful.

More storage! I’ve never had a linen closet–or any kind of closet with shelves like this.

The French doors into the office are in and they look beautiful.

Okay, I think we’re on week 12 of our new house construction. This was the week of tiling. We’re set to close in 5 weeks–it’s getting closer! Here’s some pictures from yesterday.

They’ve installed the soffits (the brown underside of the roof line).

Looks like they’re gearing up to do the baseboards and door frames and possibly some of the shelving (or something).

The entryway tile.

The 2nd bath tile.

And the master bath tile.

5 weeks–some days it seems like forever away, some days it seems just around the corner.

We had a fun, low-key Halloween. The kids loved the ward Trunk-or-Treat. Next year in our new neighborhood, they will get to go house to house for the first time! Here’s this year’s line up of costumes.

Amelie wanted to be a spider this year.

Calder had the idea to be an iPad. His costume was the hit of the trunk-or-treat!

Easton as a minion from the movie Despicable Me. I was amazed–everyone we met knew what he was right away!

Liam in the sweet bear costume that all the boys have worn. Nothing sweeter than a baby in a snuggly outfit.

Okay, here are the rest of the birthday portraits! Thanks again to my friend Brekke for the great pictures! Grandmas, let me know which ones you’d like printed.

My little cowboy.

There’s a smile.

Definitely a Calder look.

So handsome.

What a stud.

So sweet.

Love this girl.

Cheese!

Pretty with flowers.

These two–they are actually really great friends. When they’re not driving each other nuts.

Silly kids.

My two little loves.

Brekke is going to be doing our family portraits next week, so stay tuned!