Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Finally, a blog about something other than the house! Amazing! It's about BASEBALL! When we're not working on house things, we're at the ball park!!

First off, a big congratulations to the Eden Valley-Watkins high school baseball team! They won section 5A, and will play in the state tournament on Thursday in Jordan. We are hoping they win their first game that day so we can make it down to watch the second game scheduled for 5:30. If they win that game, they get to play in the championship game at Target Field on Saturday! We would definitely go watch that game too, which would mean 2 trips to Target Field for us this week! We are going to the Twins game tomorrow, and praying for no rain! Good Job Eagles and best of luck at STATE!!

Another big congrats goes to the Watkins Clippers amateur baseball team (Noah's team) for getting the bid to host the 2015 MBA State Tournament! They will be building a brand new grand stand, and making numerous updates around the field. The dugouts will be torn down this fall, and there is a lot of work to be done! Cold Spring will be the co-host, and I can't wait!!

That's all in baseball news today! The Clippers are still leading their league, and we're hoping for another state tourney appearance!!

House Update!

Well, it seems that I have gone missing from the blogging world! Ooopsies! I don't think anyone reads this anyways, so no big deal. Just a little house update...

-Marty & Melissa came to our land and helped us clear all the sumac. It looks great! We actually have a yard! It was a lot of work! We just have to go back and move the brush piles sometime soon and we're all set!

-We had the land witched and found a few different spots for our well. It was tons of fun to see that done, as I had never seen it before. It's crazy how some people just have the gift to detect water hundreds of feet below ground!

-I met the septic guy out there last week and we found the most ideal location for our septic. We unfortunately cannot do a gravity system, but no big deal. While up there that day I saw a deer, 2 bunnies, lots of butterflies, and there were 2 bluebirds in the bluebird house!

-Our loan was officially accepted, and we close on it next Wednesday! Yay! We knew that getting approved would be no trouble, but it feels good to know that it's done! Just another thing to check off the long to-do list.

-We have been busy BUYING things! My favorite part! I dreamed of the day we would finally get to go and buy things, instead of just looking. That day is here, and we're gathering a big pile of stuff in our basement. We even have our flooring picked out...5 inch engineered hand-scraped maple. Yummy.

-We are still planning on starting in July. Duane is framing a house in June, which should take 3 weeks (weather permitting) and then we're next on the agenda! Wahoo! It's getting closer and closer, and I have never been so darn excited!