Our home sweet home!
Got it in there!
Getting ready to slide the expando out - see the floor!
backing it in to it's spot! See how the camper looks so small back there!
Coming into the driveway - look it's tipping - scary moment!Friday, October 16, 2009
trailer moving day... and a few pictures from work
waiting to come into our driveway
turning onto M-15
Got it onto the street in the mobile home park!
This is the expando - it slid into the living room/kitchen and the floor folded up to cover it...
starting to move finally!updates, updates...
Hello there! Well, the mobile home is now at ____ Sheridan Rd. in Millington:) We are now going to be working on painting and flooring so it will be ready to move into the week of November 9th! It makes our camper look really small:) My dad and Heather came out on Monday and got to the property right when they got there with the mobile home... So, they got to see it come down the driveway. Jeremy's Dad and Sherry were there to help as well and help they did! Thank you! Moving the expando out was a little tricky but not as hard as I thought it would be! It was scary for a moment - looked real tippy:) Tuesday was a rough day at work - I was very very tired from being outside in the cold all day Monday (didn't get home til 9pm that night) and had a hard time at work. I almost fell asleep standing up a few times and didn't know if I would make it through the 10 hour day! So, Tuesday night, I took Brooke to the barn to ride and went to get groceries in Vassar while she was there being watched by Leah... Then, back to pick her up and head home and we made it into bed at 9:40pm!!! So, Wednesday I felt a little better! At work, we usually hear "rumors" about any scheduling changes before they actually announce any. After our first break that morning, breaking news came across our andon board - "due to market conditions, Orion will be down (laid off) for the week of November 9th! Boy, when it rains it pours! Being laid off for one week is a bummer - it just messes up pay periods, etc. Had to go out to Millington that night to seal up the mobile home a bit better because we had pulled the expando out but the corners still had to be covered up and it was supposed to rain. The kids played outside and had some good oldfashioned fun! Can't wait to move out there! Thursday the boys and Jeremy had haircuts and I took Brooke out to the barn again and got home early but stayed up late catching up on house stuff! Got up early this morning because Jeremy and I met our loan officer at Greenstone in Lapeer at 8am. I stayed for 30 minutes but then left with Brooke and Lyndsay to get her to Ann Arbor appointment at 10am. It took them an hour to get her all hooked up and give us instructions on the video equipment and off towards home we went! We got home about 12:40pm and I spent a lot of time on the phone, learning that we will be called on Monday to set the closing date for our house (YIPPEE!). All is going great on that end! One good thing about being laid off the week of November 9th is that we will be able to move that week easily! Today I worked on the basement a bit and took some more packed boxes out to the garage and put some by the front door to take in the trailer tomorrow out to the property!
This morning, Jeremy went to the property after the bank appointment to meet his mom and Len there - they were very generous with their time and went out there to paint a room in the mobile home! I can't wait to see it and am soooo thankful for their help! We are going out there first thing in the morning to keep on going!
Brooke is all hooked up and spending most of the time in her room, watching movies and eating! LOL! She has all kinds of wires on her head and is bandaged up and looks like she has a helmet on:) She has a box to hook up to a video box (she can disconnect and come up to use facilities, etc.) So, there is video and sound being recorded 24/7 unless she unplugs. So, there is about 4 foot of cable that allows her some room to move! I might have to wait until she falls asleep to get a picture but I will be nice and not post it for everyone to see! So, she is enjoying her quiet time in "the cave"! I have to change the batteries after 24 hours and we can remove the wires and disconnect Sunday morning. Jerry is taking the equipment back to Ann Arbor Monday morning for me so I didn't have to take off work for that.
So, here are some pictures of the move. I will post more pictures of the inside after we paint some more to show the difference a little bit of paint can make!
Have a great weekend! Chris
This morning, Jeremy went to the property after the bank appointment to meet his mom and Len there - they were very generous with their time and went out there to paint a room in the mobile home! I can't wait to see it and am soooo thankful for their help! We are going out there first thing in the morning to keep on going!
Brooke is all hooked up and spending most of the time in her room, watching movies and eating! LOL! She has all kinds of wires on her head and is bandaged up and looks like she has a helmet on:) She has a box to hook up to a video box (she can disconnect and come up to use facilities, etc.) So, there is video and sound being recorded 24/7 unless she unplugs. So, there is about 4 foot of cable that allows her some room to move! I might have to wait until she falls asleep to get a picture but I will be nice and not post it for everyone to see! So, she is enjoying her quiet time in "the cave"! I have to change the batteries after 24 hours and we can remove the wires and disconnect Sunday morning. Jerry is taking the equipment back to Ann Arbor Monday morning for me so I didn't have to take off work for that.
So, here are some pictures of the move. I will post more pictures of the inside after we paint some more to show the difference a little bit of paint can make!
Have a great weekend! Chris
Sunday, October 4, 2009
more trailer
notice the expando is in - front door is in the living room
the outside before the decks are torn off and the expando moved in
from the front
from the front hall looking into the living room/kitchen
the second bathroomSoon to be home sweet mobile home:)
the front bedroom
The third bedroom for the boys!
the master bath garden tub!
The master bedroom
the living room/entry waypics
The mobile home - living room/entryway and kitchen. Expando is to the left giving it much more room! Lyndsay and Isaac getting ready to work!
Lyndsay loves shoes! 
Curt shaving for the first time!
What a handsome young man! I won't tell you that he came out with his arms shaved as well:)
Hayride time!here we go....
Carly and Maggie
Curt's 13th birthday !
Amber and I on college day!
Amber's closet/credenza
It all fit - amazing! Home away from home! Amber and Lyndsayand more...
Isaac tired out...
Isaac on his first day... by the time I finished with Erin, he was all business and ready to go!
Curt to the right - all dressed up!
Brooke coming in, finally!
Erin, Lyndsay and Amber on the first day!
pictures I promised!
dad and Phil family reunion
Erin and Maggie
Family reunion
.Sliding with AVA and Lyndsay
Friday, October 2, 2009
Where did September go???
Wow - that month went by fast! Jeremy and I got Amber off to college without any trouble. We got the hay baled and left at 4ish and got there around 8pm and checked in to the hotel. We ate dinner at Red Lobster together and then went to the hotel and enjoyed watching the Discovery Channel since we don't have it at home:) Lyndsay was pretty wound up after a pillow fight with Daddy! The next morning, we got up early, ate breakfast at the hotel and off to Hyles Anderson College! It went much faster this year - she registered online so she only had to wait in line to pay tuition, get her dorm assignment and box key. She ended up on the 3rd floor (no elevator). So, we all took some things up (Lyndsay included) and had some help from some young men there as well! Didn't take long to get her all settled in and unpacked! Then, off to town to get her some groceries and eat lunch before taking her back and leaving. Lyndsay had fun in Amber's room, playing in the empty credenza, putting her diaper bag in there and closing it. Then she'd take clothes from Amber's suitcase and put them on the bottom of the credenza and shut the door:) So funny! The kids are all back in school now and my favorite thing about it is they all go to bed much earlier without any arguments! Erin loves loves loves school and is already writing her name pretty good and is counting all the way to 20 as well! Isaac comes home singing a new song everyday and I love hearing him sing about Jesus as he walks through the house! Brooke is just glad to be with friends and is doing very good! Curt is in Junior High this year and is enjoying it as well - doesn't give me too much grief about dressing up anymore:)
We have been busy on the house front. We are still waiting on a closing date but were informed it could be next week - just waiting on paperwork from the bank... We nixed the manufactured home deal and have been getting bids from contractors, etc. for the house we want to build and we are also getting a bid on a modular home as well. When the finished numbers come in, we will then decide. Jeremy was looking at the classified one night a few weeks ago and saw a free mobile home in there. We called, ran over to Robin Glen and looked at it and said we'd take it. It's a 1987 14X70, 3 bedroom, 2 bath and will be great for us to live in until our home is done! Praise God AND IT'S FREE! So, we've been getting with the mover, etc. making plans to move it next week now.
Last weekend, we had done some packing up of things in the basement. Brooke had her girlfriend, Crystal over and we headed out to the property when we had the trailer full. We ordered pizza on the way and ate when we got there at 9pm. The girls went out and jumped on the trampoline and tipped the stars (or something like that). They came in and asked if they could sleep on the trampoline and we laughed, said "SURE", but we give you half an hour and you'll be in - it's going to be cold! Jeremy was watching a John Wayne movie with the other kids in our bedroom and I took Lyndsay out and fell asleep on the Kitchen table/BED. Around midnight, heard the girls come in, looked up and Brooke said it was raining out. I fell back asleep as they made their way back to the bunks. All of a sudden, I heard some commotion and was going to holler at them to be quiet and when I looked up, I saw Brooke sitting in the corner against the bathroom door, shaking. I yelled what's going on and Crystal said I don't know. I rushed to Brooke, wondering if she was goofing around (she likes to do that:)) and shook her shoulders and said "Brooke, what are you doing, what's going on, knock it off!". Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and her arms, legs and mouth started convulsing. I screamed for Jeremy, who woke up and came running. I panicked (my trademark and I hate it), grabbed the cell, ran outside and called 911 and started screaming - please God, NO (exact words I screamed to Him the night Danielle died). I had to pull the truck out to the road and shine the headlights out of the drive so the ambulance could see where we were. I would run in and check on Brooke and found her sitting limp in the corner and then Jeremy moved her to the couch on her side. She wasn't responding, I tried talking to her, she just stared straight ahead. I gave Jeremy the 911 operator, grabbed our other phone, called Jerry and his parents, then Steve to come and stay with the kids. The EMT's got there 10-15 minutes later and Brooke was still unresponsive. About 5 minutes after they came, she kind of rolled over, looked at everyone and slurred - "What's going on". We told her we think she had a seizure, she denied it, didn't want to go anywhere, just wanted to go back to sleep. She seized for about 4 minutes and was non-responsive for another 15 or 20 minutes afterwards. Went by ambulance to Covenant, she had a CT scan, an EKG and an EEG. She was admitted for observation and we went home Sunday 1pm. All the tests came back ok. Monday I took her to see our family doctor and asked him to refer her to Dr. Woodruff in Ann Arbor. We went to see him on Wednesday. He and his nurse did all kinds of things with Brooke and listened and asked questions. He mentioned other seizures besides Grand Mal, of course - Myoclonic, Atonic and Focal Point. But, ordered a 48 hour EEG on the 16th to get a better idea before prescribing any meds. She's been having wierd things happen in the recent past and this is helping us to explain them - even the headaches! She fell to the floor, just collapsing in the shower at youth conference in March. In the morning, while showering, she will have both hands jerk and drop whatever's in them. She wakes up in the morning with bad headaches and will have to stay home and sleep all day because she's exhausted (seizure in her sleep, maybe?). So, Lord willing, this test will give him a better clue on where to go from here! It was a very scary night for us and I don't care to repeat that again. If she has another seizure, I won't be quite so scared because now I know what to expect but there is nothing worse than watching your child go through something like that and you can do nothing for them! Thank God she's unconscious during it and doesn't remember a thing!
Yesterday, we got the keys to the mobile home and tonight went over there and started getting it ready to move. I cleaned the kitchen, we started ripping up carpets. It is worn to the wood and they had 4 cats - enough said! I will paint some rooms to brighten it up. It needs some TLC and new flooring but it's free and it will make a nice home for a short time! We are going back over there in the morning to keep working on it. The kids had a great time playing hide and seek in there tonight - empty! Isaac was getting upset because Lyndsay would find him everytime before Erin could! Brooke and Curt are at Jerry's for the weekend and I feel a little apprehensive...
Anyhewwww, have a great weekend, keep praying for us - especially Brooke. She can't drive for 6 months after a seizure and this is extremely hard - she was going to the barn 3 times a week to ride and can't do it now unless I or someone else takes her... she can't even run an errand for me, can't take the kids to school, etc. A lot of her freedom and independence that kids her age want got taken away! She's handling everything great, but I know it's hard! Pray for us in this moving process - haven't had much of a chance to pack. As I speak, tomatoes are cooking down on the stove for salsa that needs to be made and canned and I have 3 bushels of apples in the garage waiting to be made into applesauce and canned! Busy busy busy! Also, our official last day is November 25th and we will be off until January or June 2011. Until next time and I will try and post more pictures soon.
Christine
We have been busy on the house front. We are still waiting on a closing date but were informed it could be next week - just waiting on paperwork from the bank... We nixed the manufactured home deal and have been getting bids from contractors, etc. for the house we want to build and we are also getting a bid on a modular home as well. When the finished numbers come in, we will then decide. Jeremy was looking at the classified one night a few weeks ago and saw a free mobile home in there. We called, ran over to Robin Glen and looked at it and said we'd take it. It's a 1987 14X70, 3 bedroom, 2 bath and will be great for us to live in until our home is done! Praise God AND IT'S FREE! So, we've been getting with the mover, etc. making plans to move it next week now.
Last weekend, we had done some packing up of things in the basement. Brooke had her girlfriend, Crystal over and we headed out to the property when we had the trailer full. We ordered pizza on the way and ate when we got there at 9pm. The girls went out and jumped on the trampoline and tipped the stars (or something like that). They came in and asked if they could sleep on the trampoline and we laughed, said "SURE", but we give you half an hour and you'll be in - it's going to be cold! Jeremy was watching a John Wayne movie with the other kids in our bedroom and I took Lyndsay out and fell asleep on the Kitchen table/BED. Around midnight, heard the girls come in, looked up and Brooke said it was raining out. I fell back asleep as they made their way back to the bunks. All of a sudden, I heard some commotion and was going to holler at them to be quiet and when I looked up, I saw Brooke sitting in the corner against the bathroom door, shaking. I yelled what's going on and Crystal said I don't know. I rushed to Brooke, wondering if she was goofing around (she likes to do that:)) and shook her shoulders and said "Brooke, what are you doing, what's going on, knock it off!". Her eyes rolled to the back of her head and her arms, legs and mouth started convulsing. I screamed for Jeremy, who woke up and came running. I panicked (my trademark and I hate it), grabbed the cell, ran outside and called 911 and started screaming - please God, NO (exact words I screamed to Him the night Danielle died). I had to pull the truck out to the road and shine the headlights out of the drive so the ambulance could see where we were. I would run in and check on Brooke and found her sitting limp in the corner and then Jeremy moved her to the couch on her side. She wasn't responding, I tried talking to her, she just stared straight ahead. I gave Jeremy the 911 operator, grabbed our other phone, called Jerry and his parents, then Steve to come and stay with the kids. The EMT's got there 10-15 minutes later and Brooke was still unresponsive. About 5 minutes after they came, she kind of rolled over, looked at everyone and slurred - "What's going on". We told her we think she had a seizure, she denied it, didn't want to go anywhere, just wanted to go back to sleep. She seized for about 4 minutes and was non-responsive for another 15 or 20 minutes afterwards. Went by ambulance to Covenant, she had a CT scan, an EKG and an EEG. She was admitted for observation and we went home Sunday 1pm. All the tests came back ok. Monday I took her to see our family doctor and asked him to refer her to Dr. Woodruff in Ann Arbor. We went to see him on Wednesday. He and his nurse did all kinds of things with Brooke and listened and asked questions. He mentioned other seizures besides Grand Mal, of course - Myoclonic, Atonic and Focal Point. But, ordered a 48 hour EEG on the 16th to get a better idea before prescribing any meds. She's been having wierd things happen in the recent past and this is helping us to explain them - even the headaches! She fell to the floor, just collapsing in the shower at youth conference in March. In the morning, while showering, she will have both hands jerk and drop whatever's in them. She wakes up in the morning with bad headaches and will have to stay home and sleep all day because she's exhausted (seizure in her sleep, maybe?). So, Lord willing, this test will give him a better clue on where to go from here! It was a very scary night for us and I don't care to repeat that again. If she has another seizure, I won't be quite so scared because now I know what to expect but there is nothing worse than watching your child go through something like that and you can do nothing for them! Thank God she's unconscious during it and doesn't remember a thing!
Yesterday, we got the keys to the mobile home and tonight went over there and started getting it ready to move. I cleaned the kitchen, we started ripping up carpets. It is worn to the wood and they had 4 cats - enough said! I will paint some rooms to brighten it up. It needs some TLC and new flooring but it's free and it will make a nice home for a short time! We are going back over there in the morning to keep working on it. The kids had a great time playing hide and seek in there tonight - empty! Isaac was getting upset because Lyndsay would find him everytime before Erin could! Brooke and Curt are at Jerry's for the weekend and I feel a little apprehensive...
Anyhewwww, have a great weekend, keep praying for us - especially Brooke. She can't drive for 6 months after a seizure and this is extremely hard - she was going to the barn 3 times a week to ride and can't do it now unless I or someone else takes her... she can't even run an errand for me, can't take the kids to school, etc. A lot of her freedom and independence that kids her age want got taken away! She's handling everything great, but I know it's hard! Pray for us in this moving process - haven't had much of a chance to pack. As I speak, tomatoes are cooking down on the stove for salsa that needs to be made and canned and I have 3 bushels of apples in the garage waiting to be made into applesauce and canned! Busy busy busy! Also, our official last day is November 25th and we will be off until January or June 2011. Until next time and I will try and post more pictures soon.
Christine
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Off to College again:(
Well, it's that time again, we are leaving tomorrow afternoon to take Amber back to Hyles for her second year of college! Brooke, Curt, Isaac and yes, Erin started school last Monday - where did the summer go???? Erin kept asking how many days til school starts, Mom and Isaac kept asking how many days of summer did he have left! He told Erin once school starts it's going to be looonng, so don't get so excited! She is loving every minute of it (so far, anyway:). She calls her scissors snizzers and likes to snizzer paper! She has a new teacher this year and Isaac does as well and seems to be getting along fine. He just did the routine when I took them the first day and didn't worry about me being there! Curt is in Junior High now and has to dress up now:) He looks sooooo SHARP! I have pictures and will post them later much to his dismay (he hates dressing up). Brooke is in 11th grade and is a great young lady! She is going to the barn 3 times a week to ride Gentleman and loves every minute of it!
So, Amber is downstairs packing away and I am supposed to be in bed! We are leaving some kids home because they have school and we couldn't fit all of them and all of Amber's stuff in one vehicle to go. So, we are taking Lyndsay with us and Brooke will hold down the fort with Aunt Heather checking in...
We have had a busy past few weeks. We got an offer on the house and as long as the inspections, mortgage approvals/inspections, etc. all pass it will be a done deal by mid-October! So, yesterday, Jeremy and I were looking at another option for our property - manufactured/modular homes. We looked at used ones and new ones (9 in all) and think this might be the way to go. The last one in Flint was the best choice - 1792 square feet, 3 bedrooms, with a MASTER SUITE/BATH to die for, kitchen, family room, living room and utility room and another full bath. We will put a basement under and add on a garage later. It is 2x6 walls, drywalled and really nice. An older lady lived there and passed away a year ago. It looks as if it's brand new and never lived in but is 1993! We are making more phone calls this week to see if it's something our township would approve and the mortgage company for the land... So pray for things to go smoothly and it be what the Lord would have us do! It's a lot less expensive than building a house and faster, too!
So, this morning we woke up early, I went jogging and Jeremy mowed the field where the site for the house has been since we bought the property 3 years ago! I came back and got the other tractor going and we finished it fast after a pancake breakfast! Went to church, came back and he went and raked the hayfield at his dad's while I mowed the property lawn and then picked from the garden. Then, ate lunch/dinner and went to bale hay but only got 1/2 done because the back field wasn't dry enough (bummer!). So, tomorrow 1pm -ish we will have to finish baling before we are able to take off for Indiana! We are storing this hay in the barn for the winter because if we end up moving, we will move our horse to our home and need the hay!!! It has been a beautiful weekend and we don't have to back at work until Wednesday! We are spending the night tomorrow night in Indiana then taking Amber to college Monday morning and heading back home in the afternoon.
Well, off to bed with myself - I'll post pictures later - maybe from the hotel if they have Internet:) Have a great Labor Day tomorrow! Christine
So, Amber is downstairs packing away and I am supposed to be in bed! We are leaving some kids home because they have school and we couldn't fit all of them and all of Amber's stuff in one vehicle to go. So, we are taking Lyndsay with us and Brooke will hold down the fort with Aunt Heather checking in...
We have had a busy past few weeks. We got an offer on the house and as long as the inspections, mortgage approvals/inspections, etc. all pass it will be a done deal by mid-October! So, yesterday, Jeremy and I were looking at another option for our property - manufactured/modular homes. We looked at used ones and new ones (9 in all) and think this might be the way to go. The last one in Flint was the best choice - 1792 square feet, 3 bedrooms, with a MASTER SUITE/BATH to die for, kitchen, family room, living room and utility room and another full bath. We will put a basement under and add on a garage later. It is 2x6 walls, drywalled and really nice. An older lady lived there and passed away a year ago. It looks as if it's brand new and never lived in but is 1993! We are making more phone calls this week to see if it's something our township would approve and the mortgage company for the land... So pray for things to go smoothly and it be what the Lord would have us do! It's a lot less expensive than building a house and faster, too!
So, this morning we woke up early, I went jogging and Jeremy mowed the field where the site for the house has been since we bought the property 3 years ago! I came back and got the other tractor going and we finished it fast after a pancake breakfast! Went to church, came back and he went and raked the hayfield at his dad's while I mowed the property lawn and then picked from the garden. Then, ate lunch/dinner and went to bale hay but only got 1/2 done because the back field wasn't dry enough (bummer!). So, tomorrow 1pm -ish we will have to finish baling before we are able to take off for Indiana! We are storing this hay in the barn for the winter because if we end up moving, we will move our horse to our home and need the hay!!! It has been a beautiful weekend and we don't have to back at work until Wednesday! We are spending the night tomorrow night in Indiana then taking Amber to college Monday morning and heading back home in the afternoon.
Well, off to bed with myself - I'll post pictures later - maybe from the hotel if they have Internet:) Have a great Labor Day tomorrow! Christine
Saturday, August 22, 2009
More yet!
Jeremy and I going out for a spin - I must update you (because I am proud of myself for it and thankful that God gave me a program that made it easier...), I have lost 28 pounds to date and am at pretty much what I weighed when Jeremy and I married... I feel soooo much better and love trying on clothes, etc. now! I plan to keep it off, too!
Brooke and Kaitlyn before Brooke's great fall!
Amber and Lyndsay Grace
Kaitlyn, Emily and Brooke trying to hold on!
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