Let there be LIGHT!!

Spence and I took William down to the new house today to do some more work and we were surprised to see an electric meter.  When we went in and flipped one of the circuit breakers to "On"  - lo and behold, some lights came on!!!  YEE HAW!!  Georgia Power came through and we have POWER!!!  We were expecting it later in the day, but we'll take it whenever they want to turn it on. 

I got Spence to snap this shot of me because I needed to have a record of my "painting" clothes and you get a chance to see our kitchen - complete with LIGHTS! 

While we were busy painting (me) and connecting the toilet (Spence), William kept himself busy by cutting down a Sweet Gum tree with a hand saw and then cutting all the branches off and cutting the trunk up.  Here he is - complete with the bike helmet that he wore the whole time he was working.  (The work was interspersed with roller blading!)

Looks like we achieved the trifecta after all - Running water, a working toilet and ELECTRICITY - just in time for the bonfire and hayride tomorrow night.  And the weathermen are predicting a cold night, so the fire will be just the thing! 

Such a Cutie Pie

 Sarah here again. Sorry this one (above) is a little bit blurry but you can still see that Winston is so cute:}

 I can't take credit for these pictures because Caroline took them.

I wonder what he was amazed at maybe that Caroline was taking pictures of him when he was NAKED!!!

I think that this is Absolutely ADORABLE!!

~SARAH G.~

Funny Faces

 Sarah again. Winston usually won't smile for the camera long enough for us to take this many pictures.

 When one of us asks Winston 'Do you love me?' He will do the "lip". I know most of you have seen the "look" and you get a kick out of it. We get a kick out of it too. Here is a post with Winston doing the "look" if you haven't seen it.

Adorable:}

In most of these pictures you can see the spots on his front teeth. I think that we are going to have them filled when he is older and will sit still:}

~SARAH GRAY~

The Deed is Done!

 Sarah always likes to start her posts with "Sarah, here."  So, I guess I'd better start with "Carrie, here."   :)  The title of the post refers to the color of the main room in the new house.  It's a big room - kitchen, eating area, living room, and 2 halls.  So we deliberated long and hard about what color to use.  Thanks to Laura, we were able to try lots of samples (shown in an earlier post).  We ended up using "Tea Light."  Spence voted for the Man Color - BROWN.  But since it's mostly my "office," I overruled and picked yellow.  It's a nice happy color.  I just hope we like it, because there are 2 beautiful coats on the walls now!! 

 We have doors now!!!  Lots of pocket doors - shown above without the trim.  And lots of swing doors.  The one below is shown from the inside of the girl's room.  It's the biggest door in the house - 3 feet.  The rest are smaller and go all the way down to a 2 foot pocket door for the shower room (2nd to last picture below).

 The success of today was largely due to JOHN!!!  We had to call in a professional to fix the ceiling in the main room (it looked like it had stripes!!)  And while he was there, we figured we'd better just have him keep going.  He painted the main room and the boy's room.  YEAH!!  Of course, helper, William, also pitched in today - sweeping up sheetrock dust.  Do you think he looks like an alien? 

 

 The photo above is the kid's tub/shower.  Good thing they aren't big kids, because there's not lots of room in there! :)  The photo below is the whole hall/kid's bathroom.  There are 2 sinks, a room for the shower (on the right) and a room for the toilet (on the left).  The idea was to have it as useable for 4 kids as possible.  The toilet room floor is wet from where I had to sponge mop it in preparation for the flooring.  The plan is that Spence will be able to put in the flooring and the toilet before the bonfire this weekend.  Keep your fingers crossed!  :)

Purple Mustache?

Who grows a purple mustache? Winston got the marker today and started drawing on his face. This is not a really good picture. I tried to take another picture, but he walked away:{ 

~SARAH

New Style!!!!!

 

Sarah blogging here. Caroline put this cereal box on his head about a week or two ago.

 A few days ago my mom put this cracker box on his head. I couldn't really get a good picture of him.

He's so cute:}!:}!

Where's Winston?

Wanting a Back Massage Already:}

~Sarah here. Winston has not been feeling well lately. It started Monday night when he threw up about every 5 minutes:{ He would fall asleep on my mom and then start coughing and then throw up.  He was okay yesterday, but didn't eat very much and threw up once. On Wednesday he was not his usual (running around, getting into everything, wanting to go outside, etc.). He would just lay on me for a while. I put him on my lap and he put his head in between my legs and I started massaging his back.~

Little Boy in a Big Chair

I really like the tongue:}

Sarah again. I put Winston in the La-Z-Boy with a blanket on him. Winston just sat there. 

 

~SARAH

Double Protection

DOUBLE BIB WINSTON

Sarah again. A few days ago Winston came in before lunch and was carrying two of his bibs. Funny thing is that he usually pulls the bib off, if we put one on him. I put them on him.

~SARAH

Coweta County Fair 2010

 Winston earned $4.

 Sarah here. We entered some things in the Coweta County Fair this year. Some of the things were scrapbook pages, quilts, crochet, handmade cards, and canned goods   Click here to see the post from last year. If you live in Coweta County and want to make some money this is the thing. It is sponsored by Kiwanis. They have it every year around this time. 

~SARAH~ 

Caroline won $6 (notice Winston in the corner)

 

Carrie won $12

William won $26

I won $36 (thanks for the help with the jam, Grandma)

Musician in the Making

Hey it's Sarah. Winston got William's 3 stringed (instead of 4 strings) ukulele the other day. My mom had made William a pick out of a old credit card. Winston started playing it. I was afraid that Winston was going to drop the pick in the ukulele.

~SARAH~

Bonfire/Hayride

Hey it's Sarah. I wanted to let you guys know that we are having a bonfire/hayride at our new house. This is the announcement that our church sent out.

You’re invited to a bonfire and hayride at Spencer and Carrie Gray’s house in Williamson on Friday, October 29th at 7:00 PM. Bring a lawn chair and snack to share. Email carrieagray@bellsouth.net for directions.

 After the event I should have some pictures to post. This is the 2nd Bonfire/hayride we have had. Last year we had quite a few people.It was foggy and my dad had a tractor and wagon behind it and was taking people on the walking path through the woods. It was kinda spooky:} Hope you can come.

~Sarah

Masked Sarah

 Hey it's Sarah. On Wednesday I went to the airpark with both parents. I was wiping dust off the walls and it was getting in my nose and mouth. I asked my dad if he had a mask and he said he didn't have one but he had a work shirt that I could wrap around my nose and mouth, and I had a rubber band to tie it.

  Then on Thursday I was spray painting mine and Caroline's ceiling fan purple (our room is going to be purple, green, and pink) my dad had brought this mask for me.

~Sarah

Striped Walls

Hey, it's Sarah. I have been down at the new house about every day this week with my mom. We have been having trouble picking out the color of paint for the living area. We have a friend let us use some of the samples she used in her house. I painted them on the wall on Thursday, and put the first few letters underneath so we know which is which. My dad said that I should put my name below. In the picture above the white on my knees is dust not paint :} 

~Sarah Gray

Future President

Hey it's Sarah. I was in my bed one morning and Winston came in to my room, I was just taking pictures of him and got this one at the right time. I think he looks like he is giving a speech - and he was wearing his Future President shirt:} I just thought that was funny.

-Sarah 

I Don't Think This is Right

Hey, it's Sarah. Caroline put my mom's bra on Winston and we were all laughing. I had to take a picture. I don't think Winston liked it that much. My dad is going to flip when he sees the picture (he's gone on a trip) Caroline and I like dressing up the boys as you can see in this picture from before Winston was born. William actually wanted us to dress him up so it wasn't all us. If I didn't know that it was William I would have have thought at first that it was a girl:}             

~Sarah