What a View...

Soon I'll be able to wake up to this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Landscaping has Begun...

Well after one winter of having our driveway plowed was all we want...There were so many rocks that got thrown in the neighbors yard from the snowplow that Randy decided to have his crew pick up all the rocks. It took about 10 guys a full day to accomplish this.
So now we have a concrete driveway.

Soon to be sod...and beautful green grass...

Nees a few flowers...

Granite Countertops...are Installed.

Very heavy...very slowly... It took 6 guys to place the first piece of Granite...

And it's in safe and sound. The two guys in the first picture worked from noon till three am installing the granite counter tops. They did an AMAZING job!

Prom 2010

Dad let Randall (R.J) take his truck to prom to his Junior prom. Theme was Under the Sea. R.J and several friends drove to Sioux City to eat at the Olive Garden. I was trying to be a "Good" mommy and make Monkey Bread for Breakfast the following morning. However it looked yummy BUT i mistakenly used Cumin instead of Cinnamon...and it didn't taste so good. Tho I'm thinking it will be something he always will remember. :)

R.J and his Date Paige...I love the dress.

The Class of 2011!

Soccer Season has Begun...

Malissa - Kick that ball....

EASTER...2010...

This year Easter was spent at he Gebels. Not to many of us. But we still had fun.

A Lil Wii played...A few pebbles where tossed...

A lil bit of sunshine fun...and a Salamander was even found... The kids recieved chalk from the Easter Bunny so outsid to play and decorate G-Ma's side walks and patio squares.

The "QUILT" they made Grandma.

My nephew Eli going to fill a chickmunk hole...So to the shed he went to find a shovel or spade in this case.

He such a hard working lil boy...He did a great job!!! He was so PROUD!Easter was BEAUTIFUL this year... Which was really nice after the yucky winter we had.

Landscaping....

We finally have a rock shoreline. I am so THANKFUL because I won't have to weed it this year. Randy admiring the work...

The first retaining wall in place...

Close-up of the steps. Lohmans Landscaping from Spencer did an awesome job in the stairs. Actual rocks....

Clean up...of the Saw Dust...

Last weekend on Sunday we headed to the house to clean up the sawdust. The construction crew had cardboard laid all over the floor but fro installing the cabinets and building the wall for the island he saw dust was every where. So we decided to take all the cardboard out and shake it and Randy grabbed the leaf blower and made the job a little easier for us...

The windows were all plastic cuz the trim crew was starting to in stall and stain the windows...The kitchen cabinets are all installed. So now the counter tops have been measured and hopefully will be installed soon. Yes...there is still foot marks on the floor. We just wanted all the "Bigger" dust out. And we placed the cardboard all back down....

The Upper Deck...

This is on the West side of the home...from the garage. Opposite direction...Looking toward the garage. Stairway being built to get to the lake.
The top of the stairs. I guess I took this picture before they started the stairs. :)

The railing is almost finished. Nothing fancy...Just Simple. However Randy choose the 6 inch post instead of the standard 4x4...and I really think it adds character.

I can't wait to be able to sit out on this deck and have a hot cup of coffee in the morning or a cocktail in the evening.

Master Shower is Getting some Tile...

Here it is before...We closed the opening in the wall up and will be tiling this entire wall too.

This is the tile guy...Tim...he is tiling my bath to resemble a "SPA" !With building a home I find my self watching HGTV and DYI all the time and in one of the episodes of Holmes on Homes I got this idea of an inlay carpet...so the spot empty will be tiled but will resemble a throw rug. And since the floors are heated I figured I really shouldn't need one then. The shower is turning out great. He even built in a lil shelf area for my shampoo bottles. There are four body sprays also.
A built in bench...Getting there....