Mother's Day Weekend.

I am getting ready to celebrate Mother's

Day weekend with my special gal pal.

They are going to be here all weekend

and we are so excited.

We are going to:

1. Design their new house!

2. Go to the architect.

3. Meet with the general contractor.

4. Go see our new home being

built!!

5. Eat strawberry shortcake.

6. BBQ.

7. Eat HUGE baked potatoes.

8. Open presents.

9. Laugh.

10. Make plans!!

We are excited!!!

Happy, happy Mother's Day!

Golfer's Tan.

Summer isn't even here yet and

Sam is already as brown as a berry,

as they say!!

After Sam beat his Dad by 10 strokes this

morning, he continued playing until

the wee evening hours . . . 9 hours out

on the course! He was sleeping when I

snuck this pic of his golfer's tan.

Wow! Big 2-day tournament coming

up for this guy next week.

Hit 'em straight, Sam!

Action.

Oh, yeah!! We are now the proud

owners of MORE concrete!!!

Our second two-car garage was poured

today along with Mike's workshop!

Workshop . . . what is THAT all about!?!

Our best helper can't wait to get

involved!!!

It will be soooo incredibly great to have

garages to park in after living in our

rental home these months in the

rain, sleet, snow, and wind. I cannot

wait to hop into my car in the garage

and hit the road!

We.are.getting.there!

Internship.

In, what is now, the last phases

of coursework for my PhD, I am

participating in a six-month internship

at George Westergard Elementary School

in be-a-uuutiful Reno, Nevada.

The school is beautiful. The teachers

are so nice. The students are great.

The parents are awesome!

I love the school, which is located

about six minutes from our new home.

The crazy thing is is that we will be

moving into our new home about

two weeks after my internship is

complete. I am so grateful for my

awesome family . . . they work so

hard so that I may achieve this goal

that I have set for myself.

We make a great team and I am

so thankful!!!

On the Links.

My #3 had a 78 today . . .

. . . at Red Hawk.

30 mile drive one way!!!

That's the facts and figures!!

Woot! Woot!

I am so proud of my duffer!

Update.

I could not believe that my #4 was

sleeping like a little rock when

we got to the new house to check

it out. He's my #1 inspector, you know.

Plumbing, plumbing, plumbing!

We Tietjen's believe in showering,

some of us MULTIPLE times daily!

Almost all of our walls have been

built and will be standing up

by the end of THIS week!!!!

The crawl space beneath our new

home is 3 feet deep!!! (The kids

already LOVE that space!!!) Why

did we go to the expense of bedrooms!?!

In case you were wondering, red is for

hot water and blue is for cold. Luke

is learning all of this as he is working

on his plumbing merit badge while we

are getting the house built. (We love

multi-tasking . . . ).

Our electrical boxes!!!

One long trench for gas and electric.

Chop! Chop!

My helper arrived on the scene just

in time!!! He has so much fun crawling

around under the house!!!

Happy Sunday!

Ooohlala!! Summer is just around the

corner! Guess what Luke and I

had today!?! Our summer favorite!!!

Have a wonderful day celebrating

Sunday with your family!!