Emma's Birthday

With Emma turning 7 years old this year... she wanted to go to the movies! Beauty & The Beast was playing and she invited seven of her friends. Before the 11:50am showing of the Beast, we decided to take the girls to I-Hop. The brothers all obliged to go with us to I-Hop but DID NOT WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO with the movie. (After breakfast we dropped them back home.)

As we entered the theatre, the first comment made was, "My, that popcorn smells delicious!" You can see where this was going so quickly. Of course nearly all the girls commented the same. My thought was, "We just fed you over $100 worth of pancakes, bacon and hot chocolate... How Can You Be Hungry?!?!" But my response was, "You had better talk to Emma's Dad. You will not get very far with me!" :)

Let's just say that for the next 90 minutes (during the movie) they had Glenn hoppin' up and down the theatre stairs. (We were sitting at the top.) Glenn purchased the Xtra Xtra large bag of popcorn that had refills. He got himself eight bags and divided it up, then delivered.

Of course there is always a few who don't care for popcorn and wanted Sour Patch Kids. Glenn obliged and off he went back to the management and struck a deal for a pound of Sour Patch Kids. He once again got himself some bags and divided it all up in to eight bags. Delivery was scheduled and done.

Next there was - I'm sooooooooo thirsty. Of course I just leaned over and said, "Wait! The movie is almost over." But within minutes Glenn was back with eight courtesy cups of water. (I should have taken a picture of Waiter Glenn.) The Attendant who was at our movie door commented to Glenn, "Man, they have you hoppin' in there!" They sure did!

It is true what they say - Little Girls Have Daddy Wrapped Around Their Finger!

She's a great little gal! We love you Emma Lee!

Under The Homefront

For the past 2 weeks we have had a Foundation Company at our home. They will be lifting our home that is slowly falling in to the earth and is terribly crooked, but not yet cracked!

So, each day they have been tunneling under our home and removing the dirt, getting ready for the BIG lift that will happen in a few weeks. (The house will be raised about 12 inches in the front and about 4 inches in the rear.) As they remove the dirt, a pump has been put in place to drain any rain/water that enters. The steel piers are being placed throughout the foundation, in a grid-like pattern. The piers look like Hostess Ho Ho's... about 2 feet long. They are placed under the home (all 53) and when they get ready to lift, they will be pushed down and stacked on top of each other - about 35 feet (til they hit bedrock - or something stable). Once all the piers are in place, lifting the house, they will fill the Ho Ho's with concrete and cable.

They are now placing piers on the outside perimiters of the house. Each 3 feet they dig a hole down to get under the foundation to place a pier. Needless to say, all the tulip and daffodil bulbs that I planted last Fall will probably end up growing... growing... who knows where! We currently have bushes and trees that have been removed (and placed elsewhere) until all the piers are in place around the home...

It's quite the project and we will be much happier when it is behind us.

And yes, the curiosity has "killed all the Thomas Cats" and Zach and a bunch of friends wanted to go down and see what this was all about... so we let them. Glenn went down too and was amazed at the job that has been going on Down Under.

Merry Christmas!

Glenn didn't want much for Christmas this year... there were only a few requests...