Progress Pics!

We now have lights!

And they even work!!

And vinyl flooring, woohoo!!

So, all that's left on our house is to put the trex (sp??) decking on top of the 2 deck structures that are already built on the front & side of our house, adding on a couple of doorknobs, sanding down the sticky doors that aren't quite closing right (oops--good thing it was us that hung them) and finish a couple of shelves & rods in the closets. Can you believe it?! Neither can we! Stop by for a visit if you're in the neighborhood and we'll give you a tour (you just have to make sure and wipe your feet:))!

Signs of life

The first sign of a living organism at the Irwin home! Every family was given a beautiful birch tree to plant in their yard...It makes it look like a home...we know it really isn't. It is just a big pile of wood, nails and sheet rock. It won't be long now.

My Dad, My Validator...

Eli, our head contractor, put it great one day. He said that he thinks it's great when my dad Jake, is out working with me because he validates me and makes me a more confident, competent builder. So here's to you dad, my validator, thanks for making me a better woman and a better builder at that!

Wonderful Wife

Look what my wonderful wife made for me to make my Tuesday a little special. What a WIFE!

Cookies before baking

Thank you Krystal

THE MATTRIX (Pronounced Matrix)

So the "Gig Tuna" came to help today. Matt Cherry rolled his Canadian hind parts out of bed after only three or four short hours of sleep to come help on the Irwin Farm (home building project)

Most of the day Matthew didn't do much other than play with the camera (in actuallity he hung most of the doors in our house). Throughout the day we hung doors and set underlayment in our kitchen, bathrooms, laundry room and entry way (anywhere we are putting vinyl flooring).

Will and Matt put everything in place (actually pretending to work)

Krystal and Will cutting underlayment for the kitchen

(krystal was very emotional about the process)

Krystal did the nailing!

Finished product

Introducing...Jonah Elias Knudson! And it's a Good Friday indeed!

He's one proud daddy!!
I do love being an adopt-an-auntie!
We want one too...just not yet!!!
So handsome!!
Jonah arrived yesterday, April 5th, 2007, weighing in at 7lbs 13oz, 20.75" long (or short I guess). He's very precious and again, Krystal and Will are on the adopt-an-auntie and uncle program. I left a welcome home note for Jonah and his parents on their door today, to remind them that forever they will remember this Good Friday as a GOOD Friday indeed...that they got to bring home the newest and tiniest member to their family and most importantly that Jesus loved them all so much that He went to the cross for them on this day. So these are the proud pics!

Hole in One!! Well Almost anyway...

Did your daddy ever tell you not to do your own braggin? There will always be plenty of other people to do it for you? Well mine did, so I'm doing Will's braggin for him. Check him out...
Will went down to Medford on Friday afternoon to golf with his buddies down there and guess what, he was 4 inches away from a hole in one on hole #17 at Stone Ridge Golf Course! Great job lovey!

Champions again

Yes Duke has been eliminated from the NCAA Basketball Tournament...but we were able to find some consolation in the fact that our Dodgeball Team (Winston edition) dominated the junior highers in a "Dodgeball Grudge Match" (jailball style).

Irwin and Cripps celebrate!

Colton does the splits trying to throw the ball

At one point approximately 50 students were play a single game of dodgeball

Introducing Pastor Will Irwin...Isn't he the handsomest?

Well not officially yet,

the church still has to cast their vote on the matter at hand,

but we got the call from Pastor Ed Wilgus at our church,

Sutherlin Family Church,

on Friday that the pastors and board had approved him to become

Pastor of Children and Young Families at SFC.

We're pretty excited and just asking for prayer from you all

that the rest of the church body will be in unity with the

staff & board's approval of Will

and not vote him off the island.:)

We're both really excited about getting to step in,

with both of our sets of feet together,

to a new ministry to see what God has for us now!

Well Good Afternoon to you Mr. Tulipfaces!

Just wanted to share the sight and beauty of Spring in Oregon with you today...

These little guys were just waving good afternoon, good evening and good night the other day when I arrived home from work. Don't you just love a little Spring in your life?

Updates!

Woohoo! We're getting there! Our ground and yard were even leveled out by the big tractor yesterday, as you can tell, Will isn't tripping and falling along the driveway below (as most people do when they've been walking into our front yard)...
Even amongst the non-friendly neighborly comments about our color choice, we are still fully confident and absotutely LOVE our new charcoal gray w/white trimmed home, it's everything we dreamed of and so much more...
All of the windows will get painted w/white trim too...
And a hiphiphorray for the team that worked yesterday--they got 1 of the houses in the neighborhood fully trimmed on the inside and all of the doors hung. At this rate, we'll be in next week! Well, not really, but we can always hope for the best can't we?

The Man Who Never Sleeps (Jorge)

This post is dedicated to Jorge Martinez...the man who works all night so he can...work all day. After putting in a full day's (night's) work on the graveyard shift at the mill he comes to Bunting Court to work his posterior (butt) off. So we say, "here's to you, Jorge!" We are grateful. (and thanks for being the whipping boy for Eli lately)

Jorge painting lot 9

Jorge setting the posts for lot 10

Jorge looking pretty on lot 6

Thanks again Jorge!