our news

Hi Everyone!
It has been a while since we have updated this. In the last few months since the last update we moved into our new house. We also found out that I am pregnant with twins!! I have spent the last few months with morning sickness. I think I'm finally pulling out of it. Our babies are due in May. Carol Lin is very excited. She has informed me that since she already has a sister she wants 2 brothers and she wants to call one of the Hank. We'll see. So far we don't know the genders yet but we might find out next month.

We have a little less than three weeks until we can call it home!

Emma is starting to walk. Carol Lin is having a lot of fun being the big sister.

Our little Emma is growing up. She will be one this month!

Framing our house.

Well it is starting to look like a house now. They started framing about two weeks ago and it looks like the framing is complete and they are ready to move onto some of the more functional elements (plumbing, heating/AC, electric). Here are a few pictures of how it went together.



They've filled in the rest of the framing and put tar paper on the roof. it looks like I will have to take another picture. To get this up to date.

Sisters

See how they grow!

Good news

We are so excited! Our house is now being framed!

Just some pictures we took while on a walk.

Just playing

Poor Carol Lin got herself stuck.

Here is our lot.

Here is the wall on our lot.

Here is the foundation and the wall on our lot.

Here is the wall, the foundation and some boards on our lot.

We are anxiously waiting for our house to be framed. Hopefully it will happen soon!!

Ballet

Today Carol Lin started another 6 week session of ballet and tap dance. She had a lot of fun, and we enjoyed watching her.

Just hanging around.

Just me and my girls. (Taken 10/31/06)

My beautiful Carol Lin on the night of her first ballet recital.

In these pictures Emma is 7 1/2 months old. She is now 8 months. She loves to eat cheerios and baby cookies.

Foundation

Well I know it doesn't look like much yet but this is our house. It is only a foundation and a slab for the garage. I still think it is amazing that in July we will have our very own home. What did we do to deserve this?

I'll keep you posted.

Chris

We went to Utah in February for a business trip. We were able to stay with Chris' family. Even though we all had terrible colds it was fun to visit. Chris also was able to defend his thesis. He did a wonderful job!

We are sorry we have been so bad at updating this blog. We hope our following posts will make up for it.

We are so happy to have Carol Lin and Emma in our family. They make life so much fun!!!

Carol Lin has recently started taking tap and ballet. She loves her class. We love watching her.

Daddy, I promise to share my toys. Love, Carol Lin

"Daddy's so beautiful." "Carol Lin's so cute! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
-words of Carol Lin Armstrong (3 years old)

House Hunting

Well, our quest to own a house is on. We are pre-approved for a mortgage and yesterday we reserved a lot. It is about 1/4 acre in a cul de sac with no neighbors in the back. Now we just need to choose a floor plan and a bunch of other stuff. We'll fill in pictures and such as we go on.

Emma's first bite of rice cereal. She is about 51/2 months old.

family update

Hi friends and family,
We hope news from our blog will keep us a little closer to all of you. Our girls are growing so fast. Carol Lin just turned 3 and Emma is almost 6 months old. They are a lot of fun. Emma likes to sit and play with toys. Carol Lin loves to go outside and play in the snow. Chris and I are doing well. Chris is hoping to finish up his thesis in February. I am busy keeping up with my girls.