Erie Zoo

On Saturday we went to visit some friends at the Erie Zoo. It was a lot of fun. We saw Hyenas, a giraffe, 2 rhinos, tigers, and lots of monkeys. Payton rode on the carousel and we took a train ride. It was our friend's little girl's birthday so everyone got a safari hat and binoculars that came to the party. Our friend, even cut our pb&j sandwiches in the shapes of lions. She is so creative. Here are some pictures of our adventure.



A family picture on the train. This was clearly Payton's favorite part.


Isn't he cute!!


Payton LOVED the carousel too! Except she wanted to ride this horse-looking animal on the inside of the ride. Doesn't make for very good pictures.



There were two mallard ducks that were particularly friendly. Payton and Shane were feeding them some of their sandwich.

It's starting to look like a house!

Pictures of the new place as of May 21, 2011

We have a second floor.

Finally.....
This weather has not been cooperating too much lately so the workers haven't been able to be at the house working as much as we would have liked. But we were able to get to the house today to see what has been accomplished. We have two floors!! We don't have a roof yet but it shouldn't be much longer. Here are some pictures from today! Enjoy!

We have a floor!!

These were pictures of the new house as of May 1.

More Pics

These pictures are of the house progress as of April 15, 2011. Enjoy!

Update

Shane was at the property today and the construction began. The workers were there putting in a temporary gravel driveway and digging the foundation. The electric guy was there putting in a temporary power source for the workers. They also dug a trench and ran a line for the drainage system for our house. It is exciting to see progress happening. Our builder told Shane that the masons will be there tomorrow to put in the footers and the foundation bricks are scheduled to be delivered on Friday. They will start on the foundation on Monday as long as the weather cooperates. Here are the pictures from today.