Thursday, December 31, 2009
House Update
Today while out doing errands and looking at model homes for decorating ideas, I swung by our new house that's under construction to see if anything had been done since last week. I was so excited when I walked in! They had taken all the plastic off of our cabinets, put in the granite countertops in the kitchen, and put in our fireplace. It's always hard to know from little samples whether or not the choices you make are going to be good ones so I was a little worried, but after seeing it I am very happy with the choices we made. The granite is black with copper and charcoal flecks in it, but the flash from the camera made the granite look a little lighter. I tried to get a picture of the granite with the countertops but with no electricity in the house yet the lighting wouldn't work. See below!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
2010 is on the way
So, another year has gone by and so far this year has been pretty busy for the Kovar household. We finally had the damage from Ike fixed on the house, put our house back on the market, sold it, moved into a two bedroom apartment, Josh started 3rd grade, starting building a house, and next thing you know it's Christmas and now here I sit already dreading going back to work on January 4th, 2010.
For the most part we have been doing great. I say for the most part only because since we have moved into the apartment, we seem to always have some kind of head cold or sinus problem going on. I think it may be something in this apartment. Hopefully we won't be here too much longer. But as I said, we really can't complain too much. It's been a good year for us.
Sadly, my side of the family did lose a member of our family, my Great Uncle Charles Carter. This was one of my Grandpa Wayne's 7 siblings. We did get to see him in July though before he passed away. He sang at my grandmother's birthday party. You never would have guessed he was sick. He had such a wonderful voice.
The kids are really growing. Joshua so far has done pretty good in 3rd grade. It was a rough transition at first but I think he's adjusted just fine now. In previous grades all they concentrated on were the basics of reading and knowing how to read, or knowing how to add or subtract. Now it's not only about how well you can read but also how well you understand what you're reading. He had a hard time with that concept at first but he's improving. Math is still adding and subtracting but now you're throwing multiplication and division and word problems. He isn't too thrilled about the word problems part. I don't blame him. I never liked them much either.
Jacob is really starting to talk like crazy. His favorite past time is watching Elmo on you tube and playing with his big brother who he absolutely adores. I can't believe he'll be 2 in just a couple of weeks. How fast that went by! He is such a joy. He stays busy non stop and is a very loving boy. Of course, he has inherited a bit of his mother in him too so therefore, he does have just a wee bit of a temper and stubborn streak. (As my Great Uncle Bob put it, I'm getting everything I deserve! He says it with love though:)) That's alright though, it'll serve him well in the future.
Brent and I stay busy with work and the kids. His job always slows down at the end of the year but with the new year comes new projects and he'll be busy again before you know it. School of course follows the same schedule. After the holidays starts the push for the TAKS test (yuck) and then before you know it it'll be summer again. It'll especially be busy for us here again in about a month when the new house is ready.
We are currently having a new house built. It's in the same neighborhood that we built in last time. In fact, it's right next to the house we built last time. For those that remember, we had to let that one go when the contract on the house we were trying to sell fell through at the last minute. Which, as we see now, was really a blessing. The last house was a two story with all rooms but the master upstairs. We had tile put all downstairs. After much consideration and visiting other houses with that floor plan and stuff, we decided on a different floor plan this time. Now, we went with a 1 1/2 story house with all bedrooms downstairs, game room and media room and half bath upstairs. They tell us it'll be about a month, end of January/beginning of February before it's done. At first that seemed like it would take forever and that it was so long away, but here we are already looking at the new year coming in this week.
So, now the only question that really remains for the rest of this week is, What's in store for the Kovar's in 2010? Well, we are pretty sure we can still count on having our jobs, which lately is a huge blessing considering the economy and the countless people who have lost theirs this year. We are pretty sure that our new house is definitely going to be a huge blessing after being in a two bedroom apartment for almost 6 months now. As for the rest, we will just have to wait and see what is in store for us.
Enjoy the pics from the last few months.
For the most part we have been doing great. I say for the most part only because since we have moved into the apartment, we seem to always have some kind of head cold or sinus problem going on. I think it may be something in this apartment. Hopefully we won't be here too much longer. But as I said, we really can't complain too much. It's been a good year for us.
Sadly, my side of the family did lose a member of our family, my Great Uncle Charles Carter. This was one of my Grandpa Wayne's 7 siblings. We did get to see him in July though before he passed away. He sang at my grandmother's birthday party. You never would have guessed he was sick. He had such a wonderful voice.
The kids are really growing. Joshua so far has done pretty good in 3rd grade. It was a rough transition at first but I think he's adjusted just fine now. In previous grades all they concentrated on were the basics of reading and knowing how to read, or knowing how to add or subtract. Now it's not only about how well you can read but also how well you understand what you're reading. He had a hard time with that concept at first but he's improving. Math is still adding and subtracting but now you're throwing multiplication and division and word problems. He isn't too thrilled about the word problems part. I don't blame him. I never liked them much either.
Jacob is really starting to talk like crazy. His favorite past time is watching Elmo on you tube and playing with his big brother who he absolutely adores. I can't believe he'll be 2 in just a couple of weeks. How fast that went by! He is such a joy. He stays busy non stop and is a very loving boy. Of course, he has inherited a bit of his mother in him too so therefore, he does have just a wee bit of a temper and stubborn streak. (As my Great Uncle Bob put it, I'm getting everything I deserve! He says it with love though:)) That's alright though, it'll serve him well in the future.
Brent and I stay busy with work and the kids. His job always slows down at the end of the year but with the new year comes new projects and he'll be busy again before you know it. School of course follows the same schedule. After the holidays starts the push for the TAKS test (yuck) and then before you know it it'll be summer again. It'll especially be busy for us here again in about a month when the new house is ready.
We are currently having a new house built. It's in the same neighborhood that we built in last time. In fact, it's right next to the house we built last time. For those that remember, we had to let that one go when the contract on the house we were trying to sell fell through at the last minute. Which, as we see now, was really a blessing. The last house was a two story with all rooms but the master upstairs. We had tile put all downstairs. After much consideration and visiting other houses with that floor plan and stuff, we decided on a different floor plan this time. Now, we went with a 1 1/2 story house with all bedrooms downstairs, game room and media room and half bath upstairs. They tell us it'll be about a month, end of January/beginning of February before it's done. At first that seemed like it would take forever and that it was so long away, but here we are already looking at the new year coming in this week.
So, now the only question that really remains for the rest of this week is, What's in store for the Kovar's in 2010? Well, we are pretty sure we can still count on having our jobs, which lately is a huge blessing considering the economy and the countless people who have lost theirs this year. We are pretty sure that our new house is definitely going to be a huge blessing after being in a two bedroom apartment for almost 6 months now. As for the rest, we will just have to wait and see what is in store for us.
Enjoy the pics from the last few months.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Red River New Mexico
After January things were kinda uneventful. We had our normal routine of work, school, daycare, home, dinner, baths, bed, and then repeat. They finally finished repairing our bedroom damage from IKE and we able to once again able to sleep in our bed instead of on our matress in the gameroom.
In March we decided to take a trip to Red River New Mexico for some snow and skiing. Unfortunately when we got there most of the snow had melted from the surrounding area but there were still a few patches left over. They keep the mountain pretty packed down with ice for the late season skiers.
Now, this was Josh's and my first time skiing. Brent had already been. I thought it would have been easier than it was. Everyone kept saying, "If you can water ski then snow skiing will be a piece of cake." I really didn't find this to be true! I can water ski just fine, but snow skiing made me realize that I don't have the sense of balance that I once thought I did. Josh didn't really enjoy the skiing part too much either. We were all supposed to have full day snow lessons. We were done in half a day. Josh was doing fine until he found out his class was going on the lifts. He was done from that point on. No way was anyone getting him to jump from a chair down to the ground. So of course, when he was done so was I. Someone had to watch him, right? Then Brent didn't want to continue if I wasn't going to continue, so that about sums up our skiing day! We did have fun though during the trip. We went tubing down the hill, walking along the "strip" of Red River, they had a huge gameroom full of fun things to do, the food, the small patches of snow to play in. It was a nice trip and better yet, it was just nice to get away. We didn't take Jacob with us. He stayed at Debra and Glenn's. This trip was about getting away and spending time with Joshua. He has been so good with Jacob since he's been born and the poor thing doesn't get as much attention as he did before Jacob was born. Don't get me wrong. We don't ignore him or anything... it's just he's not the only one anymore and sometimes it's just not as easy to spread the attention out equally when Jacob is still so needy. Anyway, enjoy the pics of New Mexico!
In March we decided to take a trip to Red River New Mexico for some snow and skiing. Unfortunately when we got there most of the snow had melted from the surrounding area but there were still a few patches left over. They keep the mountain pretty packed down with ice for the late season skiers.
Now, this was Josh's and my first time skiing. Brent had already been. I thought it would have been easier than it was. Everyone kept saying, "If you can water ski then snow skiing will be a piece of cake." I really didn't find this to be true! I can water ski just fine, but snow skiing made me realize that I don't have the sense of balance that I once thought I did. Josh didn't really enjoy the skiing part too much either. We were all supposed to have full day snow lessons. We were done in half a day. Josh was doing fine until he found out his class was going on the lifts. He was done from that point on. No way was anyone getting him to jump from a chair down to the ground. So of course, when he was done so was I. Someone had to watch him, right? Then Brent didn't want to continue if I wasn't going to continue, so that about sums up our skiing day! We did have fun though during the trip. We went tubing down the hill, walking along the "strip" of Red River, they had a huge gameroom full of fun things to do, the food, the small patches of snow to play in. It was a nice trip and better yet, it was just nice to get away. We didn't take Jacob with us. He stayed at Debra and Glenn's. This trip was about getting away and spending time with Joshua. He has been so good with Jacob since he's been born and the poor thing doesn't get as much attention as he did before Jacob was born. Don't get me wrong. We don't ignore him or anything... it's just he's not the only one anymore and sometimes it's just not as easy to spread the attention out equally when Jacob is still so needy. Anyway, enjoy the pics of New Mexico!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Walk this Way!!
Jacob started walking the day after Christmas, just a few weeks shy of his first birthday! Here is an early clip of him walking over to his bubba laying on the couch.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Happy Birthday Jacob!!
JACOB IS 1 YEAR OLD!
Can you believe it? I can't. The year went by so quickly!
We really didn't do anything on his actual birthday. I took a very small cake to his school with some fruit. His teacher said she took pictures so I'm waiting to get those from her. On Saturday, we had a very small party for him at the house. We had grandparent's and a couple of friends over. It was very nice and sweet.
Jacob's Elmo Cake
We let Josh blow out the candle.
Jacob enjoying his cake.
He even had seconds!
Ball pit fun.
We got Jacob a ball pit for the house. Hopefully our house will be finished soon and we'll have more room for it! He enjoyed being in it and bouncing around but I believe he enjoyed throwing the balls out of it even more!
What a joy Jacob has been to us this past year. He is such a sweet and loving baby. He especially loves his brother so very much. He follows him everywhere and only Josh can make Jacob laugh like no one else can. He has a smile for everyone he meets and is a very happy baby. It was a little rough starting over again but Jacob has made the trip completely worth it.
Happy Birthday Jacob. We love you very much!
Cagey
Please don't call CPS. We do not keep our kids locked in cages. We swear he put himself in there.
While we were at my grandmother's for Christmas, Jacob discovered my aunt's cage for her dogs. The pictures speak for themselves.
While we were at my grandmother's for Christmas, Jacob discovered my aunt's cage for her dogs. The pictures speak for themselves.
PLEASE---- Don't shoot your eye out!
One of Josh's favorite Christmas movies is A Christmas Story. We all watch it several times over the holidays together as a family. Josh decided this year that he wanted a BB gun just like Ralphie- and not just any BB gun. It had to be an official Red Rider just like Ralphie had. Well, Santa didn't bring him one this year since Mommy and Daddy didn't feel like he was ready. After all, we can't even get him to stop shooting us with Nerf guns he has.
Well, after Christmas Josh was very bummed that he did not get he BB gun. He even went looking for it in corners thinking Santa had hid it just like in the movie. Like I said.. he was very disappointed. So, after a couple of days, we gave in and he was able to go his BB gun with his own Christmas money.
Brent went through all the rules of shooting a gun, handling the gun, gun safety, etc. It stays in our closet and he can only have it out when we are home and someone is with him while he shoots it. He has followed the rules wonderfully and has shown some great responsibility with it.
Here are a couple of pics of Josh with his Red Rider BB gun.
Well, after Christmas Josh was very bummed that he did not get he BB gun. He even went looking for it in corners thinking Santa had hid it just like in the movie. Like I said.. he was very disappointed. So, after a couple of days, we gave in and he was able to go his BB gun with his own Christmas money.
Brent went through all the rules of shooting a gun, handling the gun, gun safety, etc. It stays in our closet and he can only have it out when we are home and someone is with him while he shoots it. He has followed the rules wonderfully and has shown some great responsibility with it.
Here are a couple of pics of Josh with his Red Rider BB gun.
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