Patrick Tribune: 2012

Friday, June 8, 2012

PHASE I, II, & III

PHASE I

DEMOLITION

The addition is coming right along. The kitchen/dining area have been demo-ed.
This exterior wall of windows has been completely torn down to create an
opening to the addition. This addition will create a space of
26 x 16 with 14 foot vaulted ceilings.
It will include no middle wall to
create a family room off the kitchen to make one BIG great room!
(To the left of this picture is the eat-in kitchen area. The fireplace
will be moved to the great room.)

PHASE II
FRAMING EXTERIORS WALLS & NEW ROOF

The exterior started with framing the walls and a new roof. The roof

looks amazing - if you need a good roofer - I know a GrEaT one! ;-)

Two doors will give you exterior access on each side of the addition to one smaller
deck on the left to over look the play area and one LARGE deck to the right
that will come clear across to the master bedroom. It will have
stairway access to the lower patio/fire pit area outside the
basement addition - aka Daddy's Cave.

The bottom level is the Daddy Cave (basement). There are two doors on the outer walls and
a big bay window in the center wall with smaller windows on either side of the bay.

PHASE III
INTERIOR FRAMING

Macka & Daddy are cooking up something yummy in the kitchen!
To their left is the mudroom & half bath.

This a view from the kitchen into the family room looking left.

PHASE IV
THE INTERIOR GUTS - ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, & HVAC

This is another view straight-on from the kitchen into the family room.
Progress is being made. All electrical is wired, plumbing added/relocated and HVAC
is being ducted (is that a verb?).

The upstairs is getting finished with her facelift. Painting is complete, vanities are being
stained, fixtures replaced, tile laid & faucets being installed.

More pictures to come of Daddy's Cave & deck/landscaping progress in the next post.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Moving on wEsT!!!

Our newest blessing in Western Shawnee!
As the saying goes don't judge a book by its' cover. ;-)

There is a MAJOR remodel/addition being added to our new house and it is going to take some time. So if you are in the KC area and have not seen us for a few months - it's because of the following pictures! And trying to maintain our

"normal" schedule of preschool/CDO, karate, swim lessons & soccer.

We are gutting the master bath and the entire kitchen area.

Plus, giving the entire house a fresh look with new paint and new flooring!!

We are expanding the kitchen area to make a great room (kitchen/living room space)! We are adding a mudroom and moving the half bath. There are multiple projects going on throughout the house at the same time.
It is quite an amazing project!

The formal living room is currently being used as storage for materials etc. Since we decided to do the entire remodel at the same time, it only made sense for us to continue to live at 8812 until it is complete.

We are so thankful we have this choice, living among this construction would be difficult with three kids under the age of 5.

Break time - we have to make time for play. Our new backyard is another construction zone - with many projects going on as well. The Patrick kids' first backyard adventure - the brothers, the Knights are "building a castle" for their little sister, the Princess.
While daddy builds mama's. ;-)

My little decorating diva - always willing to help pick out
paint colors at HomeDepot!

A driveway pizza party with our friend, Graham!
The crew's gotta eat!

**This blog post took my about 2 months to finish. . . . it's just crazy good busy here. . . .

Sunday, February 5, 2012

3 & 5 YEARS OLD!! Patrick Boys Growing uP!

Trey is 5!?!?!?!? It just can't be, can it!?!?!?

Trey is in 4 year old preschool this year. He goes every MWF with two long days on MW. He loves every minute of it. Of coarse, his favorite class is recess. He loves to ride bikes and have races with his friends. He is learning to write his 1st & last name and currently studying the body, especially the heart and how it operates. He takes karate, soccer & swimming - keeping very busy throughout the week. We have started to narrow down kindergarten schools. CAN HE REALLY BE IN KINDERGARTEN NEXT YEAR?!?!?!?

Trey is still unique with his hard working spirit - always has projects in the yard or around the house he tends to. He is a great helper around the house with his brother & sister, watching them while Mama runs to get the mail or emptying the small trashes around the house. (his favorite job that he acquired himself) He earns daily stars for making good choices and at the end of the week gets to choose one thing he would like to do with the whole family from swimming to going to the park.

Both boys enjoyed their trip to California to visit with lots of family. They had a blast on their first trip to Disney Land with Boompa Dave & Grandma Mima. And their trip to Hawaii to meet, for the first time their Uncle Adam & Aunty Yuka was awesome

These two boys have never met a body of water they did not enjoy! Each day at their own private beach was a new adventure from hunting hermit crabs to boogie boarding.

Trey & Carson are the best of friends. Pretty much everything they do, they do together. They love to feed their frogs and fish. Still building their puppy & T-rex dens. And will play for hours at time together.

Carson is 3 years old! It's hard to believable that three years have passed! Our lives have been enriched with an outgoing, energetic & lots of fun toddler turning into a preschooler right before all of our eyes.

He has "school" one day a week. Which he has a hard time going, but once he' there he loves it! His teachers rave about how they would "love to have a room full of Carsons!".

He plays soccer & takes swim lessons one day each a week. He excels at both sports, but much prefers to stay home in his own environment - not to share his brother, sister, Mama or Daddy to anyone else. ;-)

Carson loves to play cars & his favorite movie is Cars 2. And he loves a good ole' fashion PBJ.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

OnE YeAr oLd!!!!!!!!!!!

It's hardly believable that our littlest angel is ONE!!! She has brought every bit of joy that one baby could bring a family.

She has definitely completed us and we just don't know what

we would do without her joyful smiles.

She is our little Princess Patrick. The first item of business in the morning for Trey & Carson is to look for their little sister. They love to play ball, sing & dance with her. MacKenzie Mae LOVES music! And has quite the dance moves already! (taking after her Mama) Trey & Carson are always on alert keeping their watchful little eyes over her. Especially when we are out & all the babies are crawling & toddling around - her two big brothers make sure she is 'safe' at all times. Seeing into the future, she's not going to be able to take too many missed steps with 4 watchful eyes watching over her every move. ;-)

In true girl fashion - she occupies her time with Grandma Mimi

at Uncle Adam & Aunty Yuka's wedding with a some

lipstick. Two beauties - for sure!

This is MacKenzie Mae's signature smile! When you give the 'cheese' signal - she hams it up!! In the beginning of the month she started pulling herself up on everything. The first week was a bit confusing to her - she could get up, but could not figure out how to get down. She would do the all too common cry for help to get her from the standing position to the seating position. Quickly she figured out that game and starting

cruising around tables & couches. Since her favorite table is the train table, the boys have lots of work to put together their track DAILY. Which they seem to find it kinda funny & call her - Macka-Attacka!

MacKenzie Mae's first experience at the beach in Hawaii was love at first sight. She never flinched for a second on the sand and crawled her way to the ocean immediately. She spent every day playing & napping in her favorite spot on the beach.