Vacation

On Tuesday we will be on vacation for about a week. we will be spending time at the lake. I will be working hard on the cabin and spending time with Anna and the kids. Hopefully Anna will learn to ski this week. I hope to try out my new ski and show off to the kids. Show them that I'm not a old man yet. When we return I will have lots of pictures to share and will have updates on the progress that we made on the cabin. Last week end I installed the counter tops in the kitchen and bathroom. I started installing the tile back splash in the kitchen. I final graded the lot with the bobcat and made a dump run. So the weekend was productive.

Latest cabin pictures

Last weekend I applied the scratch coat so I can lay the stone this coming weekend. Holy cow is that a lot of work. Next weekend I Will also be final grading the lot to prepare for the wrap around deck. Once this work is complete we will land scape and pour some concrete for a driveway. We are trying to complete all of this work before it starts getting cold again. When your this close to Canada that isn't very far out. Here are some up to date pictures.

Gus gets his tonsils out

Today Gus had his tonsils taken out. Everything went great. He is a little soar but seems like he will do well. He is looking forward to all of the ice cream and pop sickles.

Here is a picture taken last weekend with Gus & his two big brothers holding their hammers. They like to help me build stuff.

New Cabin

I am at work and decided to take a 5 Minuit break. Don't tell Clark. Here is a picture of the outside of the cabin. I've been building this thing for a little over a year now. I hope to finish the project early in the fall. Seriously this was the biggest job I've ever done. When complete the cabin I plan on taking some time off from building for a little while.

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Today we were discharged from the hospital. Anna is doing great this was one of her best performances so far. The delivery went very fast thank God. She feels preaty good for just giving birth 2 days ago. Vincent seemed excited to see his new home. Thanks to my sister in law and mother and father in laws we came home to a very nice suprise. The whole house was cleaned from the bottom up. Thanks guys. Vincent will have some peace until Sunday when his brothers return from my parients cabin. Thanks Mom and Dad for taking those little monsters. Now that we are home I can return to my summer project. I have decided to replace most of the windows and to reside and paint the house. Since I havent been able to leave Anna to go up to the cabin I thought I'd better get our house fixed up before winter comes again. The house is very cold in the winter and I am tring to make the place a little greener and to add a little green in my pocket book. Hopefully this work should only take me another cupple of weeks to complete. Then it will be back up north to finish the cabin which by the way is coming along nicely. I will post some cabin pictures soon.

Just got home

Vincent video

Here is a small video clip of Vincent.

JAsen and Vincent

Here is a picture of me with my lateest son.

Vincent solo

Here is a picture of Vincent without his brothers.

Vincent Jasen Grotte

Vincent is the fourth addition to our family. He was born on July 10th 2008. He weighrd 8 pounds 2 ounces. Leo, Harry, and Gus were very excited to see him for the first time. Here is a picture of them togeather.