it SOLD!

for those of you who have been wondering about the latest with my parents, here it is!!
yesterday morning (11a.m) the house was officially on the market. by 4, i had a call from my mom saying an offer came in. a good offer!!! God is so good! a lot of people sit on their house for months, it's almost unheard of, in this market to sell so fast!! so, once it's official, they have 30 days to move out! wow!!! you can check out how great the house looked by going to www.windermere.com and go to Brady's website. my mom did such a great job decorating the inside and my dad, bless him, has spent most of the last 3 weeks, building a deck out back. obviously, all their work paid off. :)

looks like we may be finishing off our bonus room and office sooner than we had originally thought. :) we are excited for the changes. we'll keep you updated!

What a difference a week can make!!!

Saturday last week...i thought it was the middle of July. Saturday this week...is it November??? such weird weather. snow. lightning. hail. RAIN, rain and more rain. not to mention the fact that it's 40 something outside. COME SPRING.....WE NEED YOU!!!
i'm posting a few shots of the boys from last week. playing in the sprinkler!!! it was gorgeous, don't let the sweatshirt jacks wearing fool you! all though it was 70 degrees, he insisted on wearing it! why you ask???? he was wearing a yellow shirt on underneath it and he thought that would make the bees land on him. poor kid. i told him next time to just run in and change. "oh, i hadn't thought of that!" :)
let's keep hoping people...spring will be here before we know it! :)

the idol update.....

hi there-
here it is, 2 days after the BIG BOOT OFF of kristy lee cook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i've been too excited to even have the time to write about it!!! i had to laugh when i got a phone call yesterday from amy, wondering why i hadn't blogged about the latest, BEST news ever!! :) so here i am, amy, thanks for keeping up on my blog!! :) needless to say, there was MUCH rejoicing here at the likkel household. oh course, my 'somewhat quiet husband' sat back and smiled...letting me revel in the happiness of the moment! a very good man is he!!
so, who's next to go? todd thinks it's the irish chick. hhhmmm. let me think about this. i'm totally rooting with you amy, i want david cook to win it. he rocks!!! if i had to choose, i'd give the little, so sensitive-a tad-over-dramatic, little david the boot next. all the girls (not me!) seem to think he's something else! not seeing that. anyway. enough about my silly little thoughts! i'm open to hear some of YOUR comments!!
what's new in our household? well we are into the full-swing (get it, full swing??:) )of baseball season. sam had his first game last night. they lost 7 to 21. oh well..... as long as he had fun!!!!:)
i'm off. i'll catch up later....