Fingers crossed

We are holding our breath tonight as we wait to hear about the legal status of our house in probate court today. It turned out the house we have a contract on was owned by an elderly woman who passed away shortly after we signed the contract. Long story short we are scheduled to close tomorrow morning if all goes well in probate court today with the estate. Champagne only after the fat lady sings. Homebrew while we wait. Okay- so while I was waiting for the videos to upload we heard that everything went well in court and we are set to sign the papers tomorrow morning. I'll believe it when it is all said and done.

We have been enjoying a beautiful, if rainy, spring while we have been going back and forth on the house and packing and trying to organize all the little details of moving. I hope to update my timberframe blog soon with two new projects I've been working on here in the neighborhood- nice to work close to home for a while- and nice to do the design and cutting for the most part.
Katharine is doing well with research and teaching; she leaves Sunday for a conference in Madison WI. Between research and teaching an extra class and applying for more grants, she has been keeping well busy.
James is fast approaching four and has lots of interesting theories about the world and all the strange things in it. He keeps us on our toes. Here he is practicing flying in a bird costume he came up with--



Today, the boys got to help with some timberframe layout when they got up from naps.


Willy has been talking up a storm all of a sudden. About two weeks ago he woke up and just started naming everything he could and does not stop until he falls asleep in the evening. Its mostly hilarious; we are all learning more about language as he fills in the gaps. He is still a bruiser- here is a nice shiner from a header off the couch:



The boys sharing a rare quiet moment on the couch-

We end up with a lot of bath pictures- I think because it is one of those rare moments where they are contained in a limited space and we actually have time to grab the camera. Here they are sliding down the back of the tub--



James and Katharine pinning the bugs we caught in the state park with our sweep net. Katharine is the only one with the patience to pin all those tiny guys--