Mid-process

These are some mid-process pictures. The first pictures is of the new bathroom plumbing and the second is showing the ceiling with the old sheetrock torn off. We had to raise the finished ceiling height to comply with codes.

These are some before pictures of our basement that we remodeled. We finished it off and now Ashley's sister Haley is living there.

We went to see Riley play his 1st home football game of the year. He made it worth our while with this Brian Urlacher type play!

its been awhile!

its been a busy month! look for more updates coming very soon!

7 Random things about us!

On my friends Rachel's website I was "tagged"--so here are 7 random things about us!

1.) When I do a double shift I ALWAYS have a kid ham sandwich with cottage cheese and corn. Always.
2.) ryan hates it when anyone, even himself touch his feet.

3.) its been well over three years since I’ve worn a dress (I’m a tomboy at heart!)

4.) ryan plays basketball every mon, wed & Friday @ 6:00 am for an hour each day

5.) a big pet peeve is when your standing in line at a grocery store and someone is paying with a check and doesn’t write on it until the checker has announced the total. You can fill in the date, memo, signature, and place…the only thing you don’t know if the end total! J

6.) ryan thinks he can fix anything (which is good and bad!)

7.) one of our favorite things to do is go to boarders and read together.

New address!

Dear Ones,

Please update your address books for us. We have been/are moving this week. Our new address will be:

Ryan & Ashley Houck

313 South Walnut

Ames, Iowa 50010

We are excited about this move. Although in a lot of ways it will be the smallest place we’ve lived. We’re planning on being here for a little bit. (Possibly two years) I’m actually going to hang pictures on the walls! Currently we are working on a small scale remodel project in our basement. My sister, Haley & a friend will be moving in August 1^st. We are excited what the future holds, and in a couple of years (Lord willing) can’t wait to move to the country!!!

In Him,

Ryan & Ashley

a huge praise!

we'd like to share a huge praise, ryan had two of his best months in appraising! Praise the Lord!

flooding

us being silly

two saturdays ago was my first saturday not having to work (besides taking them off for weddigs, graduations, etc) so we were very giddy, as you can see! :-)

After 9 years something new!

Starting today:
after nine years or working nights & weekends as a server, I am switching my hours to Monday to Friday 11-4 (still at hickory park) ! No more nights, no more weekends!!!!!! I am very excited about this change. The Lord is blessing Ryan's business so I am able to cut back. We realized that we've been together for 6 and half years and have never had a "normal" work week with one another! We are very excited about this change. YEAH!!! The Lord is faithful to his children!

silver dollar city

this is at the front of silver dollar city, we had a great time, saw alot of shows and went on a few rides!

leaning house

this house makes you feel all funny--as you can see from the pictures!

riley & ryan talking "smack" on which one is stronger!

bridge

dad trying to "rock the bridge" in Branson -- it really worked too!