Scott & Janel Tingey Family

Bomber Volleyball

2010-11-11T06:23:00.000-08:00

Sarah was also involved in volleyball this year! She was the manager for the Bomber's freshman volleyball team. It was TONS of hours of work, but she enjoyed getting to know the girls on the team and traveling with them. Sarah kept score at all the games and helped at practice. The coaches really appreciated her, and she made some good friends in the process! I don't think she will do it again, though...practice went until 5:30 every night, and games were even later! She didn't really have a life outside of volleyball! But it WAS fun...

Wildcats Volleyball

2010-11-11T06:06:00.000-08:00

Megan played volleyball on the Enterprise Middle School 7th grade B-team this year. She had a great time, and got pretty good throughout the season! They had practice after school every day and games twice a week. The schedule was crazy, but it was great to be busy!! I really loved getting to go watch her games!!

Final Days

2010-06-10T12:10:00.000-07:00

Dare I say that the house is done?? I'm not so sure because we are going to walk through one more time before we close Monday the 14th, but I'm thinking we're there! It's been a long road, but it turned out GREAT and we are so excited to be moving into our own place! The photos are a close up of the floor in main floor, bonus room (all bedrooms look like this), girls bathroom, master bath, kitchen!

We started putting in the sprinkler system last weekend, and it has been lots of long days and evenings to get it close to done. We are going to hydroseed with our neighbors behind us and they had a head start. We are hurrying and hope to have everything ready to go next week!!

This Week's Update

2010-05-21T10:07:00.000-07:00

We're counting down to the end of this building adventure!! They have been working on floors and final stuff outside over the last few weeks. The wood floor is the entryway through the kitchen and extra hallway downstairs (its distressed on purpose, but dirty cause they were still working on it). The kitchen cabinets, tile, granite, etc are almost done and so is the floor/counters of the bathrooms! They just built up the pillars outside so they haven't been painted yet (I think they forgot to do them originally and I reminded them to build them up:) We are planning to close on June 7th then start moving in on the last day of school, June 11th!!

Moving Right Along!!

2010-05-07T08:42:00.000-07:00

More pictures of the house...they installed kitchen cabinets yesterday and now they are painting the exterior today! (Sarah with half of the kitchen) We are going to try to start working on the sprinklers in the next couple of weeks so we can get the lawn in as soon as we move in. Closing is set for the week of June 7th...so we are planning to move that weekend on the 11th or 12th of June!! Just over a month away - WOO HOO!!

Picture of the House Front

2010-04-18T18:52:00.000-07:00

They hadn't finished the siding on the front of the house when I took the pictures a couple of days ago, but they have since finished the siding. Here's what it looks like from the front...

House Update...

2010-04-15T13:32:00.000-07:00

So we are moving right along on the house! We put in a little bit of insulation ourselves the other day, and now they have sheetrocked the whole thing! They have also gotten most of the siding done, except for the front. This is the back of the house - we are excited about the huge covered patio...and then the interior shot is part of the family room. Whooppee!!

House Picture!!

2010-03-25T08:53:00.000-07:00

Well, as you can see, work is moving right along on our house! It's so exciting - they just did the roof and now are going to be finishing up plumbing and doing electrical next week...who knew building a house would be so much fun?!? Projected move-in is the week of June 21st!!!

We Have Officially "Broken Ground!"

2010-02-19T15:24:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it - we have finally, as of today, broken ground for our house!! I was starting to think that it wouldn't happen...but here's the photo to prove it! I stopped by the lot before picking up Sarah from school, and just had to sit and watch for a few minutes. Very exciting!! Now, they say that it will be 4 months from ground-breaking until the house is done. That means late June/early July...which is just in time for us to be out of town for girls camp, Tingey family reunion & Twin Lakes! We'll fit in moving somewhere... Woo Hoo!!

Sarah's Birthday

2010-01-27T19:47:00.000-08:00

Well, Sarah is officially 14 years old now! I can't believe I'm old enough to have a kid who can go to dances...pretty crazy! She had a wonderful birthday with good friends. The Richland School District gave her (and the rest of the kids) the day off. She took her bud Courtney to Macy's with her and they both got skin care lessons and makeovers. Then we went met Mollie & Connie for lunch. Then her new Mia Maid class came and kidnapped her to welcome her into their class. She said it was the best birthday ever!

Home Building Progress

2009-12-23T00:29:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to let you know that we finally closed our loan on the house last week. Now the plan is in review with the city and engineers. Our builder, New Tradition Homes, says we should be able to break ground within a month! THEN, once we break ground, it will only be 4 months till we move in!! It IS going to happen!!! (wow, that's a lot of exclamation points)

the Prince and the Pauper

2009-12-23T00:02:00.001-08:00

We are loving the Enterprise Middle School Play! It is the prince & the pauper, and we have been practicing since mid-October. Megan was cast as a townsperson and a prisoner. She has had practice after school most days, but loved every minute of it! The performances have been the last two weekends and she did a great job!!

Sarah was asked to be a costumer for the play, so she had a lot of work up front then during the performances she helps people with their costumes, mends anything that breaks, etc. during the performance. It hasn't been a whole lot of work...very boring is what she will tell you. At least she was able to work with her friend Courtney so it wasn't a total loss. I'm afraid she won't be on the crew for a school play again!

Gingerbread Houses!!

2009-12-22T23:51:00.001-08:00

Well, mom carried through with her annual tradition of making gingerbread houses for all the grandchildren to decorate. We enjoyed spending an afternoon with Grandma & Grandpa Bonner, creating our masterpieces!!

Spirit Day

2009-12-02T19:03:00.000-08:00

Since the school was having a Winterfest event tonight, they decided to have the December spirit day today. The girls decided to dress up, and went through our Christmas boxes to find something Christmas-y to wear. Here's what they came up with...

House Building Progress

2009-12-01T14:30:00.001-08:00

After 2 1/2 great years in Maryland, we moved back to Richland this summer. We looked and looked for a home we loved, but couldn't find it. We decided to build, and purchased a lot in West Richland. It has taken a long time to get the right floorplan and options figured out, but we finally did it and now we are waiting for the loan to come through so we can break ground! The bank has extended our interest rate lock 4 times now because they are so backlogged with loans. Hopefully by the end of December, we will get to finish the loan and start building our home! This is what the lot looked like when we purchased it (there were three empty lots behind ours). The three empties have since been purchased and started building!!

WELCOME

2009-12-01T14:17:00.000-08:00

Hooray, the Scott Tingey family now has its first official blog!! We will be posting information about our home building progress, and anything else that hits me... thanks for visiting!!