Saw the House today

Couple more views of the homestead, from the back and side.

A Very Merry Chistmas

Merry Christmas (or as Tucker says Happy Happy!)

Well, santa found us (a bunch of times) even though we were all over the place this year. We got lots of cool new toys for the new house. We spent lots of time with our cousins and grandparents it was lots of fun. Tucker got a sit n spin, bulldozer, a desk, tj beary tales, a work bench and tools, and a camera plus lots of other cool stuff, Jaycie Claire made out with bitty baby and accessories, a care bear, a grocery cart, a purse, and tons of baby doll stuff. We thank everybody for all we got we are very lucky little kids and hope every little kid out there was just as lucky. Have a great rest of 2006 we are off to Heyworth to see the new home tomorrow.

take care,

Jaycie claire, and the bear

New House Picture

Well, heres the house as of yesterday. Its still on schedule even though they could'nt work for a week due to 2 inches of ice covering it. The roof is going on and all the rooms are framed inside we are to meet with the electrician, plumber, and sound guy for a walk throught late next week. All the windows and doors were delivered to the garage, man was there a lot of them and the front door is really COOL. Its getting to the real fun part now!!! Well, if we don't talk to you or see you before have a Merry Christmas this weekend we will be in the Quad Cities waiting for Santa!

Love Jaycie Claire & Tucker

Santa Came!

Well heres the photos from Santa's first visit to see us. He said he didn't bring everything and has to stop buy a couple more times so there will be more pictures to follow. All we have to say is wowwwwwwwwww!!!!!!

Making Cookies for Santa

Hey look what we did, Abby, Tucker, and I made a forest scene with santas sleigh and a huge mess but it was lots of fun. I ate more than I helped but I couldn't stop myself it was so good. This Christmas thing is so much fun...........and tasty! Jaycie Claire

Jaycie Claire Meets Santa & Tucker Shovels Some Snow!

The house is moving along

the front

















the great room from above











the master

Jaycie Claire Got Caught!

Guess who found some Chocolate------------She thought she was in the clear and still can't figure out how mommy knew----------Can you guess mommy's first clue?

Happy Turkey Day &House Update

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM: LAUREN, JAYCIE CLAIRE, BABY, AND TUCKER












Backside of the house Friday











Front of the house Friday

We're Making progress!!!

Hi everyone, its the week of thanksgiving and we are heading to Chicago for some Turkey. As you can see, the Coon Palace is well underway it is so exciting to watch! Here's also a picture of the fam as you can see we are doing just fine being homeless and looking forward to the Holidays. We will update again soon, daddy is still home so we aren't updating quite so often.

Love, J. A. T. & JC.

House pics and Halloween

Well we have basement walls and are getting a floor and driveway today. The builder is also starting to put walls up today. Mommy and Daddy are in the middle of moving us out of School st. as we speak! We are hanging out a G'ma and 'pas while they work. As you can see we had a fun Halloween I was a pirate and Jaycie Claire was my parrot we kind of did the Jimmy Buffet thing this year. Well thats all for now hopefully we will have some wall pics by the end of the week. T. Bear

Our "Hole Sweet Hole"

Well here she is our 11 foot hole in the ground..................not such great weather to have an 11 foot hole in the ground........................I say lets just make a great big pool!!!! And the mud man it is great you should have seen me after I ran around out there today. Can you say Messy!! (I can) Well, probably no updates tomorrow we aren't planning on going out because mommy has appoinments with the cabinet lady! Daddy still hasn't got a call to go to work in all this weather but we know our days are numbered so we are enjoying him while we can. Talk to ya again soon
-----Tucker Bear

Holy dirt Pile!!!!

Well I had to put the picture on of "mount Coon" that I spent all day trying to climb!!!!!

The Big Reveal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi All Its me Tucker and I am soooooo excited to announce that there is an enormous hole I own at 706 Justin Drive in Heyworth, IL (5 minutes outside of Bloomington) Thats right my big surprise is that I am building a new home and I spent the day watching all these big trucks and excavators dig the basement. I even got to ride on a big dump truck to haul away dirt...........man was that fun! The hole is really deep about 11 feet you have to put a ladder down it to get in and out I have never seen such big piles of dirt and mom and dad even let me climb them this afternoon I must say I can get pretty high! Here are some pictures. They should finishing digging either tomorrow or Monday and then they will pour the footings and the walls of the basement if the weather stays good, Joe (the builder and my new hero man is he cool!) says we will be framing in a week and a half!

I can't wait for everyone to come visit and play with me here our lot is up on a hill and at the end of this cul de sac we also have woods in our back yard and the construction guys said when they got there this morning there were 7 deer in our yard!! Won't that be cool to wake up and see in the morning! Hope to update soon with a picture of the actual hole mommys camera ran out of juice by the afternoon and we didn't get it today. Take care and Go Cards!!!!!!!!

Tucker Bear

Heres a hint from Tucker

OK!

I couldn't wait until tommorrow so these pictures are a little hint. can you figure out our new adventure? if not stay tuned till tommorrow for some really exciting pictures and the big reveal. I don't think I can sleep! I know mommy can't!

PS Go Cards we'll be cheering for you tonight!!!!!!!

Love Tucker

PSS another hint-----those are stakes I am looking at...............Have you figured it out yet?

Some Recent Pics of us!!!

Hi we are getting ready for a really big day today our big surprise is almost ready to happen Here are some pics from the fall so far to enjoy hopefully we will reveal our surprise tommorrow!!!!!! Can't wait and we miss everyone!!!!

The Bear and Jaycie Claire

get ready for a big announcement!!!

Sorry we haven't been on lately but you will soon learn why. We have been up to something pretty big and exciting and we hope to reveal it on the site in a couple of days!!!!

Be sure to stay tuned!

Love, the coon kids (and the parents too)

Texas Pics

Here's some pics from our Texas trip. We had so much fun with our cousins. I just loved my big cousins Graham and Adison they took really good care of me while I visited. I also loved the puppies they had and can't stop talking about them. Jaycie Claire loved the pool there is a picture of her and Graham in the water. I also got to take a ride in a boat with my cousin Tyler. I didn't say much at the time but I am really proud of the picture! We can't wait to go back----but mom says we need to give the Chapmans a little break after having busy little me around for 4 days! Maybe next summer! Well take care and stay tuned we have a big family project brewing soon and can't wait to share it with you. You know my family we don't let any grass grow under our feet ---Well take care and mommy promises to get back on track with updating this blog a little better!

Luv,
Tucker Bear