The Lassens

So terribly, awfully, horrendously bad.

2010-06-28T23:20:00.000-07:00

What is this deliriously stagnant blog coming to?????

I'm in Pasadena, California.

Where is everyone else?

What the junk is happening?

Do you know the muffin man?

And just for kicks and gigs.......

Lame

2009-08-03T20:13:00.000-07:00

This family is technologically lame. We must post.

I'm taking a class from NCC (boom) and I'm working. Right now I'm procrastinating from reading my psych book. Ergo, I make this post.

What is going on with everyone else? Nothing? Sweet.

Here's a little extra something something.......

Wanted: Lassen Boys Blogging

2009-05-24T12:40:00.000-07:00

Here's an idea ... how 'bout those people that actually live in the Lassen home start posting some blogs! Mom and dad we have to excuse because they're technically challenged. But that leaves three individuals that should be able to rescue this blog from the desert wasteland that it is. Let's see some sweet Lassen boys blogs!!

House Update - in Technicolor!

2008-11-27T13:51:00.000-08:00

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving! I am blogging from the rental house in frosty, stinky Sioux Center. Inside the house, though, it smells like TURKEY. See Exhibit A (the roaster sitting right next to the front door).

This is the scene. Everyone is conserving energy for the feast that will take place as soon as Amy and Seth get here.

Earlier today we went to check out the house progress. Murray was there, too.

It was really bright out.

Miles and Andrew fought.

The bricks for the exterior have arrived!

The rooms have been painted! Binks did a great job picking out her wall colors, and the boys got to choose some as well.
Ty's basement bedroom is a special shade of orange.

Upstairs, boys mill about the construction debris.

Kitchen pantry in progress.

Basement.

Dad unloading Mom's wine chiller. Swanky.

More fancy orange. Orange is so hot right now.

Mom's camera needs some SERIOUS lens-cleaning attention.

Micah should not be playing with this.

Andrew is a goofball.

Lots of things to trip on.

Nook for a giant flatscreen!

Heavenly view of the new golf course.

Master bedroom.

Front guest bedroom.

Incredible lens dust. And an art nook.

The living room's funky ceiling.

Another pretty blue front room.

Murray is like Andrew.

Red wall and sweet French doors in the den.

That's the update, for now! Del is working on the camera lens as we speak. :)

When You Cut Off Murray's Eyebrows...

2008-11-20T11:02:00.000-08:00

....he looks at you like this:

See you at Thanksgiving!

Check this out.

2008-11-19T22:46:00.000-08:00

Finally.... House Update

2008-10-18T14:43:00.000-07:00

Here we go....finally! It has been a long time, I know....Now you can see what has happened over the last several months.We have the new Pella windows in on this photo.

This is looking from the kitchen area to the great room

this is looking out the back deck door down onto the new concrete pad below.the covered deck will actually sit over the pad

the master BR windows with the back 9 seen out the windows

the garage doors are on....this photo was taken the end of July'08

October 18 2008

Here sits the brick that will go on the front of the house in the next week or so

Here is Amy....you can see the house going up next to ours

Here is our brick....a close up

this is looking into the kitchen...the sheetrock went up this week

this is the bump up or cove ceiling in the family room

the windows in the piano room

this is the mechanical room....look at all the electrical wires waiting to be hooked up to the boxes.....

Looking to the front foyer

the garage is being used by the contractors to house a lot of their stuff

the stairs looking up to the upper level

10-18-08

oh my, this was a fun thing to witness....the rest of the day(after watching Iowa beat Wisconsin on tv),w as spent out at the house with the guys putting in the necessary hole for the new , future basketball system. so Del takes shovels and Micah, Jason, TJ, and Seth out there to start digging the hole...which needs to be 4 feet deep. So here is Del making the first cut or dig.

some diggers...many observers...... the trailer in the background belongs to the contractor who is building the house next to us....it sits right next to our driveway......

I t loooks like they are making a dent.......

Seth is really getting into it now....rolling up the pant legs.....and it is a real hole by now...

It was very laborious....took forever and so much work.....I spotted this gas auger in the garage and we decided to see if it could help us out a bit. It was kind of a piece....must have taken 100 pulls to get the thing to fire...and then hang on!!! it did help a bit, but it kept dying and in the end just took too much to get it started and keep it going.

Seth is getting down in there...progress

eventually they had to hold on to whoever was scooping the dirt out of the hole...here is Jason hanging on to Seth

TJ holding on to Micah

It is done!! a 4 foot deep hole...strong work .

And that is how we spent Sat afternoon 10-18-08. They are really working fast on the house again, so we will try to update again soon. Thanks Amy for putting everything on the site again.

not saucy

2008-10-16T13:52:00.000-07:00

this blog is dry. like a desert.

Del, circa 1976

2008-09-11T13:18:00.001-07:00

I was unpacking some boxes and rediscovered one of my favorite pictures of dad.

Yo yo!

2008-08-02T08:07:00.000-07:00

I changed the look of the blog. Everyone cool with that? I thought Binks would appreciate the orange and blue!! :)

The House

2008-07-23T17:51:00.000-07:00

This is a shot taken from across the course looking to the southwest with our house on top of the hill.

The stick frame is going up!!

the garage floor is in

Dad and micah in the master BR

Looking to the back of the house...big windows!!

Ty stepping over some of the woodwork.

Micah most likely checking his cell phone.......

Looking at the back of the house and the framing...

the sun sets on the house on the hill...

this is the north side of the house

Oh wow..another gorgeous sunset on 2370 Ridge Road....

They are putting up the pressed board walls in this shot...

It starts to look more like a house each day we come out to look!

We have a roof and peaks going up!!! Way cool.

All the trusses ...makes a neat picture, right Jenna??

Looking out to the future covered deck...

this is the covered deck going up...just the roof portion

Hole #18 in our back yard

July 15, 2008.....the shingles are up on the roof..ready to be put on

Del is checking out the back of the house....

the shingles are going up and on.......

Our builder Doug up on the roof shingling.....

Did I mention how gorgeous the sunsets are up on Ridge Road?

We were kind of amazed that the deck roof is supported by those two skinny poles....and that's all that is holding it up.....

Micah standing on the scaffolding out in front...

July 19,2008 The Tyvek house wrap is going on.....

July 23, 2008.......the driveway is in! And this is the future basketball court as well. I had a 3 hour meeting with the electrician last night going over all the lighting and deciding where every light switch would be placed(wonder where dad was.....) that was intense. Mike the electrician was very patient and helpful and we did get it all figured out. And I learned a lot about wiring in those three hours. We will keep you all posted on any new changes on the new home front. A BIG thank you to daughter Amy for putting all of the photos on the blog for you all to enjoy.

House Progress

2008-07-12T20:29:00.001-07:00

6-27-08

Here is the big digger scooping out the basement for our new home at 2370 Ridge Road.

This is Ty lying in his soon to be basement bedroom.

This is a picture after the excavation showing the basement wall borders.

July 1, 2008 - They are pouring the basement floor.

This is the HUGE cement boom.

This is the end of boom where the cement pours out.

These are all the rebars of the basement floor.

Micah and Ty standing by all the floor joists and trusses.

Del looking at the completed basement floor. Golf course in the background.

Doug the Builder (to the tune of Bob the Builder) - courtesy of Amy

This is the pumping truck.

July 9, 2008 - Basement walls are poured today.

This is a picture of the molds for the basement walls.

July 11, 2008 - The framing is going up. This is looking at the walk out basement.

The floor going in for the main level.

Micah standing in his closet.

Inside the lower level.

Hmmmk

2008-07-07T21:08:00.001-07:00

Alle of ye, art satches. I miss ye alle.

Ode to Mom & Dad

2008-07-07T19:41:00.001-07:00

2008-07-07T09:46:00.000-07:00

Hey all! Lianne Farley here. I have just created this blog for mom and dad, so that we can follow the progress of their new house and check in on the goings-on of good old Sioux Center. I hope that by doing the actual creation I have helped eliminate any technical difficulties that may have occurred for Del and Bink. :) I'm counting on the Lassen kids that are a little closer to home to help with any future technical difficulties that may arise (i.e., loading pictures). Enjoy!