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Friday, November 14, 2008

Clean up is a constant!!!

See we are still smiling during this fun filled adventure!!!
These are the new appliances ready to be installed!!

This is the fireplace insert with a flat screen TV to go above it!
This is the masterbath. We will have two new windows to bring in more light!!!






The laundry room was next!!

Lee working hard at putting up the visqueen

Lee starting to put up the insulation - He must have been bored!!

Ashlea taking out her frustrations on the laundry room wall - You go girl!!!
Carol & Lindsea showing you their leg power
Lindsea went first.




Lindsea show us your muscles!!!






Kitchen - Knock Down!!!

This is our new makeshift kitchen!!!
How about this paint job!!! Real professional don't ya think??

Lee working hard at the dismanteling of the cabinets.


This is after the cabinets & cleanup where removed.



This was the beginning of the removal of the cabinets. Thanks to Lindsea, Ashlea & Lee!!!






Sunday, November 9, 2008

Front of house and garage




This is how our new home looks! Our driveway is still very long, but now there is a garage on the end...it'll be weird driving straight into it!!!













Closer look at the garage and the paint color!

Updates....




This is the new master bath! The wall you see is the shower!! Bill wanted a big walk in shower so we decided to forgo a tub and make a big shower!
















The wall in the office is offically knocked down! this will be the hallway to the 2 new bedrooms upstairs!










Do you like the new paint job! Ashlea and Lindsea said now our house doesn't look like an evil gingerbread house now...whatever!!














Our roof is black! don't mind the front door...it's going to be changed...

Sunday, September 21, 2008

My puncture wound



This is my puncture wound I got during an adventure with the gals I used to Jazzercise with. We went to Yellowstone Lake over the 6th of September, went on a hike, and instead of turning around when we could go no further, we decided to continue to hike. We ended up going up and over. down & under fallen timber. We found an area we could get down along the shore line again. We decided to paint our faces with some of the charcoal from the downed trees. After I put face paint on all of us, I turned around and my pant leg got caught on a limb and I fell. Thus my hand went into the tree limb or stick and this is what happed to my hand. We put some pressure on it and continued on our way back to the boat, which was about 2.5 - 3 miles down further on the shore. I could not get stitches in my hand when I got back to town, because the wound was more than 6-8 hours old. 24 hours to be exact. So I will have a heck of a scar on my hand, but it will remind me of the fun we had that Saturday afternoon, and evening, and did we have fun that night. We were the talk of the dock the next morning!!!

Week 7
















These are the two bedrooms upstairs.

















This is the new laundry room.
















Bill is standing in the new bathroom.















The new garage. Ready to be dried in and roofed on Monday the 22nd & Tuesday the 23rd. I asked Bill if he knew anybody we could get to do it, the roof that is!!!















And this is Bill standing in the door of the new garage looking out at the back yard.

Week 6
















Well the second story is being framed in. The window to the left is the play room, and the window to the right is one of the two bedrooms upstairs.


















When I came home after golf on the 2nd of September, they were putting the roof back on the frame. It was to cool. I ran into the house to get my camera to take pictures of this, and by the time I got my camera (approx 15 seconds) they had the roof lifted and set into place. It was crazy!!
















They had to cut 4 holes in the roof to remove the roof and then reattach it to the new framing. What an art the operator of this crane has, and oh to make it more difficult the wind was blowing, but you couldn't tell it by his experience.















This is from the front of the house by the new garage. Just a different angle of the roof being put back in place.

Week #5 - The crew returned after 1 week off



After a week or two off the construction crew returned and took the roof off the house. I wasn't here during this, however it was strange to see that I had no roof over the garage anymore!!













As you can see the electrical cords for the entire house are hanging over the new beam. This will be the new family room. The laundry room and a new bathroom will also be on this level.














This is a view from the upstairs play room. Also, there will be a small bathroom, and Bill will finally have an office of his own. I'm so excited about this, as I can reclaim the kitchen table!!!!!

There will also be two additional bedrooms upstairs. You kids finally have a place to sleep!!!









This is the new garage. Big enough for the vehicle, oh yea that would be my vehicle!!! And then storage cabinets for Bill's tools and STUFF!

Thursday, August 14, 2008



WEEK #4.5

The garage floor has been poured. The drain set. Now let the framing begin!!!












This is BaPa Bill's new entry to the garage!

WEEK #4
The survey tools are in place to dig the hole for the drain in the garage floor.

Mr. Mike, our contractor let little Miss Kaylee sit in the backhoe and help him dig the hole for the drain. As you see I didn't have my camera with me to get Kaylee's picture with Mr. Mike.
She really did help him out.
Here's Jose' again getting the concrete up next to the walls for the garage floor.


Getting the concrete leveled out. What a tough job it was in the heat of the day!!

WEEK #2

The walls have been set, now its time for the concrete to be poured!! Our local concrete dudes came to start the day!

Jose' (I really don't know his name, we'll just call him Jose') Helps to get the concrete into the forms for the new garage floor & walls. I can't believe were doing this!!!!!! Oh yes I can!

This picture should have been at the top of the page. I can get so confused with all this stuff being in order and all. But you know me, crazy!!!!!!!!!

The Construction has begun!!!

WEEK #1

















Week one was a messy one, but fun filled none the less. Bapa Bill tearing down the sheetrock, & Nema got to pull all the nails. How much fun for me!!!













See, the mess!! Keeping it cleaned up has been easy so far. Keeping it picked up as we go along.