Saturday, December 21, 2013

The end - for now . . .



Thursday was spent taping and mudding the newly hung sheetrock.  



Gittin r done


Friday we took a day off to have some fun.

We went to Bass Pro Shop


And sat by the huge fire


And rode the carousel






We also sat on the four wheelers





Saw the fish


And messed around at the arcade





Then it was time to shop for hats. 





Yeah, we need those hats down here in the swamp . . .






Do you see what he sees?  


He sees a bear! 


Coon skin cap


After all that shopping, we needed some lunch so we headed to BJ's 


Matthew cut up his crayons with his fork


And the boys played the games on their menus.

Finally the food started to arrive.









James and Daddy shared a pizza


Mediterranean pizza for Daddy


I finally got my chicken sandwich.  It was good. 


We took care of some business the rest of the afternoon making sure Grampa was ready to fly home in the morning.  


On the way to the airport he got a call saying his flight had been cancelled.  

But upon entering the airport we found he had just a few minutes to make an earlier flight so we rushed around to get his luggage and retrieve his drivers license from the ticket agent and he barely made it.  


The early flight just sat and sat at the gate.

So we had a little time to kill inside the airport.

Santa was there.  

He's kinda short.



Jon took pics and video with my phone. 



Even I had my picture taken with Santa.  I've been good this year so no worries there. 

Finally Grampa's plane left the gate 


Hopefully he's making his way home safely.  

We'll miss you Grampa!  Thanks so much for all of your help - we really appreciate it!  Oh, and the kids are going to be disappointed with cereal tomorrow morning!



Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Progress



After completing the siding yesterday, work began on the inside today.  


First piece of Sheetrock up. 


The paint crew got to work on the outside. 



Many hands make light work.



Sheetrock is coming along nicely. 


Two of the crew working hard watching a movie. 


Painting is getting done. 


More Sheetrock is going up. 




Even the hallway outside of what is now James' room.  

All of the Sheetrock went up today and the paint crew finished painting outside.  We'll wait until morning to see if we need a second coat of paint on the siding and the taping will start on the Sheetrock too.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

What's Going On . . .


December has been a busy month for us . . .



Peter fit into Daddy's shoes


And worked hard at school. 



We accepted a delivery from Lowe's


Waiting for Grampa. 


We bought our first ever siding nailer - and the compressor to go with it. 


Cutting the treated plywood.  


Tearing off the old, rotten siding. 


James


Jon and Daddy tearing off siding.  


Alyssa and Matthew came to inspect the work.  


We did some grocery shopping. 


And remembered to pick up Grampa at the airport.





Alyssa and Daddy went out for their annual birthday breakfast. 


They finished the OSB sheathing - and that's all I'm gonna say about that!   ;)


We had pie and ice cream for Daddy and the new teenager. 


Matthew made me take this picture of him.  


And this one - it's his "Two Face" face. 


Got one wall of siding done. 


Jon on our new ladder


Now they're working on the back wall.  

Stay tuned for more updates on the construction.  Hopefully they'll be moving inside soon.