Sisters in 2013

Saturday, January 2, 2016

Peek

Here is a peek of how things are looking here. I got my butt up long enough to pick up(sort of).

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Dave got the kids a mini trampoline and this huge crash pad for Christmas. They have been jumping all week!

We still don't have the kick plates on for the cabinets. Pip loves to try and crawl under them to get closer to the heat source!

Kate's room is so close to being finished. Just the crown needs paint and blue needs touch up.

Leah's is under serious construction

And the final finish work is starting in ours.

Ok, not really. But we are sleeping at the new house! We still have a whole ton of work to do here, and much more crap to move, but it feels good to be "in" the new house! I would take some photos for you to see of it today but I am sick and the house is in disaster mode. Here are a few from a couple weeks ago when trim work started.

And then there were 4

It's a long story but the short version is that we now have 4 Great Pyrenees. Yup, we are THAT crazy. Neve(3 years?) Lua(9 months) Kiasha(4 months) and Samba( 10 weeks). I don't think they will all be staying long term but for now they are all doing a great job learning their serious work as livestock guardians. My guess is we will train them well and see which two (maybe three ) fit our farm best and find wonderful farms for the other(s) to work on. But for now we are having some serious fun with our very large pack.

Lily ans Samba on her first night with us.

Leah turned 6.

Leah had wonderful birthday party at the new house this year with all the things she wanted. A new doll, horses, and clothes for the doll. Thanks to our loyal and dedicated family and friends for braving the construction zone for a party! Fun stuff.

Monday, November 16, 2015

How it looks today

I took some updated pictures just this morning. Now it will look different by this evening, as it changes quite a bit daily now. But here is as up to date as you can get! We finished the backsplash over the weekend and I was so happy to pull up all the plastic and RAM board to expose our beautiful hardwood! The faucets are not installed, I just like to look at them. And we still need to grout all the backsplash which will be a job for sure! At this point though, I could just sit and stare at the kitchen all day, it's so very calming to me. Oh, and I LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! the countertops! We decided on Quartz and I could not be happier!

Did I mention the kids got to choose their bedroom colors? Leah went pink and Kate turquoise.

This is the laminate flooring that will be throughout the house. This is the only room we have down so far(the family room) so we still have all the bedrooms and the stairs left.

Instead of ripping up and laying new tile in the back hall, bathroom, and laundry, I just decided to re-stain the grout. I think it turned out great. It took much longer than I expected though.

Grandma Mason's room- ready for flooring!

I also painted the laundry room cabinets to avoid buying new.

Dragging On

We have had so many small set backs that all add up to so much time! The good news is we are still getting a whole lot done each day. We have been waiting (for the last week) on some flooring parts that the company did not ship when we received the rest of our flooring. The good news about this- we made some major progress on the kitchen. The bad news- still no flooring in the bedrooms and on the stairs. Once we get the flooring down on the stairs they can measure and start making the railing which can take about 3 weeks.....ugh. Here are some photos from the first week in November.

Even with all the crazy work Dave made time to teach Leah how to cook eggs and noodles. She is taking a cooking class at school and is getting very excited about the new skills!