Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Kindergarten Concert
North Elementary hosted a Kindergarten Christmas Choir Concert. The children were asked to dress their best, and Jacks took that to heart. Jacks was so concerned that he didn't look "handsome" enough for the concert. He had Bennett, Jemma, and I fawning all over him, each telling him how incredibly good looking he was. He sure knows how to work it!
Thanksgiving
I have no pictures of our actual Thanksgiving feast.
Thanksgiving plans were changed last minute as everyone descended upon the Washburn house to help with some major house construction.
Everyone was suppose to head to Idaho, but when Matt and I cancelled our reservations at Casa de Grandma Julie plans were changed and the Hammonds and Grandma Julie headed to Wyoming! We had a major house painting party and a wood flooring installation party.
It all turned out pretty well, however, there was so much to do we cooked our Thanksgiving dinner in record time, shoveled it into our mouths and were back at the house working.
Next year I will defiantly have to show a bit more hospitality for the holiday. I am so thankful that I have a great family who will give up our favorite holiday (food holiday) to work and help get us into our home.
Thanksgiving plans were changed last minute as everyone descended upon the Washburn house to help with some major house construction.
Everyone was suppose to head to Idaho, but when Matt and I cancelled our reservations at Casa de Grandma Julie plans were changed and the Hammonds and Grandma Julie headed to Wyoming! We had a major house painting party and a wood flooring installation party.
It all turned out pretty well, however, there was so much to do we cooked our Thanksgiving dinner in record time, shoveled it into our mouths and were back at the house working.
Next year I will defiantly have to show a bit more hospitality for the holiday. I am so thankful that I have a great family who will give up our favorite holiday (food holiday) to work and help get us into our home.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Construction: Drywall, Texture, Trim
Michelle and Rob came from Utah to help us around the house.
They got here late Thursday night and proceeded to try and terrorize the family.
Rob had a skeleton from his work Halloween party. He tried to scare me with it, but when that didn't work he placed it in bed with Bennett to wake up to. 6:30 am rolled around with commotion coming from the boys' room. I walked down to see how terrified they were. Bennett said he was a little scared and almost screamed, but by the end of the day he claimed he had not been scared at all. I think that is a challenge. We are now on a mission to see what really would scare Bennett...
On to construction... Sheetrock was hung last week and then the first coat of tape was applied. On Wednesday the drywaller came back and was done with texture by Friday afternoon. Matt and Rob started Friday night hanging the doors. Saturday, we found a babysitter and the adults went to work. Matt and Rob finished hanging doors and started on the trim around the doors. Michelle and I were in charge of running errands for the men (of course) and then set to work on cleaning up the big mess in the back yard that the men had made (of course...just like at home).
They got here late Thursday night and proceeded to try and terrorize the family.
Rob had a skeleton from his work Halloween party. He tried to scare me with it, but when that didn't work he placed it in bed with Bennett to wake up to. 6:30 am rolled around with commotion coming from the boys' room. I walked down to see how terrified they were. Bennett said he was a little scared and almost screamed, but by the end of the day he claimed he had not been scared at all. I think that is a challenge. We are now on a mission to see what really would scare Bennett...
On to construction... Sheetrock was hung last week and then the first coat of tape was applied. On Wednesday the drywaller came back and was done with texture by Friday afternoon. Matt and Rob started Friday night hanging the doors. Saturday, we found a babysitter and the adults went to work. Matt and Rob finished hanging doors and started on the trim around the doors. Michelle and I were in charge of running errands for the men (of course) and then set to work on cleaning up the big mess in the back yard that the men had made (of course...just like at home).
The office
Looking from the front entrance to the family room
Looking from the end of the hall to the front door
Looking from the dining area into the kitchen
Looking from the mudroom into the guest bathroom
Looking from the guest bathroom, through the mudroom into the family room
Construction Pictures: Texture and Doors
Family room
Looking from the landing towards the kitchen
Jemma's room
Master bedroom
Master bathroom and closet
Gigantic wood pile (mess) in the backyard that took 5 trips to the dump and a massive bonfire to remove and clean up... Thanks men.
Construction
We have a roof!
The house is now roofed and everything is dried in. The rough-in electrical is almost complete and I'm getting pretty excited to get some drywall up.
Looking through the mudroom into the guest bathroom
Looking from the mudroom, through the dining area into the family room
Jemma's room
Looking from the kitchen into the family room
Looking from the dining area into the kitchen
Looking from the master bedroom through the bathroom, into the closet
Looking from the landing into the kitchen
Halloween
We had quite the group of characters for Halloween this year.
Jemma was a popstar.
Jacks main goal was to be scary, I think he accomplished that.
Bennett didn't truly care what costume he wore this year...he just wanted candy, and lots of it. Mission accomplished.
After school we headed to to Main Street to do a little trick or treating.
We lasted an hour before everyone agreed it was time to go.
I drove to Pizza Hut to pick up dinner and in the process received 2 sleeping children. Jacks and Jemma were wiped out. Once we got home and had our dinner we headed to the ward trunk or treat, which Jacks and Jemma didn't want to attend. They were too tired and said they were going to stay in the car...until we got there, and then of course they hopped out and did their rounds of collecting candy. We got home at 7pm and Bennett decided he had not had enough so Matt took them trick or treating down the street. Matt said Jemma and Jacks were dragging and definitely ready to head home when he suggested it.
Two thirds of the kids were in bed and asleep by 8pm. The other third was bouncing off the walls. I had to bribe him with a piece of candy in his lunch box the following day to get him into bed. I'm sure he had sweet dreams.
Jemma was a popstar.
Jacks main goal was to be scary, I think he accomplished that.
Bennett didn't truly care what costume he wore this year...he just wanted candy, and lots of it. Mission accomplished.
After school we headed to to Main Street to do a little trick or treating.
We lasted an hour before everyone agreed it was time to go.
I drove to Pizza Hut to pick up dinner and in the process received 2 sleeping children. Jacks and Jemma were wiped out. Once we got home and had our dinner we headed to the ward trunk or treat, which Jacks and Jemma didn't want to attend. They were too tired and said they were going to stay in the car...until we got there, and then of course they hopped out and did their rounds of collecting candy. We got home at 7pm and Bennett decided he had not had enough so Matt took them trick or treating down the street. Matt said Jemma and Jacks were dragging and definitely ready to head home when he suggested it.
Two thirds of the kids were in bed and asleep by 8pm. The other third was bouncing off the walls. I had to bribe him with a piece of candy in his lunch box the following day to get him into bed. I'm sure he had sweet dreams.
Invasion
I chased this thing out of my garage, under Matt's car, through the grass onto the road, and then far, far away from my house...with a broom and sheer disgust.
On to some animals I do like:
On to some animals I do like:
Monday, September 17, 2012
Construction: Framing
Matt and our friend, Josh, that we hired to frame, began framing the basement the last week in August. The framing project was completed in about 2 1/2 weeks. Pretty fast if you ask me. They had help on Labor Day framing up a wall on the upstairs, and then both weekends Tyler came over and helped with framing and trusses.
The garage interior walls are framed up...and the port-a-potty moved to a new location off of the road
Walk-out basement
Front porch wall
Inside view from the garage
The garage walls being constructed
View from the master bedroom into the bathroom and on into the closet
View from the master bedroom doorway down the hall into Jemma's room
The view from the kitchen into the dining room and family room
The trusses being put on
The finished product...well as far a framing goes.
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