Random stuff

We have to give him a 5 minute break every 24 hours. It is the law.

He was so tired, he actually said that the cardboard was pretty comfortable. That is just pathetic.

I bet you are wondering what this is about! Ha Ha. Kristy's Golden Retriever had 11 more puppies and this is Father Mel, and Father Sasha from the local monastery. They fell in love with all the puppies, but finally chose this little girl. They said the 200 residents of the monastery were all so excited to get a puppy. He wanted me to take his picture and e-mail it to him so he could show it to the others, and so he could send it to his sister in Scotland. They were really nice guys.

Cabinets

I went to the shop where our cabinets are being made, they let me "inspect" their work and take a few pictures for the blog. It was pretty exciting to see them all there piled up almost finished.

Well, he was working hard on the cabinets until I pulled out my camera, then he stopped to strike a pose!

Ha Ha, no mistaking this one, it is the linen closet that goes in the hallway.

These are the cabinet doors, they had to be ordered and had just been delivered. Yipee.....

Bathroom tile

Our tile guy, Eric finished lining the shower with the moisture barrier and now he can get started putting the tile around the tub area. I am sooo excited, I just love the tile we chose for the master bath.

This is pretty good for a day's work. The face of the tub will have bead board made from PVC around it.

Eric cut the rounded pieces freehand on his tile saw, very impressive!

painting the interior trim

Daniels Dad, Stan again showed up to help us out. He is filling and sanding about a billion nail holes in the trim before it can be painted.

After spending a day filling and sanding the trim, another day covering the painted walls with paper and plastic Daniel started painting the trim. He started at 9:14 p.m. and finished this last doorway into the dining room at about 4:30 a.m. Then he had to lay out all of the base trim in the garage and paint it. After he finished that he showered, packed his bags and we put him on the plane for Alaska where he will be working for the next few months. I can't believe he worked for more than 24 hours straight to get that finished before he had to leave, but he did it! What an awesome guy!

It turned out beautiful! Thanks Dear.

The shower "pans" have to be put in and inspected, then Eric, our great tile guy can get busy with the tile. He was very happy when we got the AC unit hooked up and working so he didn't melt while doing his job.

Daniel had to put waterproof tile board around the tub before the tile can go on. This whole steam shower and tub project has been a ton more work than anticipated!

He just finished cutting out the hole for the tub, yikes, that looks huge! Yes, he is working late into the night again. He is under a lot of pressure to get as much done on the house before he leaves for Alaska so he has been working until 2:00 a.m. or so.

Kristy wanted lots and lots of shelves in her closet and that is what she got! She and Heather have been without rooms and closets for over a year, they are very excited at the thought of being able to put their things away in their own closet!

The Fireplace

First Daniel set the hearthstones.

It literally took us days to choose, arrange and set each stone for the fireplace. The stones are different colors and all different shapes and since it would be the focal point of our home we wanted it to be just right!

And here it is all done! The mortar still needs to be done and the door put back on, but we are very pleased. Daniel is going to make a mantle from a piece of white oak from a roll-top desk he made at BYU. I can already picture our Christmas stockings hanging there!

random stuff

The girls and I have been making salsa, Yummmmm. Thanks for the great receipe Heather L.

This is Travis modeling the latest in eyewear fashion from Lowes.

These are the wonderful guys from Essex Heating and Air hooking up the air conditioning systems. Good timing too, it was 107 degrees that day.

The crown moulding in our bedroom. It is so beautiful, Ken, our finish carpenter is doing an amazing job!

Helpful Heather

Here is Heather "helping."
Here is Heather "helping" the next day.
Dad was tired of her idea of "help" so he taught her how to use the tile saw and put her to work.
She picked out the stone, cut it if needed, put the mortar on and attached it to the house. She did that entire section and it turned out great.
This is our friend Neil McCoy and of course Travis. Neil did a lot of the stone, and Travis helped.

"Stoning"

Once the house was painted, we started putting on the stone. Daniel had a great time, he thought it was lots of fun.
And, of course he was working late into the night. He was actually having such a great time that he didn't want to stop.

The columns were a bit of a challenge, of course Daniel loved it! They turned out nice.
Putting on the water table stone.

Rock and roll

Daniel primed the entire house, then painted it with the help of course of his Dad......
Then after all of that, we decided that we didn't like the color. We tried several different colors and finally decided on the "right one." After mixing 12 five gallon buckets of paint WRONG, Lowes finally got it right and Daniel once again painted the house. We are really happy with this color.


The last thing to get painted.

Laura is a busy girl!

Laura filmed the classes and concerts at the American Harp Conference this year. She learned a lot and met some important people.
Laura was the 3rd person to sign the poster that is now on display at the Lyon and Healy Harp store in Salt Lake.
This guy is Mr. Antonio Forero the President of Lyon and Healy harps. Laura should have asked for a free harp!
Laura got to play her dream harp. Problem is it cost $48,000. I hope her future husband can afford her hobbies.
Laura also got to assist in coordinating the volunteers for Stadium of Fire at BYU this year. It was a lot of hard work and some late nights but she loved it and had a great time.

Yea! Drywall!

Wow, our room actually looks like a room.....I love it!

Each evening when the drywallers were finished Daniel, the girls and I went through and cleaned up. It was soooooo much fun.

Heathers room, ready for some tape and texture.

just a little problem

When Daniel pressure tested the radiant heat system he realized that he had a leak so he had to chip out a section of the concrete slab and figure out where the leak was and then figure out how to fix it. It was quite a challenge, but of course he got it fixed and we are back in business.

I think it was about 3 a.m. when I took this. He was exhausted, but happy to have the puzzle solved.

Daniel hung the fabric that the insulation is blown into. And of course he needed a new tool to do it with. He had great fun with his pneumatic stapler.

The wall in the garage, all ready for the blown in stuff. It is supposed to be a great insulation system.