Front Porch...

Mark is helping me with my front porch. It is great to have friends that have talent to help out and Mark has built a lot of decks. Here Mark got his Dad Tim to come and check out his work. Tim jumped in and mixed up the concrete while Mark worked the hose. Thanks for the help guys!

Bamboo and Trim...

Lisa's brothers Tim and Luke came up for a very long weekend and helped install the Bamboo floor, sub-flooring and hung all the inside doors and started to put up trim. It was great to have them come and help. They are so good at what they do and fast. I don't know how I would have done it with out their help. It would not look as nice that is for sure. Thanks Guys! I hope to have you up again soon. :)

Cabinets installed

Here are some of the cabinets that were in those boxes.

Here are some of the cabinets that were in those boxes.

Cabinets get delivered

WOW! I didn't realize how many cabinets we were getting. Anybody need some cardboard? This will take three days to install. I am not installing them that would take 3 weeks.

A few of our colors

Here are just a few of the paint colors that Lisa picked out. There are more but this is what we have painted already. I wanted white but I got out voted. She has two votes now.

Interior Painting

Well let me just say I don't like to paint! That said I took off work a couple of days and primed the inside of the house the first day and the second day I painted all the ceilings and the garage. Those were long days. Friday I went to work to rest but that night Lisa's parents and sister came up and helped with my parents and Jacob and Jamie Lynn to get most of the painting done on the inside. Thanks for your help everyone.

<-- Whoa LISA do you remember you're pregnant

<-- Hats like these can only be picked up in France

<-- Amy you shouldn't sniff the paint

<-- Dad was in a hurry. No one can keep up with him in stirring up some paint. Click on the picture.
<-- Always in the spot light. Hey Jake do you know some one that works for a painting supplier.

Garage Door

So here is our Garage door. You're going who cares. Well I do! Anyways it is insulated and thicker then the average garage door. This will help keep the garage warmer in the winter (well until I open it and let out all the hot air.) and it will help with sound as gutterball will be kept in the garage. We also got an ultra quiet garage door opener. It is belt driven instead of chain driven. Only cost $30 more but there is a huge difference. This will be nice when sneaking in and out of the house. :)

Rock

We picked out Burnt Ridge Castle Rock to add a little something to our house. Burnt, CASTLE, Ridge or Rock. Not sure what that something was.

Mud

Mud is not always brown. But it is still dirty.

What you want to see the rest of the sheet rock in the house

By popular demand we have posted the rest of the house.

2 days later

Two days later this is what the garage looked like. A little dirty but exciting to see.

Clean Garage

Well here is a picture of our garage floor. This is the cleanest we will probably ever see it. :)

My Buddy Seth....

My friend Seth has asked me to post one of his movies for him from Burundi. Click the play button below.

Resurrection Day / Birthdays....

Today is Resurrection Day of our Lord and Savior. It is also my brother Jacob's 29th Birthday. Tomorrow is my 34th Birthday. For the last 30 years I have had to share my Birthday with my younger brother. At least I had 4 years to myself. :) Here are a few pictures of this nice sunny day.

Lisa turns 30!!!!

This year for Lisa's 30th Birthday which was March 10th She wanted to take our families to OMSI. So that is what we did. OMSI has one of the largest displays of human fetuses open to the public where you can examine the different stages of human fetal development during all nine months of pregnancy. It was great to see where our baby was in the stage of the pregnancy.

We all had a great time and then went to eat at the Spaghetti Factory.

A very Funny Friend....

Here is a picture of an old roommate at the Dude Ranch and a best friend, Seth. This Guy is the funnest guy you will ever meet. Visit his Blog site and you will see what we are all laughing about.

He and his wife Trina sold all their belongings and left their comfortable lives here in the States to be Missionaries for Jesus in Burundi Africa. We miss you guys and Love you both.

The house gets a face lift....

Well we had a little face lift done on our house and it changes the whole look of the house. It actually looks like we are getting closer to being done. We still need to paint it if there are any volunteers out there. :)

A shout out to Melissa

Just wanted to give a big shout out to our friend Melissa who came and checked our place out a while back. Thanks for taking the tour.