Busy times

We have had a busy, but fun couple of weeks with the remodel, visitors, 4th of July, etc. The wall seperating the old part of the house and the addition came down on July 2nd. It was so awesome to stand in the kitchen and see what it is going to look like. That evening Roger and Maureen Roylance stayed the night on their way down to Utah. It was so fun to see them again. We sure miss everyone from Washington. We had some excitement that night when it decided to rain. And not just rain, but POUR! Unfortunately we didn't have anything on the roof (no paper, shingles, nothing) and the rain was pouring into the old part of the house and the addition. It was crazy. Luckily we had some plastic and were able to put it up where the wall used to be to help keep the water out of the living part of the house. Friday we had the final measure for the kitchen cabinets. I can't wait to see them in. My friend Ashleigh and her 5 boys dropped by on their way to Twin Falls. It was fun to catch up with her. Saturday, July 4th we took the boys to the parade in Rupert, although Matt and I wanted to be up on the roof instead. After the parade we picked up a roofing gun and got up on the roof. Doug, Kathryn, Mathew, and Nathanael were so AWESOME and came and spent the holiday helping us roof. It was a HOT day, but we got a lot done! Thank you guys we really couldn't have done it without you. That evening we had a BBQ, watched the fireworks from up on the roof, got attacked by JuneBugs, and ate homemade ice cream. It was a great day! Monday our friends the Freemans stopped by on their way back to WA. Again, it was so fun to see our friends. It makes us realize how lucky we are to have such good friends. Matt and I got up on the roof to finish the job. However with little kids it was hard for me to spend much of the day with him. Mama Barnes and Jordan came over that afternoon and brought us some new pets...two kittens. Jordan helped Matt finish the shingling that night which we are SO grateful for! My mom helped me the next coupld of days try to figure out what to do with my flower beds. They are quite overwhelming. We had a quick trip to the doctor for McKay and Zander (ear and sinus infections). It was fun to have her stay with us and so nice to have her help. And finally Wednesday night Matt and I finished the rid cap on the roof. Yay! It is done! I am so glad because it was terribly stressful doing it with kids. Zander climber up onto the roof (his brothers were supposed to be babysitting him) 4 times. Yes, all the way up onto the roof....talk about SCARY! Thank you to everyone for all of your help, we so appreciate it. And thank you to all of our friends that dropped in! It was so good to see everyone!

wall coming down and putting up plastic watching the parade (looking into the sun) and some of the roofing crew What the addition looks like now