Sheet Rock Party #3

April 4th we continued working on the sheet rock. Thanks again to all those that continue helping us out. By the end of the round of sheet rock, we were able to be completely done with the family room and computer room, which includes the stairway and under the stairs. My dad has put in countless hours and we are so appreciative of all the time he has sacrificed. The same goes to my brother Justin. He continues to help during the week as well as on Saturdays. Without you two we would not know where to begin.

Here is a picture of the new window. The people before us replaced every window but this one. They had actually put up sheetrock in front of it. Not sure what they were thinking, but it looked terrible from the outside to see insulation in the window.

Here is a before picture of the computer room and stairs.

Here is the stairwell. Here is Justin cutting more sheetrock. Here is Josh's brother's friend Pat working under the stairs.

Sheet Rock Party #2

On Thursday night, the 26th, Justin, Josh, and a few others sheetrocked the ceiling of the computer room as well as part of the wall. I didn't get pics of that night. On Saturday the 28th we tackled the ceiling in the family room. We rented a handy contraption from Home Depot that held the dry wall in place so we could use people to start on the walls.
Here is a glimpse into the computer room.
Here is the contraption that worked wonders.
Here are a few shots of the finished ceiling.

Sheet Rock Party #1

On March 21st we had our first sheet rock party. We had a lot of help and got a lot done. Thanks to everyone that came and helped us out. My aunt Cindy and my mom were troopers by doing all the insulation. I was able to help insulate while the kids napped. Everyone else was able to help finish sheetrocking two of the bedrooms. It's looking great!
Here is my mom working on the insulation.
Here is my aunt working on the insulation. Cindy was SO fast we couldn't have done it without her.
Here is Aaron doing one of the closets.
Mike measuring and cutting the sheetrock.

Our fully insulated family room.Justin and my dad in deep conversation.
One of the bedroom closets.
Justin hard at work.

Work Day 2 - March 14

Throughout the week my dad stopped at the house a few times to continue working on the electrical. We also got 3 bids on Central Air. One bid was a referral, the other two were chosen through the eeny-meeny-miney-moe method using the phone book. So I was very surprised to open the door and recognize Don Chytraus. His family was in our ward for a few years while growing up. Of all the bids he gave us the best one, by quite a bit. By Saturday it was done! We now have AC - a must for the summers.

On Saturday my dad continued with the electrical. Josh, Andrew Allman, and Ryan Tucker all came over and helped him with everything he needed. They also finished taking off the ugly lava rock around the garage. Thanks guys for your help!

Here are the pics of the garage without the lava rock. It looks SO much better!


We stopped by towards the end. Brayden loves to work with the "big boys."
Brooklyn has been pretty good. She'll play with her toys and just watch everything going on.

Here is today's crew that helped my dad:

Work Day 1 - March 7

Because we have so much work to do, we are really trying to push hard to get it all done so we can move in sometime in April. We got a lot done this first day. Uncle Dave came over and spent the day helping tear up the kitchen and bathroom floor. He also helped lay the subfloor. My dad came and started working on all the electrical, which is a mess, downstairs. A few friends came over and helped also. They knocked down some of the sheetrock in the basement, starting tearing off the lava rock around the garage, and helped out wherever they could. We felt it was a very productive day!
Here are pictures of the kitchen after the floor was ripped up.
Here is the bathroom after the floor was ripped up.
Laying the subfloor.

This is where they knocked out the sheetrock. It was full of holes and really old so we thought it would be best if we just started from scratch. As you can see, the electrical is a mess. Wires everywhere. My dad said it's one big fire hazard! So his first project is to rip out all the old wiring and start from scratch. Thanks dad!

It's Official!!!

So we bought a house! It seems like it has taken forever to close, but we closed on March 2. We are VERY excited, but nervous because there is a lot of work that needs to be done. It is Sandy and we got a great deal on it. We will spend the month of March working on it and hopefully we will be able to move into it in April! Here are a few of the pictures of the house. As you can see, there is a lot of work to be done. Lucky for us, though, the previous owners starting fixing it up.


Here is the front of the house. It sits on .25 acres, so the backyard is really big (pics coming.) The roof needs repair and we need to do a bit of landscaping.

Can you see the lava rock on the garage? What fun it will be to take that off!
Here is the brand new kitchen that was put in. The bathroom is beautiful and all new, except the floor which we will replace. I love the jetted tub and the sink.
Now we get to the fun part. Apparently the fridge leaked and it destroyed the kitchen floor. There are bubbles and warped would throughout. This will be a fun project!