We are officially done with tearing things out of the upstairs. And the downstairs too I guess because we pretty much demolished that thing right from the get-go. The last two weeks have been all about installing the new: wood floors, baseboards, carpet, and kitchen cabinets. Oh and scrubbing scrubbing scrubbing all the appliances and getting the dozens of bugs and grime out of the window sills (that was disgusting. Those for sure had not been wiped down for years.)
Best picture I have of the finished bathroom:
Best picture I have of the finished bathroom:
Around the time that the new mailbox post hole was dug, David's parents and brother Preston came to visit!!!! It was a crazy trip but so worth it. Since we came up here in May they have been talking about coming up to visit and help etc. We thought for sure that the upstairs part of the house would be done by mid-July and that would be perfect because that's when Scott had vacation time. But turns out, the week they're able to come, we we're just getting started on the wood floors, just barely got a functional bathroom, and the kitchen was in the process of getting new cabinets. Oh and, we had to work for the 3 of the days that they were here. Like I said, craziness. But fun.
Friday, the 29th, we took them down to the ice caves.
And then we packed and got ready to go to work! They came up to Henrys Lake with us and camped and fished while we worked. We met for dinner and fishing in the evenings.
They didn't bring a tent with them because they could just use ours. Ahem. We.could.not.to.save.our.lives.find.that.stupid.tent.in.our.pile.of.crapola. So, they bought a new tent. This picture of Papa Scott cracks me up every time I look at it...I don't know why...
They came and visited us at work, which was great because Nessie would bring us snacks and food! Ahhh, motherly love. And she took some pictures of us in action.
Mama caught a fish!
After our 3-day shift was over, we all headed to Yellowstone!!!!...for a day. We camped outside West Yellowstone the night we got off. All of us, in the same tent. hahaha I wish we got a picture of that! I also wish we got a picture of all of us in our little boat, trying not to hook each other. haha! Preston was the man and caught the most fish during the trip. And unlike his brother and dad, actually ate the fish. Yum!
Filling up our water supplies at Howard Springs- fresh, clear, ice cold water. yum!
It hit freezing that night/morning in camp. We walked down to the river in the morning and watched the sun rise. There was so much steam/mist surrounding the water. It was so pretty and serene!
We ate, broke camp, and went in to Yellowstone. I was super pumped! And can't wait to go back (we got an annual pass)
The sign says leaving...but we we're coming. We couldn't get a good picture on the other side because of too much Mr. Sunshine.
Can we talk about how tall Preston suddenly is?
Can we talk about how tall Preston suddenly is?
Gibbons Falls
The Norris Geyser Basin area:
Helping some fellow travelers unlock their car. Robbins menfolk are handy to have around.
The Lower Falls. Getting down to this was easy. Climbing the 500 stairs back up had us breathing really good when we got back to the top.
There she blows! Old Faithful. It started going off in spurts. Very small, very brief shots. And we all looked at each other like, "That's it? That's what people come here for? Boo!" But we were proven wrong wrong wrong. When she blew, she blew high and long. It was awesome!
We saw a really nice sized elk, and a lot of Bison. We were really hoping for some wolves or bears. Next time, next time.
We got back to Rexburg Tuesday night, and the Nevadans kept on heading south. Long drive!
Wednesday morning, David and I got back to working on the house. David put most of the baseboards in so that we would be ready for carpet on Thursday, and I scrubbed the fridge for 4 hours! and cleaned out all of the kitchen cabinets.
It's amazing how much more together and finished the rooms look with baseboards:
Thursday we waited and waited and waited for the carpet installer to come. While we waited, we worked on finishing the wood floors in the hallway, closets, and kitchen.
Carpet finally showed up around 6:30pm.
And then a few hours later Daddio showed back up! Surprise! (They left Saturday, drove alll the way down to southern Nevada, and he came back up by himself Thursday). Crazy. We finished the floors for the kitchen that night.
Next day, Dad got to work on finishing the kitchen cabinets, David caulked the baseboards, and I scrubbed out the washer/dryer, the tub/shower, and changed out door knobs.
Putting the baseboard around this part was tricky, but David did it and it turned out great.
Ta-Da!!!! When we get home from work we'll have the joy of moving in! And then who knows what Dad will have us be doing in the basement. :)
Also, in the mornings before heading to work on the house, we picked buckets and buckets of raspberries out of the Erickson's garden. Every morning. Buuucketssss.
1 comment :
I finally got all caught up! Phew! I honestly cannot believe it's been so long since I've read it. You guys have done SO MUCH WORK on your house! I know we've talked about it, but the pictures made me realize how crazy it's really been. It's looking great! So happy that your finally in it. Love you both so much. Really REALLY wish we could come visit/help. P.S. That picture of my Dad is great I've probably looked at it a dozen times now and still chuckling.
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