Rainy Weekend in Star Valley

It was Todd's family's first time up since July 24th and what a time for a cold raining weekend. We had to find indoor work and indoor fun.
I am having fun anyway. See Grandma we can still eat!!!
Who wants to dance with me?
And we even celebrated Shane's Birthday, but we did not have enough candles.

The girls sure have fun together.
No TV. No problem we will just watch DVD's on Grandma's laptop.

It really was cold and rainy, but great to get together. It will be nice to have the house finished so we can enjoy beautiful Star Valley.

Oct 4th in Star Valley

How many wires to I have to strip? Shane is the granite expert and it looks great!!!

And Grandma I love the play room. What would you like from my store?
Everett is still looking for something to do.
Playing is more fun than working.
See how great the cabinets and counter tops look. Pretty cool huh?

Final Electrical

Too pretty outside to work in the house. Right Hailey?
I know there are more lights here, but where are they.

Ouch!! They said the power was turned off. Todd doing thermostats.
I know we can fix this says Paige and Grandma.
Grandma is supervising upstairs while Craig works downstairs.
It will sure be nice to get this done so we can enjoy the golf course.

Not only lights, but check out the paint colors. The painting is all done.
Yes even Grandpa installed 30-40 outlets. Its a good thing I don't do it for a living and get paid by the outlet. I would only make about $1.00 per hour.
We got the inside of the house done except the ceiling fan in the living room. We forgot to buy an extension for the vaulted ceiling. We still have most of the garage and exterior outlets. We plan on finishing that next weekend. We are anxious to see the cabinets and granite that should go in this week. It is really coming together better than expected.

Thanks to Shane, Paige, Hailey, Todd and Craig for all your hard work.

Sept 20 Update

Well we made a quick trip to Star Valley to take up some electrical supplies. We are planning to do the finish electrical (hanging lights etc.) next weekend. There seems like a lot to do for one weekend.

These are some exterior pictures that show what a great job the excavator did moving the dirt around. I think the grades are just what we wanted. It is difficult when you are not there to oversee it.

The painters started Wednesday and have everything but the garage primed. They hope to be done by Wednesday.

Wednesday was Deck Railing

The finish carpenter completed the cubbies and hooks along the South wall of the basement. They look really great.
The colors are starting to turn on the mountain side. Wait until the quakies turn yellow.

Thanks to Shane and Jen the deck railing was completed yesterday. It looks really great.



The painters showed up yesterday and said that they would be done next week. It is getting better every time we go up. Next project for us is the 26th to finish the electric and lights installation.

More work in Star Valley this week

The fireplaces were rocked this week. The first one is upstairs and the second is downstairs. We did not expect the rock to go above the mantel, but as you can see it looks good.
The tile is all installed but some still needs grout. Below is the master tub and the shower next to it. Joyce is happy with her tile selection. If she is happy, I am extatic.

The rock is done on the front of the house and the garage doors are intalled.

If you look closely in the picture above, the manhole cover you can see is the top if the underground propane tank. The excavator ran over it and broke the propane valve. We are still waiting for the heat to paint this week.