Friday, November 27, 2009

A Family Affair

Most of you know that we had quite the busy summer building but it also ended up being a great summer visiting with friends and family.  My dad was here pretty much all summer working away but we also had a huge outpouring of help from other family members. 

Jeff's dad was here for 3 weeks. He kept very busy staining all of our siding and doing whatever else needed to be done.



My mom and Grandma were here from WI for just over a week. My mom spent most of her time wrestling the kids and helping out around the house while my Grandma jumped right in helping me with all my harvesting; garden, honey and even chicken butchering!









Next we had Jeff's cousin Kevin, he was our mudding and taping man. I don't have any photos of him actaully working but he really did work hard!!


It was nice he and Jeff finally got to play some music together!


And my Aunt Diane was our final family member to make it up.  Her first trip got cancelled because of wildfire smoke but she finally did make it.  Again I dont have any pictures of her working but she stained and finished our doors and also helped me out with the kids and odds jobs around the homestead.




My dad was there before anyone else came and was still there when they all were gone. This picture shows the state he was in by the time he left :) 


Also my cousin Jeff was here earlier in the summer, see earlier posts for his lovely picture :)

THANKS EVERYONE!!!! And of course a huge thanks to all our freiends that helped. Too many photos to post when I am this far behind on my blogging but we do appreciate every single one of  you!!   The house is great and we are all staying warm and cozy.  We could not have done it without all your help!

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Someday...

Huh, my last post was August. It's November, so I guess that means I have some work to do. I only have 10 minutes here at the library today so that's not enough time but I swear I will be back soon!! I know you have heard that before but I really mean it this time. So here are a couple not very recent photos to fill in for now.