TERRACE DAYS

Fun at the Terrace Days! On Saturday, we met my BFF Brittany and her new husband Brandon for dinner at Mt. Ogden Cafe (it's new, one of Greg's elders is managing it, and my work owns it). Then we headed down to Terrace Days. Glade LOVED the "jump jumps"/inflatable toys. We all jumped, raced, and slid down them. We also participated in the watermelon derby, but Glade's melon went awry and hit a lady pretty hard. WHOOPS! We watched the fireworks from our back porch and Glade said pretty flowers and tried to name the colors. The problem is every color to Glade is "green". :) It was a nice fun family day to break up the usual painting/mowing/cleaning, which I did yesterday.

Before pictures

Do you see the mud line on the window? That's how full the window well was before it leaked in!

REALLY wet carpet!
These are the before pictures of the remodeling. Soon to be after pictures...

Home Remodeling!

Our basement flooded 3 weeks ago after the big rain storms we had in Northern Utah. Greg forgot to hook up the conduit to our rain gutter and in the water came!

Bad News:
1. Insurance won't pay (surface water)
2. Our home is torn apart! And several weeks left to go!!
3. The slippery slope phenomenon: while doing one project, why not another?
4. We are painting ourselves...no more time left for fun, we strive for perfection

Good News:
1. We are ditching the green marble trim around our bathroom for a brown/black granite!
2. I get tile! Everywhere!! Bathrooms, kitchen/dining, entryways, laundry room
3. New carpet-up and downstairs
4. Fun paint colors: even a black wall
5. I am now a touch-up and mudding expert and Greg does professional painting lines
6. Glade has learned several new sentences including "I want paint" and "I'll do it"

Before and after pictures to be posted soon! Last project: painting halls/large family room downstairs a tan/camel color, and a black accent wall. Current project: painting laundry room a navajo white/cream color to contrast with the dark tile. Wish us luck!