Sneak Peek at Tracy and Tyler's House

Here is the house from the outside - so cute!

Tracy and Tyler walking into their new house (actually I think that is Tyler L instead of Tyler B - not sure how that happened

 Here is the basement family room

 Tracy's kitchen
 More of Tracy's kitchen

 The hallway from the front door - lots of cupboard space

 Abby, Riley and Jaxon relaxing on the floor.

 Tyler B and Jaxon crashing on my couch!

All, I am sure that when Tracy gets a second she will post more photo's. 

Windows and Contractors

Well, this little project which turned into a really large project has been a challenge.  We started this remodel of the windows on July 30 with the understanding that it would be completed by September 1, 2011. Well, unfortunately the contractor (RWL Siding) missed the deadline by about 1 1/2 months. (Too bad we didn't get the deadline in writing with a penalty clause - we are learning the hard way)  Well, to make a long story short they finally got the windows in (October 8, 2001)  but the yard looks like a cyclone when through it as you can see from the pictures below.  After they dug out the window well for the egress window they didn't want to haul the dirt away so guess where they put it - around the edge of the house - what an ugly mess!.

And then we told them they had to remove the concrete block from the window well because we didn't have adequate drainage so they hooked up their truck to a winch and started to pull not thinking about what damage to the lawn.  See the hole from the tire tracks.

 Here is Dennis outside of the window well and the mess on the lawn.  YUK!

 This is a sample of their work - all of the trim on the outside was already starting to come off (and this is a siding company - this is what they do for a living???)  We made them come back and put extra screws all the way around each of the windows to hold up the trim.

 This is one of the two blocks that they said they had removed - thank goodness for Tyler and his wonderful help in getting them out.  The contractor tried to bury them, instead of remove them as they said they would.
 This is the damage to the tree when they tried to pull the blocks out with their truck.

Oh, well I guess I know what it is like to work with contractors now.  Advise:  be sure to get everything you want done in writing!!!  Do your homework so their are no surprises!!! 

I guess the story should end here, but the carpet was so dirty upstairs so we decided to replace it and then we looked at the walls and they needed new paint so then we started painting and the carpet installers needed everything out of the house before they would lay carpet so we put everything on the lawn - oh my  and then we had to replace the broken drapes and on and on and on - Tanner and Chelsey's house has been in an upheaval since we started this project in July - Sorry guys - hopefully you are now starting to enjoy it.  Well, the windows are done, the carpet has been laid, the windows have drapes and blinds and now Chelsey just needs to find everything we misplaced!  (good luck with that)  Hopefully, we are done for a while and Chelsey and tanner can put their lives back together.  I forgot to take pictures of the inside with all of the blinds, so when I do I will post them.

09-16-11 Harvest Fest 2011

Every year at the Snake River Landing they have vendor booths and activities for the kids to do.  Of course one of the favorites is the straw maze and the train ride.  Lizzie looks ok in the picture below, but she screamed all during the ride.  Luckily, Riley was holding her and trying to calm her down.  I think she was mostly upset because the wind was blowing dirty and dust in her face.  The kids did not get to spend very much time this year on the jumping toys because of the wind.

Ah, our mighty warriors, Blake and Riley got to try on medieval helmets, swords and shields - they are ready for battle!

 

 And if that was not enough movement, they put on helmets again and learned the fine art of Lacrosse - both of them did an exceptional job catching that little ball or whatever it is called.  They were both tired after playing.

 Here is Dennis and Chelsey down by the bayou!

 Tyler and Tyler were deep in discussion.