The Studio Moves South

To prepare for Suzan's long recovery, this past weekend began the big change of moving the studio down to the first floor. HUGE thanks to John and Brandon for taking the time to come over and muscle against the awkward pieces and treatcherous open staircase. Victoria and Aaron came over to give the crazy-heavy white wall units that were in the den a new home. And thanks to Scott for picking up the sleeper sofa and delivering it to Wade and Anna. Yesterday, Kenny put together the 2 new wall units from Ikea and Suzan painted the walls artichoke heart and espresso – fun! Tonight, was the "stuff" move-in. Summary: The den became the new studio. The old studio will become the guest bedroom/craft room. The old den went away (sorry Kenny!!) but we hope it will return again some day when we can grow the studio to its own building or addition.
Here's a photo of Ken anchoring the units. 3 more days until surgery... YIKES!

We Have Shingles

On Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Atlee put in some long hours to shingle our roof. This of course was started after he replaced ALL of the Ice and Water sheets on the upper roof after the crazy wind on Tuesday ripped it all off. He did a wonderful job! We really appreciate his excellent craftsmanship, great attitude and for fitting us into his busy schedule.

The Roof Angels Came!

On friday, after 2 previous attempts were dashed by rain, the roof underwent the anticipated SHINGLE-RIP-OFF under sunny (but chilly) skies. Pastor Larry and the team he rallied came out to the house and donated their time and gusto to help Ken with the roof project. They tore off the old shingles and paper and sent them down on a home made shoot (which Hayden has now claimed for a bike ramp). Then they covered the whole roof with Ice and Water Sheild to prep it for Atlee, who will be shingling later this week. THANK YOU so much to Larry, Brian, Rob and Scott. Your thoughtfulness in helping a brother and sacrificing your precious time is a HUGE blessing to our family! And thanks Scott for coming out the next day and putting in more time to finish out the prep work with Ken. The only bummer was that something happened to the camera's media card and the nice shot of the happy team got corrupt and was unretrievable. And they even struck a pose!