Update, update!

It's been quite some time since we last posted, but not without reason. We have been tremendously busy - Christina with schoolwork, and Steven with work-work, and although it's been stressful, we're both thankful to be busy in this economy. Bruce and Karen left last Thursday, and while we're sure they were glad to get home, we were sad to see them go. We had a great time with them, and got some things done, that we're not sure could've been done without Bruce's wonderful carpenter skills :)

Here's a couple things we've been up to:

-Removed and installed the new microwave. After all of that work, it was realized that the new microwave door was too square to open more than a 1/4 of the way, so the new one was removed and the old one was put back in.

-Replaced this wood 4x4. The original twisted 180° from the top to the bottom. Now it's much safer.


-Fixed the gable end and installed siding on the southside of the roof



-Installed a 4x4 so that the porch railing was no longer crooked (will soon be painted white)



-Most importantly, our living room now has a window :)
The Before - so dark!


During: When we first found out the actual original window was still there!


Construction time!


Since the old window was actually old we decided to put in a new more energy efficient window; eventually we'll replace all the windows to match.

Conference time and more construction:




Just a few more finishing touches...





And, finally, the after:




In unrelated news, we spent Saturday fishing with our good friend, Charlie. We didn't have too much luck, but Steven did manage to catch a snook that was just shy of the slot :)