Funny Friends

Our geese friends really enjoy visiting our yard.  They are so comfortable that they don't even mind when Daddy goes to work and has to back out of the driveway.  They sure are funny friends!

Little Workers

We had to move out the family room furniture so we could keep going with our wood removal.  LIttle Bug and Dog were super cute little helpers!  

Harvey Relief!

Hurricane Harvey hit Houston really bad!  There was over 50 inches of rain that collected in Houston!  That is the highest rainfall total recorded from a single storm.  The flooding was ridiculous!  After the storm the church called in relief efforts from the surrounding area.  Jeff, Talmage and Grant headed down with our ward to help clean out homes.  They worked hard on Saturday and Sunday.  Grant was in charge of the wheelbarrow.  They basically had to gut the houses from all of the stuff that was soaked!  It was hard work, but a blessing to help those in Houston!  

Here are a few pictures from the weekend. 

Grant

Talmage

 The last house

The pile from the house 

Our ward helpers!

The group that stayed at the high school before they went out to serve.  It is amazing to see so many people come to serve!

Master removal

The floor in the master was  the next victim!  The kids did great getting it up.  Jeff and I helped too, but it is a blessing to have so many little helpers!  Sometimes the littlest ones are the best helpers.

  

It looks good!

This is what the new flooring planks look like.  They are in the light so it's hard to tell how dark they are.  They are 3/4 inch maple hardwood floor.  It's going to look awesome!

Bullocks

Another soccer season has started for Jeff and FC Bullocks!  I enjoy getting to go watch and cheer on Jeff and his team! The refs can make or break a game so we will see how this season goes. 

Jeff chatting with Jake 

Beutiful night

  

Office Space

About a year ago we ripped this fireplace apart.  We really didn't like how much space it took up in the office.  After taking all of the brick off we decided that we would keep the fireplace.... so we had to build back in the fireplace.  We didn't add back in the huge hearth so it takes up less space and looks a lot nicer!

  

While we were at it we decided to just take out the flooring in the office.  We want to redo all of the wood in the house and we finally found a wood floor that we like so it's time to take out the old floor.  It wasn't that hard to get out.  The kids all enjoyed taking turns to get it out too.  

 That white spot was primer over some nasty rotting wood floor.  The previous owner never bothered to repair the wood in the office and instead had primered over it and then put carpet over it too.  What a pain!

So gross!

  

We are looking forward to having a nice office space!

Exhausted!

Everyone is so tired!  It can be hard living on a schedule.  It sure is nice to rest and recover from getting back into the swing of things again :)

Lorna

 Mhari

 Sandra

  

 Grant and Jeff 

Clark ... just waking up.

Yawn, I think I need to go lie down now :)