Monday, January 31, 2011

Housework and Thanksgiving

In the middle of November we started a project on our house.  We decided to tear out the carpet and put in tile  We also decided to paint.






 For several days we had our table out on the back patio.  The oven was unplugged so we were cooking on a camp stove.  The kids thought it was awesome.  Jared especially loved to help with the cooking.





Now probably just before Thanksgiving was not the best time to start this project, but life goes on.  Ben's brother Jake and his family came up for Thanksgiving dinner

This is what our family room looked like on Thanksgiving morning.  It did not look like this by the time company came.
As you can see by the awesome knee pads and the stylin' outfit we were still working on the house Thanksgiving morning.

The turkey ended up taking a couple of hours longer than originally planned, but it was really good and our guests were very patient.

Some of the adults in the kitchen
The kids table
My sister-in-law Tiff and I
When the house is completely finished, it just needs a few finishing touches, we will post before and after pictures, but I love it so far!

2 comments:

Elder & Sister Lamoreaux said...

Glad Tiff and Jake live as close as they do. Looking forward to seeing the finished product for reals. Love, Mom & Dad

Brett and Rachel said...

Wow! The tile looks beautiful! Congrats! I need to get over there and see the finished project.

BTW, I am SOOO impressed that you actually made dinner outside in the camping stove. I think I would just be making regular trips to Taco Bell and Subway. :)