First Exterior Paint, Ready for Driveway

Here's a first glimpse at what the outside will look like after it's painted. I finished caulking the front of the garage today, and wanted to get a little paint up for a test. It's a little lighter than I imagined, but I think it will be good. I hope so, because we have 20 gallons of it, and it was not cheap.

Randy came today and graded 2/3 of the driveway to be ready to pour early tomorrow. We're really looking forward to having a non-muddy path into the house, especially with some of the flooring already done, and more coming.

Laminate, even more paint, and an interior door

This is Dirk pretending to get his hands squished while helping to install the laminate floor in the upstairs hallway. This stuff was a little tricky to figure out at first, as it didn't go together the same as the stuff we used at our last house, but we eventually got in a groove.

Emily was not posing for this picture, but I caught her in the act of painting our bedroom. I was a bit hesitant about the gray at first, but now I agree it's sexy.

With tile on one side and now laminate on the other, our functioning bathroom is finally ready for a door. Here's dad demonstrating how to do it.

And still more paint...

Completed entry way paint. I cleaned the tiny windows while I was up there, so hopefully I won't have to walk the plank like that for a very long time.

And more paint...

Sawyer's room

Lydia's room

And my scaffolding for painting the tall entry way

More Paint, Light Fixtures, Plumbing

Here's a picture of another mom paint day. We really like this blue that we picked for the family room and living room.

And here's dad installing light fixtures. It's very exciting to walk into a room and flip a switch and have lights come on.

And here's our first toilet. I found it for $20 on ksl.com. A guy that remodels houses took it out of a basement where it was hardly used. It's all connected and working, and the portapotty's days are numbered.

And here's Jim taking a moment out of installing the water heaters to pose for a picture.

Reinforcements

Don and Dane came today to help lay tile. More pictures of that to follow.

And mom came to start the painting. Our kitchen is very orange. We think the color we picked will look good with the white trim, dark floors, and dark cabinets, but right now it's very, very orange. It better be good, because we have four gallons of the stuff, and can't return it.

Priming Done

My new paint sprayer and I had some disagreements at first (I didn't tighten the hose on well enough, and it made a puddle on the floor), but we eventually made up and got the whole house primed.