A Week of Projects

A lot going on here in Oregon with Nic and his family getting ready to move into the Lodge (now renamed the Tree House by Kennedy), and progress on the Farm House. In addition, Mike (see last post) has been working on the last panel for the Farm House deck railing. We even have irrigation going down around the pool and behind the Farm House. Pretty exciting stuff! Just hope we don't run out of money. I keep thinking of the scripture that makes fun of the guy who doesn't count the cost before he starts building his house.


Terry, our very multi talented home teacher and now full time project manager is helping us to keep this project on task. He seems to know how to do just about any job on the site. Nate and I and on Friday Kevin all worked with him on the rock for the front of the house.


Nate was actually pretty fast at applying the rock, and even Terry was surprised how much we got done.


Mike has been dreaming about and working on the last panel to fill out the railing on the deck for the last several weeks. It is a very meaningful piece, not yet finished, but it will be really descriptive of the family. I will save the meaning for when it is done. But it has been fun to hear him describe the story he has been wanting to tell.






Even though it is not yet finished, he brought it up to install before the final inserts are made. I am really excited about how it is going to help us to tell the story of the house and the family.


Garth Jasperson has been working around the place for the last couple of months, and with Nate really has the place looking nice. He rototilled the hillside last week, and the irrigation is starting to go in now.


Meanwhile across the yard, the Tree House is getting a makeover in anticipation of yet another Vial family moving in.


But first, the mystery critter for this post is another bird. This was taken just up the road from the Rainbow house while I was on my morning walk. The clue for this one is the dead skunk lying in the road nearby.


But let's cut back to the Tree House and the preparations being made. The weather has been great, so many of the projects are taking place in the yard outside, like the painting of the twins new bunk beds.


Hard to tell which had more paint the kids or the beds. By the way the new color is the red.





Actually, although I don't have a picture of it, they get this (the idea that you get more on you than on the project you are working on) from their dad, and their Grandma Paula. But Nic really did do a great job of putting new tile in the laundry room and bathroom downstairs.


You know what though, Paula really is looking awfully hot these days. In fact, her pants are starting to fall off!!!!!!