Garage update

We final have started framing the garage this last week. We have framed all the outside walls and sheeted them. Trusses get placed on Wed and Curtis is hoping to have the roof done by Saturday of next week. It is amazing how fast it is getting down. Enjoy the picture and I will update again soon. Thanks to everyone that has helped so far and to everyone that will be helping in the future. Thanks

Up Stair Bathroom.

A long time ago I striped the up stairs bathroom of everything but the bath tub. Me and My dad replaced the old floor because the toilet was leaking. It has been a few months, okay 8 months but I am finally done putting everything back together. I have replaced the floor and re-mudded the walls and textured them also. I painted the walls and replaced the floor with tile. Sorry Jennifer I forgot to take pictures before I started.

Here is the first picture that I have of the project. Curtis took it when I first started painting the walls. this was after I took out all of the floor and replace it and also mudded and retextured the walls.

I tiled the bathroom on my own. I really wanted to try this brick layout pattern. I love how it turned out but it took forever. I started at 10 one night and ended at 4 in the morning. Don't Worry Curtis was out of town so I was really bored and night is always when I do my best work.

I have been searching forever for a vanity to replace the old one. I didn't want anything big but I want it to good nice. I searched forever and everything I found was over 300-400 dollars. I finally was ready to give in and then I went to St. George to go shopping with my best friend Tiffany and we found this vanity at TJ Max for 150 dollars. I was way happy and don't worry we brought it home in the back seat of her Mustang. Thanks Tiffany for letting me put in it your amazing car.
While here is the finally picture. The Door is back on. there is a working toilet and faucet with a new floor and paint job. I loved how it turned out. I was able to do all the work myself except replacing the Floor and putting the toilet back together (Thanks Dad). It looks way better in persons.

Fishing with Sydney

So my oldest sisters daughter Sydney, was hanging out with grandma and grandpa this weekend. Curtis and I thought we would give her a break and take her fishing. She did really well. She makes a great fisher woman.So Sydney did a great job a getting the fish's. Here is a picture of all the fish that I caught while we where fishing. We really had a great time fishing with Sydney. Thanks Sydney we will have to go fishing again soon.

Garage

So this last month we have started a big new projected at our house. We love the house that we bought last year but one thing that we have really learned is that we have no storage in this house. So we decided that a garage with a mud room off the back would be a great addition to the house, it will also be one long process. So far we have had all the excavation work done and the footings with stem walls poured. This week we are getting ready for the flat work to be done and then we can start framing the walls.

Here is a picture of the tree roots and stump being pulled out of the ground. I have to say I was happy to see it go. There was no other way to get it out of the ground without the track hoe. Sorry the picture is token through the screen on the window.
They also cleaned up the backyard. Removed clothes lines, cement, rocks, and prepared for the footings.

We also have the footing and the stem walls all poured with the dirt back filled and almost ready for the flat work
It already has been alot of work and we just started but it is really going to be nice when it is all done.

The Garden

This is the 1st time that I have ever planted a garden. It was been a big learning experience and also a big job. We have planted strawberries, beats, radish, carrots, pumpkins, peas, cucumbers, onions, dill, tomatoes, peppers, beans and corn. It took a lot of time to clear the area where we were going to plant. When we tilled the garden area there were so many rocks it was like tilling in a gravel bed and we actually broke the blades off of the tiller that we rented. We removed two truck loads of rocks and it still feels like they are growing in the garden. We also had to pull up all the tomatoes because they died from a virus and they looked sad but don't worry I planted more tomatoes in pots in the front yard cuz everyone needs to have tomatoes(Except for Curtis HE HATES THEM WITH A PASSION).

This picture you can't see all the plants that well but they are there, slowly growing and getting bigger.Here is the row of peppers.

We already have some peppers and strawberries growing. Not to much longer before everything else is producing veggies.

The Garden

Fishing

Today we went fishing down to st george to Sand Hollow Res. It snowed four inches in cedar at our house yesterday, so we were a bit sceptical about the weather but when we got down to the lake it was clear blue sky and perfect weather for fishing minus it being just a little bit on the chilli and the windy side from time to time but we had a great time and curtis caught some pretty big fish while me and tido enjoyed ourselves and soaked up the sun.

This is a picture of curtis with a monster sand hollow large mouth

bass it weighed a whopping 7.8 pounds and is the biggest fish he has ever caught

This is a picture of Curtis and Blaine his friend. They are showing off the big fish of the day that each of them caught in the end of the day photo shoot from left to right we have a 7.8 lb fish, a 5.2 pound fisha 5.59 pound fish and a 6.34 pound fish. Boy are they proud!!!!

I think that the big fish could have eaten tido for a mid day

snack. In fact the fish weighed more than tido does and just to

show you we took a side by side profile to show you just how huge

this fish really was. Tido was scared of this monster.

Here is how we spend most of our time fishing. Britney and Tido

in the chair relaxing and if a fish bites we will catch it. Curtis is

in the front of the boat running the trolling motor and taking

his fishing seriously. NOTE dont forget where your line is or

he will get really honery and start yelling at you to keep your

line out of the trolling motor and he is not nice about it either!!!!

Here we are one happy family with a big MONSTER FISH!!!!!