The house is officially done. We received the ok for accupancy this morning and plan to camp out in the hosue tonight. The kids are thrilled and can’t wait to get in. I must admit, after being awakened in the middle of the night the last couple of nights by the idiots upstairs, I won’t mind sleeping on the floor.
A moving crew will hopefully get our stuff out of storage tomorrow, weather permitting. We’ll post pictures as we can this week of the completed hosue and the house with our stuff.
Fall has come to Iowa! The weather this week has been absolutely wonderful. Today, the high was in the low 70’s and tonight it will get down to 38! Now all I need is a good high school football game to watch and a cup of hot chocolate!
For those wishing you had fall in you area, I will also post weather updates during January and February so you can appreciate NOT living this far north!
Below is the link to a video tour of our house. It should be complete on Friday. Today, carpet went in and they started installing the closet shelves. More later.
Sorry for the lack of updates this week. This has been another busy one. The hosue is still moving forward. The plumbing is finished with the water heater, sinks, toilets, etc. being installed. The light and ceiling fans have alos been installed. Monday is carpet installation and a finish up of the trim in the house. Then we do the walk thru and punch list on Wednesday or Thursday. Friday the sod will be installed and we will have our inspection. We hope the inspection goes well. If so we can start moving in next weekend!!!
I meant to get some pictures up today but didn’t realize the camera battery was dead until we got in the house. We’ll try to get some up before the end of the weekend.
This was a big week for Jaden as he started preschool this week. He is attending the preschool at our church. It is 3 days a week from 9 until 11:30, M, W, F. So far he is enjoying it. We’ll get some of these pics up this weekend also.
***UPDATE*** Preschool pictures are at
http://cateringelegance.com/photos/jaden/
Sunday after church, 19 people from Ashworth Road Baptist Church left to go to Fort Thompson, South Dakota to deliver the clothing we collected for the elementary children. It was a very eye-opening weekend. This is the poorest county in the United States. The people are not looking for hand outs but are lookign for people to come along side them and help them get started so they can become self sustaining. It is a very sad situation but I am excited about how God will use our congregation to make a lasting impact in this area of the United States. Here are some photos of the trip.
Things are really moving fast and this week should see lots of activity. Carpet installed 1 week from today (Monday). Here are some pictures of the hardwood flooring and the deck.
This week has been a busy one, especially for Brent, hence very few updates this week. Let’s start with the house update.
HOUSE UPDATE
The stonework has been done on the front of the house and it looks great. A new front door was also recently installed. This door will be painted black to match the shutters. On Thursday, we sanded the floor in the areas the hardwood was going to be in. Friday morning at 8 am Brent, Tim (the pastor), Scott (our builder and Deacon chairman) and Ken (church friend) started laying the hardwood in the kitchen, dining. garage entry hall and downstairs bath. The floors look wonderful but Brent’s body was not designed for such tasks! We worked Friday until 5pm to break for the Waukee football game at Des Moines East high school. The game was great! Waukee won in overtime. The ceramic tile was laid in the upstairs bathrooms as was the vinyl in the laundry room. The tile around the fileplace was also installed. They started building the deck today (Saturday) and should be done by the end of the day. If they are we will do a second post today to show this. Countertops also went in. Everything is coming together nicely and looks great. Brent has incredible taste and style to pick out such great colors! Here’s the link to the photos:
http://cateringelegance.com/photos/090107/index.htm
GO CYCLONES???!!!
Thursday I attended my first Iowa State University Cyclones football game. All I can say is that I am not so sure about cheering for a team that has no chance of winning. They got beat by Kent State. Now I just have to figure out a way to watch Razorback games up here in the north!
SOUTH DAKOTA HERE I COME
Tomorrow after church 22 folks (including Brent) are heading to Fort Thompson, South Dakota. We are delivering clothing we collected in a back to school clothing drive for the elementary school children of Buffalo County, SD. This is the poorest county in the USA. Our church has taken on this area as a mission project and have committed to going there again next summer to work. I can’t wait to see the kids faces when we pull out all the clothes we collected. I would think it is over 2,000 items of clothing.
The Clark's in Iowa 