What a day. We received our Mission envelop in the mail on Jan 14, 2010 at 12:00 and we couldn't open it until all our family was present at least those that were here. Dawn brought her entire family, Kim came and Josh and Jared and their families were here. We called Rachel on the phone so she could hear the the news at the same time. We had a good dinner and then we read the letter. We were called to serve in the Frankfurt, Germany mission to work in the Family History library. Gene and I are both so excited to go. We don't report to the Missionary training center in Provo, Utah until April 12. I guess that will give us time to do more work around the house.
Monday, January 18, 2010
continuous projects.
GUEST BATHROOM
Guest House bathroom
Mazzi's bathroom
The next project was the scraping and restaining of the wooden guest house. It is now called the black house. Gene didn't know the stain was so dark but it was dark walnut and once he started he couldn't go back. We hope it will fade out with time, but at least the wood is well preserved. The next project was the sanding and restaining of the front porch on the guest house. It looks so much better now and I have room to put some potted rose bushes there.
We fumigated both houses for vermin and termites. That was a really a hard job packing everything up and pulling all the plants away from the house. We then cleaned both chimneys. We heard that this winter was going to be a wet one, so we are so grateful we were able to get all these jobs done before the storms hit. Now for the indoor projects. We started on Kim's bathroom down stairs. She designed it all and what a good eye for style she has. One wall is purple, Mazzi's favorites color. She is a Twilight fan. Here are a few pictures.
Our next bathroom to remodel was the guest house. Last summer Dawn remodeled her master bedroom and it looks like a spa with a big glass enclosed shower. We love using it but the guest bathroom need much repair. while ripping off the flooring we found two big holes. A lot of work went into tearing off and replacing everything. Adam our son came up from Texas to help Gene Demo and put in the tile work on all three bathrooms. Our other son Jared who is a plumber did all of the plumbing. We are so blessed to have so many craftsman in our family. Here are more pictures of the guest house bathroom. Rachel and Dawn did all the decorating in the guest house bathroom.
Guest House bathroom
Mazzi's bathroom
The next project was the scraping and restaining of the wooden guest house. It is now called the black house. Gene didn't know the stain was so dark but it was dark walnut and once he started he couldn't go back. We hope it will fade out with time, but at least the wood is well preserved. The next project was the sanding and restaining of the front porch on the guest house. It looks so much better now and I have room to put some potted rose bushes there.We fumigated both houses for vermin and termites. That was a really a hard job packing everything up and pulling all the plants away from the house. We then cleaned both chimneys. We heard that this winter was going to be a wet one, so we are so grateful we were able to get all these jobs done before the storms hit. Now for the indoor projects. We started on Kim's bathroom down stairs. She designed it all and what a good eye for style she has. One wall is purple, Mazzi's favorites color. She is a Twilight fan. Here are a few pictures.
Our next bathroom to remodel was the guest house. Last summer Dawn remodeled her master bedroom and it looks like a spa with a big glass enclosed shower. We love using it but the guest bathroom need much repair. while ripping off the flooring we found two big holes. A lot of work went into tearing off and replacing everything. Adam our son came up from Texas to help Gene Demo and put in the tile work on all three bathrooms. Our other son Jared who is a plumber did all of the plumbing. We are so blessed to have so many craftsman in our family. Here are more pictures of the guest house bathroom. Rachel and Dawn did all the decorating in the guest house bathroom.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Property Projects
Just a little catch up on our life at the Walter's compound. Gene retired in July of this year and not too soon either, because the State has decided to cut back on employees and inmates services. California is low on money and the first plug to pull is anything to help prison inmates. We agree.
Gene couldn't set still for a minute and so we started on the repair of the roof on the main house. That was quite an undertaking as it is 4,500 sq ft. Gene thought he could do all the work himself but after tearing a portion of the roof he decided he was 71 yrs old after all. I promptly called the High Priest Group men to seek a little service. Boy did they come out in droves. Gene is always the one to call if anyone in the ward needs help and the men reciprocated. It felt good to know we have such good friends as well as family members who pitched in also.
The roof was removed and then we replaced the old shakes, which were 40 years old, with new heavy concrete tile. Gene and family members pitched in and finished that job. Even Rachel, our youngest daughter, thought she could out work the boys, and she did. Included are some pictures we took of this process.
Gene couldn't set still for a minute and so we started on the repair of the roof on the main house. That was quite an undertaking as it is 4,500 sq ft. Gene thought he could do all the work himself but after tearing a portion of the roof he decided he was 71 yrs old after all. I promptly called the High Priest Group men to seek a little service. Boy did they come out in droves. Gene is always the one to call if anyone in the ward needs help and the men reciprocated. It felt good to know we have such good friends as well as family members who pitched in also.
The roof was removed and then we replaced the old shakes, which were 40 years old, with new heavy concrete tile. Gene and family members pitched in and finished that job. Even Rachel, our youngest daughter, thought she could out work the boys, and she did. Included are some pictures we took of this process.
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