The Bathroom Project (cont...)

Thanks to some extraordinary help this past week we are on schedule to finish the bathroom project late this coming week. I took one day off work to hang drywall with the help of Colby, and the next day he came back with Amy to help mud, tape, and tile. Amy is a genius when it comes to, well, anything, and we were privileged to eat Colby's healthy improvisational cooking. We owe them much. Christy got her hands dirty as well and she hung a portion of the wall tiles on her own. There is a lot to do this coming week, but we're hoping to knock it all out before my parents come into town on Friday night.


Many thanks to Anya and Grandma Toni as well for watching Gus.

Lambert Park Shred Session

Alder and I hit Lambert Park in Alpine this evening. He's really made good progress learning how to ride the tight, twisty, rocky trails. Of course, all our time wasn't spent shredding - we had to take a break by the stream to have a snack and throw some rocks!

We started at the bowery and rode Spring to River to High Bench to Spring.

MISS THOSE FINGERPRINTS

We heard about a woman who couldn't bare to clean off the precious fingerprints after her grandchildren left. Vaun and I didn't think that would ever be us, but now it's painful to know that once they're cleaned off Owen and Henry's fingerprints won't be back for quite a while. We miss "the boys" and Nicki immensely. Last week we drove them and their belongings back to Washington where Nicki is getting her house ready to sell. We stayed for several days and helped her. I mostly tended and helped with misc. things such as replacing knobs on cabinets, but Vaun climbed up to the second floor and painted the trim and some sections of the front of the house and did big stuff. He and Nicki also did some difficult yard work and Vaun fixed sesveral things. It was so hard to leave. Life's not always easy. Nicki, who was always the family princess, has turned into a hard-working lady, not afraid to tackle anything. Okay, now that I think about it, she always was willing to work hard. We're proud of her and proud of Tyson and hope he'll be home safe and sound really soon. He's scheduled to return the beginning of June. Then they're not sure what will happen next. Much depends on where he ends up either going to school or working. We're crossing our fingers it'll be very close to Salt Lake City.