Phase One, Days Two-?

Phase one of contracted work is officially done! We wanted to post a little each day, but some days had not much progress (like attic work), while others had big progress. So here is all of the contracted work finished! The appliances are all in the correct spots now, and we must say that we never knew how big of a difference it would make. We are excited to finish the work on our end to get this project wrapped up. Here are things we still want to do: finish painting all the old shades of yellow and orange and dingy cream, build shelves where the water heater used to be, find smaller shelving units for under the window, and buy baskets and organizers for this in-between phase. We have also been brainstorming wall hangings for this area, and we are not quite sure yet what we should do there... any suggestions? Keep in mind that we have a very retro floor pattern still going on. More pics coming of painting and refrigerator moved.

Fur wall to house all the new pipes (water, and gas)

Old Stove....will kinda miss this :(

New stove...sooooo shiny and nice. They piped into the existing gas line in the crawl space, it's so great to have a gas stove again!

Pregnant Mary in semi-done kitchen

Old location for water heater...taking up much needed space

Water heater gone (now in garage)...and drywall done on the right.

New stacked washer/dryer and utility sink to go in on the right of it

Drywall done over fur wall, and primer added

Kitchen: Phase 1 Day 1

The kitchen work has officially begun! If you don't remember, here is the run-down of phase one. Pictures that follow represent the first day of work.
PHASE ONE:
- getting new and relocating all appliances (including dishwasher!, washer and dryer, fridge, and stove)
- moving water heater to garage
- taking out the drop ceiling in the pantry/laundry area
- fan in the bathroom (THANK GOODNESS!!!! Living with Justin without a bathroom fan has not been fun!)

Old pantry, ready for washer, dryer and utility sink.
(Like the floor? That doesn't go until phase 2)

Old laundry area, new area for fridge and pantry (the white door on the right is the door to the new laundry area shown in first picture). This area is framed for running pipes and electrical to the washer, dryer, utility sink, and water heater. They had to make this wall because the crawl space doesn't extend to this area.

Baby bump!

Baby update time!!

Here are two of our monthly pictures to document Mary's belly growth! She says she feels like she is a lot bigger than she looks, especially since there doesn't look like there is a big different between the two photos

4 months - September 2010

3 months - August 2010

14'er!

I thought I would use the 3 day weekend to my advantage, and go climb a 14'er! So on Sunday Tim, Krista, and myself drove up to Guanella pass and climbed Mt. Bierstadt (14,097ft.). I climbed this one last summer during the Christensen reunion, but Tim & Krista have never done one before, and figured this would be a good place to start. The 3 of us attempted Quandary a while back, but we were thwarted by way too much snow, and "blow you off the mountain" winds. So they were excited to hike on a nice day. We had a great hike, with amazing weather. Thanks for checking it out!

In parking lot before hike with Tim & Krista's Dog, Pike!

Almost 1/2 way there

Tim & Krista trekking it

Taking a break, it was sooo nice just to lay in the sun!

This is what Tim does when he gets to the top

Tim, Krista, and Pike at the top!

Me at the top

There was a very interesting group at the top, they were cooking hot dogs, and brought up a pony keg! I was jealous.

Beautiful view from the top