Leaps Behind

I guess I don't need to say how crazy life has been- hence the last post being in August.  I'll try to recap these last several months.

September 2011....

The basement's foundation is now fixed so, although still unfinished, our things can finally be moved back downstairs.  Mess, mess, and more mess.  But kids are having a fun time.  Here Josh is making some shelves out of drywall scraps.

Such determination.

Our remodeling has turned into a large can of worms.  For example, we would take off the carpet to see the subflooring needed replacing.  This month we tore into the kitchen.  I should have taken a good 'before' picture.  You can sort of see the kitchen in the background here.

We wanted to extend the kitchen towards the family room for a little extra space.  Here are some demolition pictures.  

The cupboards are down, now it's time for the ceiling to come down...

Because of my pregnant state, we had a teenager from church helped us.  So thankful for Matt!  What a job.  He tore down all the ceiling.  Mess. Mess. Mess.

I just shivered remembering soon after the ceiling was down, Sophia pulled a mouse sketeton from my hair.  Anyone who knows me well, knows that mice are my least favorite creatures.  I was in too great of shock to take a picture of that one.

For the next several weeks we replaced drywall.  We made a new place for the fridge and opened up the doorframe between the dining room and kitchen.  When we first moved here, every room had doors.  The dining room, kitchen, even hallways.  We took the doors off right away, but have always wanted to open up the area even more.

Now I had to be creative and cook without a kitchen.