Fathers Day and remodeling

We were so happy to have Heather and Justin here for the weekend helping us to do a little remodel of our home. Justin is very talented and super knowledgeable about building and so we asked them to come help put up a wall. Well we got the wall up downstairs to finish off that back bedroom and we also got the sub floors laid so that we could redo the flooring. I was so glad to have them here to help out and get this huge project done. And i was so happy to have my Heather here too! It started to pour rain one night and they were huge drops, like a flash flood, so heather and justin went out and washed thier car in the rain. It was pretty funny!!
Although we still have to lay the floors and also tape and texture the wall... i am still impressed with how much we were able to get done. And the rest i feel confident doing myself.

Since yesterday was fathers day, and I knew that we would have house guests and be super busy with the wall... i decided to give mike his fathers day gift early. Maeli and I came up with 100 reasons why we love him and we filled 100 balloons each with one of the reasons. It sure did take a long time to fill each one of those balloons... but Maeli had so much fun running around in them once we were done. She was laying down on them and rolling around. It was so funny!!! We also got him a new tool box cuz his was falling apart and a drill since we seriously needed one. I was glad that we did it early so that he could use it for helping with the wall.


So today I am left here at the house that looks more like a wood shop, trying to get some floors laid and still keep an eye on Maeli. Its a task but Im sure that we can do it!!! We are hoping to have everything done so that we can have a great weekend at my family reunion this next weekend. The best part of this whole living room remodel is that I now have a CRAFT ROOM!!! YAY!! That is what we are doing with the extra bedroom downstairs. So excited to get to work on my scrapbooking because i am way way way behind!

So here are some before, during and after pics of the wall going up. Still lots more to do but Im excited with the progress!