House Update

I cannot say enough good things about our families. We got SO much done this weekend thanks to all of them...

1. We have running water! Brett had had to turn off the water because of a leaky valve and a busted hose that had a broken valve. His dad came this weekend and got got everything fixed up so we could turn the water on. We even got the pilot light on the water heater lit so not only do we have running water, we have access to hot water too. No more running back and forth to get water. Yay!

2. We got a ton of stuff painted and a majority of what was left is primed. Brett's mom watched Kyler the entire weekend so we could work. His brother came to help paint on Saturday. His dad painted a ton too. And my mom and aunt also helped with the painting. My dad removed all the cabinets and got them set up and ready to paint in their garage.

Today we have someone getting started on refinishing the wood floors in the kitchen/dining room/living room. We are hoping to get at least one coat of paint on the cabinets and the trim painted in our bedroom tonight. I will be working on the cabinet doors in the garage today and hope to have most of them primed.

We did run into one problem that we will need to find a solution for. The stairs had a piece of vinyl over them and looked horrible. So we pulled that up hoping we could refinish the top of each step and paint the rest white to match the trim. Unfortunately, some of the steps had lumber markings on them. A couple of others splintered and a piece fell off when we pulled up the sticky vinyl. We were hoping we could just replace the top of each step but they are nailed in from the sides which are no longer exposed. So now we are trying to find a way to cover them and we would prefer to not have carpeting since that would be the only carpet in our house.

Once the floors get done, we will be so close! We just need to finish the bathroom and then we should be able to move in and start living there. There are lots of finishing touches that need to be done and a few things we will have to tackle once we're in (like the stairs) but it is night and day to what it looked like when we moved in!