Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Stairs and Celebration

We had a great weekend to end January! It was finally time to get the flooring done on our stairs leading from the front door to the upstairs. Shawn knew there was some re-building that had to be done and he was right. Shh... Don't tell him I actually wrote he was right.

He tore off the old stairs to get to the stringers. He only had to completely rebuild one stringer and repair the existing. He repaired due to electricity running through the drywall to our closet below. My genius of a husband did an outstanding job. As usual!!


Tearing down


Look up Shawn, I had to catch you in "the act".

As you can see above he was putting the stairs back together. The kids and I were locked up stairs for a couple of hours during this part. They played and I started cooking our dinner... More on that later.


This is the front of the stairs after Shawn had the facing glued and stapled on. We were so excited, it is looking good!!!




Sunday Shawn was able to get the top of the steps covered. We love how well they turned out. They are still drying so we have to limit the amount we use them this week. It's worth it!





Beautiful!




The reason I was cooking our dinner early on Saturday, we were having Justin over and finally celebrating his birthday. He had turned 25 earlier in January but between all of our schedules, this was the first time we could get together. Beef and Noodles, Pioneer Woman's Creamy Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Veggies and desert were in order. It was all a huge hit! Shea insisted that we put 25 candles in the brownies and she wanted to light them. Oh I was scared...





I was busy taking photos and Shawn was scooping ice cream. I asked Justin to please assist.






Happy Birthday To You.... I won't put you through my singing.....






You must be getting older, it took more than one breath to blow out all those candles!









We had a great visit with Justin. Shea talked him into playing the Wii (she didn't have to talk him into it too much, trust me). We all ended up playing Mario Kart for a long time. She did beat him in Bowling!
The stairs are complete and so is another birthday party for Justin. We are now preparing for our next adventure... The Great Wolf Lodge.
















































1 comment:

granma Godsey said...

Looks like alot of hard work but damg it looks great!