Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Look how far our house has come!

Here are some photos of how far our house has come since we began. Many of the after are a little old but you should get the idea. This summer there should be some more big changes that will be fun to compare to the before pictures. Hope you enjoy!

BEFORE-Kitchen 2003

AFTER-Kitchen 2004

BEFORE-Dining Area and Bathroom door

AFTER-Dining Area (It was used as a living room for a while as we finished the living room)

BEFORE-Living Room, First week in June 2003

AFTER-Living Room, 2005 (without fireplace)

BEFORE-Master Bedroom 2003 (looking in the door)

AFTER-Master Bedroom (Look Duane is kneeling where the closet use to be...)

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Wedding and Mountains!

Well, Aaron, Kirstan, Alex, Peter, Tippi and I all loaded up in the VW van (AKA the vanaru) and headed for CO over Memorial Day weekend. This was a weekend to celebrate the marriage of our brother Clint to his amazing wife Maddy.


It was a long drive but very fun. Gunnison, Almont, and Creste Butte are beautiful places. The whole weekend was a blast with lots of family, mtn biking, river rafting and the occasional drink. There were pinatas at the celebration and Alex made good use of it after the beating was over. Look at our very cute Strawberry shortcake!


On June 2nd, Aaron, Bram, Tippi and I headed up Mt. Adams. It was a long hot day but very satisfying when we where finished. The views were spectacular and well worth the pain of getting to the top. This was my first volcano ski. There were many people on the mountain that day but on the way down we had the mountain to ourselves. This was Aaron and Tippi's 2nd trip in so many days. They are studs!



Me trugging up the south false summit with Mt. St. Helens in the background.

Bram on his wasy up!