Renovation Cuteness

I just had to post these pictures. Judah is Adam's right hand man all the time and today was no exception! He decided that the sledge hammer was the best way to go about getting the beam out...

until he knocked himself over with it!

Work Day

Today was another work day here at Camp Thompson. Even in the yucky cold weather all my boys were out working on bricks and windows. We did get another window in and the old door out, but it was too dark to take a picture.

Bad Blogger

I admit it...I am a terrible blogger. Life gets in the way and then I don't want to take the time to post anything. I just got the boys in bed and Adam is still working on windows, so I have zero excuses. I may even put up two posts tonight - maybe. We have had our door in for a little while now and I love it. I cannot wait to get it painted and see the final results!

I also love my new door handle. One of these days I might actually remember to take a picture of the inside part too.

After the guys got the brick removed we were left with another giant hole in the front of our house. It is always very shocking to see a hole that large - so glad they don't last very long!

1 set down 4 to go...on this side of the house anyway.

Forward Progress

We have made progress on the upstairs portion; a big shout out to Bert for the help. There was a lot of ripping, tearing, pulling and banging for about a week, but it is nearly bare now and I can almost imagine where the new rooms will go.

The boys still like to go over and help and really don't need too much direction anymore.

All of the drywall is down since I took these pictures. The old flooring is up and the powder room is gone; it really is bare now. As I type this, Adam is over starting to frame parts of the bottom. I love forward progress! He promised not to touch our living area until after Christmas, so life as I know it will soon be over. Say some prayers for my sanity ;)

New Door (Part 2 - The Giant Hole)

This is what they finished day 1

Day 2 was the actual break through

This is our new front door. Unfortunately, they made the wrong frame so we can't install it until the new frame is done after Christmas.

Until then...

New Door (Part 1)

Last week we had to make way for the new door and, of course, it rained. Still exciting! The J bros donned their ponchos just like dad and everyone got to work. The anticipation of seeing a giant hole in the front of the house was worth being cold and wet.

It did eventually stop raining and all the boys came out to work on bricks.

Such good little workers :)

Long Time Coming

I have been waiting a long time to do this. The boys, of course, thought it was hilarious. I thought it felt great!

The demo is going...well...slowly. We have gotten a lot done, but there is so, so much to do. Elijah is loving the time with his dad and is proving to be such a huge, little helper. He took out all the bathroom tile by himself and just goes to town on the walls!

He also took out the carpet on the stairs. I am so thrilled he is getting this experience and chance to learn from Adam. What better way to learn how to be a man than hands-on experience?

The other boys have been helping too, but they get bored quickly and find other things to do.

What a great addition to this adventure we are already on!