Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The good vs. the bad... The REALLY BAD!!

So we have alot to update!! Some really great stuff and then some really crappy stuff going on lately... so lets start with the bad, get it out of the way! So we have been up at my parents house for the last week and a half helping them redo their kitchen... after a week and a half we were so excited to come home and relax... but instead we came home to this........ The water line in the apartment above our apartment broke during the week, but we were gone and no one lives above us, so the whole ceiling of our apartment was dripping water!!!
Everything was soaked with rusty moldy water....yuk!

The ceiling was falling off... when we opened the door the humidity was crazy! It smells so so so so so so so so so bad.....


It must have broke the day we left because there was mold on the walls and the water damage was everywhere

So we had to move today! The apartment is not livable so they transferred us to another apartment... we only have 6 weeks left on our lease, so talk about a pain in the booty to have to move all our stuff now and again in six weeks!! Alot of our stuff is soaked, and we threw alot of stuff away, but luckily for us all of our big electronics like our tv and computer are fine!! We are so lucky!! I was so stressed when we walked in and saw it.. but lucky for me my sister came up to the valley this morning and help me sort everything and get me moved!! I love you Lu!! You kept me sane!!

So moving past that!!! Here are some pics of the remodel of my parents kitchen! It was alot of work but we learned a ton!

They got their new cabinets in today!! And the appliances!! its going to look awesome!

This is what it looked like when we left... the pictures are backwards...
There was lots of team work... lol

There was lots of electrical work to do...

ripping out cabinets,..

sexy daddy

This is what her kitchen looked like before.... we extended it out 3 feet and her new cabinets are mahagony!! I worked all week with my mom on the cabinets! It was so awesome to hang out with all the fam for a whole week and a half!

Now on to our casa!!!! The finish date has been moved up to July 16th!!! We only have 6 weeks to go!!

We carved our initials into one of the studs in our master bedroom!!


The windows are in!


Michael flexing by our sliding glass door!! lol


They got the chicken wire and everything on the outside and its all ready for stucco!!!


This is our front door and front porch!!! :) yay


We have bath tubs baby!!


checkin out the electrical...

The back of the house!!! :) 6 weeks to go and we are excited!! We had our drywall walk through this morning so the house will be drywalled, taped and textured by the end of the week!! We will keep you updated!! Now that we are in a dry apartment we can enjoy our house almost being done again!! lol!

4 comments:

LuAnne said...

The new house looks great :) Can't wait to come stay in it! Had a ton of fun with you this last week! I'm glad you are dry again!

Liz said...

WOW you guys have been through a lot! So glad your electronics weren't ruined or even your bed and wood furniture. What a mess. That sucks to have to move but it's a good trial run for your next one. Just leave it in boxes taking out only what you need and half of your packing will be done! I'm trying to think of the upside of moving twice. Your moms kitchen looks awesome you'll have to post pic's when its all done. Now your house is looking really nice. I can't believe how fast it's going up! How exciting for you guys you deserve it!

Crystal Eldredge said...

Building a home is so much fun! I am proud of you guys! Sorta crazy how fast mold grew everywhere in the apartment. I hope you next move goes smooth! 6 weeks that is it?!?! When we moved into our new home I insisted that a picture of Christ be the first thing to be hung on the wall what a blessing that has to been to me. Do that for me okay! A fun tradition!

Kay said...

How fun! I can't wait to see what your house looks like when it's done!!