Our Shed Project

 We have talked about replacing our old rundown shed for several years now, but purchasing the boat and wanting a place (other than the driveway) to park the boat gave us the boost we needed to get started on a new shed. We started in January and finally completed and moved into the shed this weekend. Doug (and Matthew) have worked so hard the past 9 months or so to design and build our new and amazing shed. 

Back to the old shed... here she is. 

It was old and rusty when we bought the house almost 20 years ago, and it hasn't aged well.😂 We knew this spot would be a perfect spot to make a parking spot for the boat, so we decided to build the new shed on the other side of the backyard. 

Matthew and his friend Cannon did a great job digging up dirt and getting the shed spot ready to go. They even worked several hours in the rain one Saturday to get it done. They really were a huge help. 

Next came laying down gravel, which again Matthew did a lot of the labor. Good life skills for our boy for sure!

Doug then set forms for the concrete slab.

If you look closely you can also see electrical conduit sticking up. Doug also wired the shop for lights....YAY!

We had someone come and pour the slab just to make sure it was done right. 

And of course, in true Bodie fashion, he left his mark in the wet cement. 😏

He was so proud.... 😂

Doug and Matthew did the concrete work for the ramp up to the shed slab.. and it turned out so good. So proud of them!

Framing Day! It was so fun to watch. Doug is so patient and an excellent teacher and he and Matthew got the walls up!

Bodie, of course, was right in the middle of it all. HA!

Time for siding!

Our crazy General Contractor...haha!

The kids painted the paw prints that Bodie so graciously left on the freshly poured slab... and I LOVE it!!

Siding done!

Putting up the barn door... my favorite thing about the project.

Priming for paint.

I did the exterior painting then Doug started on the roofing.

Almost done!

Move in day! Doug built a place for wood storage on one side. 

Finished! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the blue color and we plan to paint the entire house the same color next summer.

And Bodie approves...haha!

Here is a link to a video montage of the whole project. Doug set up a video camera and Evelyn edited the video to make this 3 minute clip. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v-DD7oAMy5y1UWbFgor8h0zY2zOvclmK/view

Thankful for such a handy (and handsome) husband and thankful that this project is done! 😀

Girls Overnighter

With football up and running and taking up a LOT of my time, I feel like I have left Evelyn on her own a lot. Granted, she is 14 and enjoys time to herself, but I really wanted to have some time doing fun things with her and for her. So I planned a fun overnight with her and one of her besties, Ellie. 

Our adventure started at Freshman Oreintation. Not quite sure how in the heck we have a freshman but here we are 😭 Evelyn and Ellie had a great time touring the school and seeing friends. Both of them felt more ready to start high school afterwards. SO excited to watch them shine!

Next stop...McDonalds for ice coffee and hash browns.. the girls were hungry!

We spent the afternoon shopping at the girls' favorite stores, both thrift stores and regular stores. They are so silly and fun and I love hanging out with them! I didn't get many photos of shopping, but they did dry on dresses at the vintage dress shop in downtown Beaverton so I did grab a shot of them in their fav dresses!

Lovely girlies... 💓

We then headed to our home for the night.. just a local hotel but a hotel nonetheless. 

We dropped our stuff off then headed to the Streets of Tanasbourne where we shopped more and got pedicures.  

The rest of the evening was spent chilling in our jammies watching tv, phone time and just chatting  about their new adventures upcoming. I tried to encourage them to use the gifts God gave them and not try to be anyone but themself. And to hold onto their deep friendship and support each other along the way. It was a fun evening. 

 We all slept amazing and we got Ellie home later in the morning. 

SO thankful for this time with the girls!

Big Day for Matthew

 Matthew has been wanting to play tackle football SO badly this year. I told him he needed to work hard this summer to get his body ready if that was going to happen. He has been working hard at home, eating well and getting exercise, but he was getting frustrated at the lack of results. 

Our dear friends' son Luke is a big time lacrosse player at Jesuit and takes VERY good care of his body and is in tremendous shape. He agreed to work with Matthew these past two weeks to help get Matthew ready for football (it starts next week!).

He worked our boy HARD every day and although it was tough, Matthew enjoyed his time with Luke and saw results! We are so thankful for Luke and his willingness to work with Matthew!

Today was their last workout.. so I got a pic! 😂

Then this evening Matthew got his first phone! Well, it's an old phone of mine but it is now his and he is super excited. We went over our family mobile device policy with him, had him sign it in agrreement, and gave him his phone. 

A bg day for our soon-to-be middle schooler!!💓