As promised here are some photos of the past couple of days. The kids look grubby, but it is hard earned grub! Hahaha!
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| What a mess! That's OK, it'll get worse before it gets better :-) |
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| Kenny and Angela scraping the floor |
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| Of course our 6th child had to come along, although she looks a little confused by all the activity. |
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| Olesya getting instruction from Dad. |
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| I didn't realize just how tall Angela was until I saw this picture! Where are my babies? Oh yea, we never HAD Angela as a baby. Sometimes I forget that, it seems as if all the kids have been with us forever. |
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| Taking a much deserved break while Kenny is out taking his turn pressure washing. |
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| The last room to rip carpet out of. |
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| What kids wouldn't love the demolition phase?? |
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| My 6 kids! Hahaha! |
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| Using cutters to split carpet into smaller pieces...yes, I held my breath as they used them, but you have to let go eventually and no one got hurt despite using them for 2 days! |
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| Dad is a slave driver. |
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| School is in session even in the midst of remodeling. |
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| Every once in awhile, with each one of the kids, I catch a glimpse of them and think theya re just the most beautiful children ever to walk the face of the earth. Love those eyelashes of Josh's! |
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| The girls wanted to do their math lessons amidst the rolled up carpet and padding, and of course Sunny had to be right in the middle of it. |
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| Love how someone dug out a little canal in the ceiling drywall to bury a cable in, it was FUN to rip it all out! |
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| Macho Men |
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| Safety goggles, remembering to wear them is not always easy. |
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| Taking a break... |
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| Our own Guitar Hero! |
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| Dad is giving a plumbing lesson. |
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| One dump truck load of gravel, quickly being handled! |
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| Matthew's going to attack the platform |
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| Looking like a pro with the drill! |
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| Kenny and Joshie replaced two bathroom faucets all by themselves after Dad instructed! Oh yea, and tightened :-) |
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| Beginning to stain the fence, more stain ended up on them than the fence! |
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| This is serious...and tedious...work! |
We'll keep taking more pictures to document the progress as we move along. We have a couple days ahead where we are booked and won't get as much accomplished as we'd like to, but we'll make up for it.
3 comments:
Great photos - but my favourite is the one of Kenny playing the guitar. Love his expression!!!!
Please tell Kenny and Josh that someday I would
like them to teach me how to replace a faucet --
I never learned. They are fortunate to learn
these skills now.
All the best, and Happy Remodeling
Peggy in Virginia
You can see the sense of accomplishment and growth. I wish I had pictures of my kids mending fence, weeding sugar beets, moving sheep. Somehow I don't think they would have had those satisfied looks on their faces, but maybe my memory is fading. What a remarkable family is Team LaJoy.
Cheers,
Lael
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