The Work has Begun

We are so excited that the house demo has already begun. After a great weekend of wedding, and cooking out, we got right to work on the house. Sunday, Josh and the boys and I went to the house and started puttsing around. He worked inside tearing some baseboards off and I tried to work in the yard. I'll tell you...it's very hard working over there with the kids. I have so much energy and excitement to get it cleaned up...but it's just near impossible for me to do so with the kids. Wellington is pretty content, but Fielding acts like he hates it. Guess I need to train him a little more....He has lots of work ahead of him in life. :) Anyway, the plumbers are there now replacing all the old fragile pipes and the guys are demoing the tile floors. I think it looks better already! Here are a few pictures of the house. Lots more to come!!

The front of the house. To the right, we'll be taking the railing off the roof and building an addition that will eventually be a play room. That room will be on top of our garage.
Wells loves it over there. We met some of our neighbors. They seem normal! PTL! and they even gave us some home grown squash! :)

Here's another front shot with a view of the huge garage.

For this picture, I was standing in the part of the yard they decided not to mow...and there's more yard behind me! The yard was a huge draw for us on this property. Can you imagin a pool out here some day?? :) We can!

This is the keeping room right off the kitchen {notice the bar in the foreground}. The lovely tile, fire place with rock, and the entertainment nook are all coming out. Along that yellow wall will be windows looking out to the back yard.

Here's the master closet....as you can see, it will be undergoing some work in this first phase of remodelling.

A full shot of the kitchen. Cabinets are staying. I'm hoping we'll be able to paint the cabinets and get new countertops now...but we'll see how the budget holds out. :) This tile is already up!

That's all for now!