I'd rather ROOF than FLOOR!

That is my conclusion after this last couple weeks, we redid our floors in our main living area. My sainted in-laws came down from Idaho and were literally on their hands and knees for 10 of the 14 days they were here. Neil took a handful of days off and that was nice. We had other family trickle in here and there when possible, but Chip , Pam, & Neil were hard at work many days from 8 till 10 at night. But it is done, and as we get things back into place and clean up I love the floors more and more everyday! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

Here are a couple before shots

kitchen

looking into the kitchen

There was tile at the front door and in the kitchen. It all had to come up!

So it began. . .

With the house all uprooted for the couple weeks the kids really did good adjusting. When Sydney got bored she find herself some kind of broom and start working! Training her young!

After getting the tile up there was glue stuff that had to be ground down. I don't think anyone expected the white clouds that would come from just that little front door way. I was band during this process due to the inability to breath, but when I came home and found every thing covered in dust I was really worried at how bad it would be with the kitchen. But thankfully the kitchen tiles came up without any problem bringing the glue with them. No grinding!!!!! Yeah!!!!!

This is the kitchen that came up without leaving too much behind!

Grandpa did take a break to help Carter break open his crater rock he was given. "It was full of diamonds" Carter told us! He is so proud!

A friend mentioned how nice the floor would look on a diagonal. My father in law agreed to they started it, the diagonal I think was a bad subject until the floor was done, it looked beautiful but it required much more effort!

Carter was good natured about spending his spring break doing house stuff. Neil put him in charge of the closet, riping up the carpet and tack boards. He did awesome!
Slowly but surly!!
We made it to the eating area!!!

The kids loved when they discovered the sliding perks to the new floor. Sydney laughed as Carter slid her back and forth.

The BahamaBucks break was a must!

Dad came over one night and was a huge help until he got himself stuck in the entertainment center tower!

Neil was adjusting something in the dishwasher and Sydney was determined to play with the buttons. When Neil wouldn't move she picked up her leg and sat right on his head and was at the perfect position to play with her buttons. That's our girl!

There are more pictures of the completed project, just need to be downloaded from the camera!

Updates

We are all alive and well! I have so much to catch up on it kills me I don't even have Halloween and our Texas trip up, so I will start with now and work back!