Finishing the Basement

Several weekends ago, we went up to Rexburg to help Shad's parents with the process of finishing their basement. The following weekend, they came down to help us with ours. Today, Shad and the boys are up in Rexburg again to help get his parents' basement all sheetrocked. I can't wait for our basement to be all finished... good things come to those who wait, right?

Brett reading a story to Drake and Graham.

The boys watching Shad and Brett dismantle their old chimney. Shad was down in the chimney passing up cinder blocks that he'd knock out. Once he couldn't reach any more...

They moved inside with a sledgehammer. It made a huge mess when it finally fell.

The boys sat and watched the backhoe and the dumptruck the entire time they were outside. They were hauling off the huge piles of dirt and concrete left from the projects.

Matt came over and helped out for a little while too. Here they're roasting hot dogs for lunch.

Back at our place in Chubbuck, this is the wall after the concrete was cut to put in a new window.


The boys thought it was pretty cool having a big hole in the wall.

Grandma Johnson was good to help watch/play with the boys. Graham especially enjoyed her.

Judy did a lot in the way of cleaning, mowing our lawn, etc. Here she's taking a break to watch a video with the boys.

Drake wanted to take several "posing" pictures, so this is one of those.

One of Graham's favorite pasttimes is playing in the dirt, and we have plenty of big piles right now for him to choose from!

As of today, the new windows are in (the two biggest ones, anyway), Shad's at least 1/3 of the way done with taping, and yesterday, Shad got our garden spot completely tilled and partially planted. So many things to do, so little time...