If you give a guy a week off, he will likely cause more work....

Cor took this week off of work to tear up the carpet and put in hardwood floor. He wasted no time....Friday night we moved all the furniture out of the family room and living room. We set up the TV and couch in the master bedroom, and the rest of the furniture went in the dining room until the floor in the other rooms are finished and then we will do that room.

3 couches, dining room table/buffet and hutch and all the hardwood stacked in this room

kids having a great time in the great room
the only time they could run around without be told to go outside!

every man needs a woman to supervise him!

the kids enjoyed being a part of the work

Asher removing the carpet strips, which is hard work because they are nailed to concrete
no basements or sub-floor in FL

Cor putting down the vapor barrier
added protection to prevent moisture from damaging the wood
it has taken him more than 12 hours to spread this sticky heavy paste all over

because the vapor barrier takes 12-16 hours to dry the kids had to camp out in our room for the night. (Why do we need a 4 bedroom home?) Most of the house is blocked off right now. We can get into the master bed/bath through the windows and we can get to the kitchen through the nook window. And I can get to the laundry room through the garage. The kids think this is pretty cool....climbing in and out and walking around the house to get to a different area.

a breath of peaceful, fresh air

After the vapor barrier is dry, we can start glueing down the hardwood. More pictures to come.

Listenin' to too much talk radio?

Dinner table talk

Marlene: "Hey Cor, do you want to go to the Messiah this year?"
Arianna: "What is the Messiah?"
Asher: (without hestitation) "OBAMA"!


Let not your heart be troubled...he was corrected!

Camping Trip

After bone chilling temperatures on Tuesday and Wednesday, I started to doubt the wisdom of our camping trip scheduled for Thursday. I comforted myself in the fact that we were traveling south! On Thursday afternoon we headed south for our second camping trip with our great friends. The weather was great, company fun, kids awesome, nature beautiful! It was a weekend of 'firsts' for our family...first time fishing for some, first time catching something, and first time canoeing! We had a great time.

beautiful grounds surrounding by massive oak trees with Spanish moss

Julianna first time fishing...
just a precious picture

fishing dock

Cor's first catch

great shot of all our canoes
we saw 4 gators, 2 that were quite large,
I tried to act brave, but kept a watchful eye while sitting by the reeds

reflective moment

stealin' kisses

at camp

Arianna's first catch
she waited patiently for this one, she was so determined to catch something!

the dog Julianna fell in love with at the next campsite
guess what she wants now?

sisters

friends...typical 7 year old look

setting up camp