Below is the picture of our only Halloween decoration this year. It is a pair of witches boots. Everything else is buried in the storage areas right now until the house gets finished.

Perhaps, one of the most important changes is enlarging, painting and new carpet for the guest room as shown on the left. The extra 3 feet along the entire east wall of the room is an improvement. The room is just now waiting for Apple to release a new product so that Caleb and Johanna can come and stay. Who knows; maybe Kevin and Natascha will want to stay upstairs when they come for Thanksgiving.

Below is a picture of the kitchen cabinets and the new granite counter top. The counter top was installed on Friday along with the kitchen sink. The plumber came on Monday to hook up the sink so that now we have running water in the kitchen. We did not think we would miss the sink so much, but it was right at the top of the list of deprivations.

To the right is a picture of the new cook top which does not have the iron grates on yet or is not hooked up to the power and gas yet, but it will be sometime.

This is a picture of the southwest corner of the kitchen just to the left of the cook top.

From the kitchen, you come to the dining area portion of the great room. This last week we were able to bring up a small table to have dinner on until we can bring up our regular kitchen table. In the foreground, you can see the row of closets on the east wall of the great room that extends almost from the garage door to the sliding glass door next to Bill's yard.

Below is a picture of the fireplace in the northwest corner of the great room. The tile has since been finished and it is hooked up ready to go.

This is another picture of the great room. You will noticed that it is carpeted. Paul and Dad brought the couches up from the storage area on Saturday.






Here is another picture of the great room taken from the northeast corner of the room. We put the old fan light up over the southwest area. There is a new 60 inch fan light in the center of the great room.

Finally, here is a picture of the garage from the old garage door. New doors and openers have been put in and the walls have been textured and are ready for paint.





Since these pictures were taken on Sunday, the kitchen sink has been hooked up, our cable TV is working again, the new carpet is in the new front room and office, the backsplash has been tiled, a wash sink has been installed in the garage just outside the door, the furnace is getting closer to completion and the master bathroom floor has been tiled. We will include pictures of these changes next time.

ps. This is being published with Charlie's proofreading, so please excuse any typos.

It has been a couple of weeks since we last posted. It was fun to look back at the last posting and see how much has been done on our house since then. Below is a picture of the front of the house. The stucco has been finished for sometime now and the rock is now completed. The soffit under between the roof and the walls and under the porch is also in. The color of the stucco is cotton, which is a yellowish cream with a white on the trim. I am not sure if the colors are clear in this picture. The color is a little better in this picture of the garage. On the north driveway, there is a garbage dumster. Both gargage doors were installed last Thursday.

Mom, also wanted to have our address placed on the front of our house in the stone, like newer houses on the ridge above Alta Canyon Rec. Center. Below is her wish in place.

Another thing, Mom wanted was a new mail box. Originally, it was going to be stucco to match the house, but there was enough rock left over so they used this rock on the mailbox. They still need to place a top on it. It is a little bigger than I wanted, so I call it our grave stone marker.

Here is another picture of the mailbox with the house in the background. You can tell that she likes it enough to take two pictures of it.

Now for inside. This is a picture into the master bedroom from the hallway. You can see that the walls are painted a light green color.

Below is a picture of the side of the first closest inside the great room/kitchen area. We had a cabinet made that is on the side of this first closest by the back door that has small shelves in it for shoes or whatever.

Our kitchen cabinets were install last Monday. Below is a picture of the island. This picture shows the tile that is on the floor in the kitchen, hallways and part of the great room.

Below is a picture of the cabinets along the east wall where the sink will be. It will be in a similar position as our old sink just without a window.

The west wall of the kitchen is shown below. To the left is the space for the refridgerator. On the far right, is the opening where the double ovens will be place. Next to this, is the opening for the microwave that will be over the gas cook top.

This a picture of the new living room taken from the hallway by the front door. In the back, you can see part of the french doors leading out to the south side of the wrap around porch. Just as you enter the front room, there are half walls on each side of the entrance. This room has been painted with the new colors.
This is a close up of one of the half walls. There will be shelfs under the top counter.

To the right is a picture of the new linen closests where the coat closets used to be in the hallway.

Below to the right is a picture of the gas fireplace that is in the northwest corner of the great room. One of the french doors going out into the backyard can be seen in this picture.

The last pictures are of the interior of the garage. You can see the texture that we are having the garage walls finish with.

Below is a picture of the northwest part of the garage (the new section). The used this location to paint some of the new doors. As you can see, there are a lot of doors.

Finally, a picture of the basement room where we have been living in or confined to during the construction. We are looking forward to the day when we can move back upstairs.