Gary and Char

2009-10-18T17:39:00.000-07:00

Wow! The last time I worked on this was Sept 16! Now it is Oct 18 and so much has happened. Garys Aunt Lloyal died (Garys Moms only sister). This made for us 3 funerals and 2 weddings since we started on our house.

Justin and Erin were married, Bonnie and Paul came and helped us, the leaves have changed and fallen off in the mountains, Gabe got a deer, we went to the circus with Gabe, Crystal and the kids, the house has changed and we hope to move back in soon. Any way from all of this here are some pictures

Sheetrock going up!

Such fun we had at the circus! The wonder in everyones faces was the absolute best!

My kitchen is taking form!.

Our neighbor Earlene checking it all out.

I painted and painted and climbed up ladders and painted some more

Stucco starting

See Salinda color!!!

Gary and Kris doing electric

Thank you Bonnie and Paul!
A future back porch light where there was not one!

Justin and Erin gets married

Justins Ute cake!

Jayce and Grapa enjoy being together

Decorating Justins truck, Salinda wanted it done special!

Stucco is done! Why do I still have a pink chimney???? Ask Gary...

Some things don't change

Look how pretty!!.

My pantry and the floor

Oct 18 and Gary is putting the plug in the island before the counter tops come tomorrow!

2009-09-16T18:38:00.000-07:00

We passed our 4 way inspection!!!!! Now on to insulation and sheetrock...........
Can you tell I am doing the happy dance!

2009-09-13T16:51:00.000-07:00

The shingles were very dirty and it was very hot!!

These are our new great friends the Powell family. Floyd is caring the garbage can. Kate is helping me pick up the shingles to go in the dumpster.

Annika, Abbey and Jayce enjoying fudge bars.

Our good friend and neighbor Earlene and Kogin Powell.

Gary, Gabe, Kyle, Brock and Garrett puting on the felt.

Talia Powell being her cute self. I think I will blow this up to give to her parents. :)

Gary's scafolding, safty awareness is his by word!

Walking the well worn path from the trailer to the house. That is Nicole walking with me (Jason and Heidi's daughter) she was just baptized.

We got the jetted tub and I had to try it out . Can hardly wait for water!

Our bedroom windows!!!! Aren't they great!

Gary invited me into our new kitchen to eat dinner. He is so romantic!

2009-09-13T16:16:00.000-07:00

The string you see hanging in the middle is the old pull down light that all of the men always banged their heads on. Gary took it down when I wasn't there, but, I understand that he took it down with a lot of satisfaction and threw it away without any remorse.

When Kris finished taking it down, this clothes pin was found holding the wire. I laughed and thought about the possibility of my Dad puting that there so the wire wouldn't roll all the way up. Thanks for the good laugh Dad!!

Old lights making way for new ones.

The finish of Kris's art of wiring, the breaker box and his own signature. Thanks Kris!!

This is our youngest helper, Jayce. He quiet liked helping Grapa use the nail gun.

Off goes the old shingles (dirty, dirty work).

2009-09-13T16:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry everyone that last picture was of the space where the old furnace was.

2009-09-13T14:39:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone! I need to get caught up!

How can I ever thank everyone who has helped us with our house!

This is our nephew Kris that came and stayed a week to wire our our house. He camped out in our backyard and was wonderful.

Kris, thank you for your talents and sacrifice that you performed on our behalf.

At the same time Gabe came and helped out.

He pulled wires, demoed the coal bin in the basement, lifted sheeting, helped put shingles on and basically did what ever we asked him to do. Thank you son, we love you!!!

Of course there is the boss (Gary) who has done so much that it just never ends!!!!

Up go the trusses (Gabe, Kris & Gary)!!!!

The view from the inside.

Then the sheeting goes up.

Here is Gary and Kris. You can't see our good friend Larry who was also there. He is the one who ran the trachoe that tore down the house.

See, no more coal bin or shelfs.

This is the basement. The doorway on the left is the bathroom, then the cold storage room, two bedrooms, family room and furnace room.

2009-08-17T12:48:00.000-07:00

No pictures this time. Could be because there is nothing new to take a picture of. I would like to say something nice , but, the words just can't come.
What can you say about contractors that show up about 9:30, leave for lunch around 11:45 and still aren't back(it's now 1:55)
I just want to tear into some one and then go screaming into the night!!!!!!!!

2009-08-11T08:44:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, this is our neighbor Earlene and I when the floor was put down. I just wanted to dance all over!

The walls have been framed and Gary is all ready dreaming of what it will look like when it is done.

This is our cat Spook. She had to get into the pictures too.

This is looking through the soon to be kitchen into our bedroom. Notice how big the windows are!

This is me (you couldn't guess right?) standing in a space that I have never had before......MY PANTRY!

Now I have to go and clean the basement where the furnace has been moved, all the coal dust. Gary moved out all the old duct work and he was just black!

2009-07-29T11:02:00.000-07:00

This is for Salinda who sent me the lovely gift of pink flamingos. Yes I will proudly say I'm a redneck!! See the cars also in the background? And I just might have to get some tires to use as footrest. Luv ya!!!

2009-07-29T10:40:00.000-07:00

We moved out in the trailer over memorial weekend and today is the 29th of JULY(Gabe's birthday). You would think we would be seeing all kinds of progress, but, then you wouldn't be taking into account cement contractors. They were very busy arguing over the fate of the world and it's demise! Today was the day that they poured the floor, so now we should just see things fly!

We were trying to be so careful of our neighbors t.v. wires, so far we have torn them down twice.

See cement in the basement!!!!!!! Today!!!!!

End of Demo

2009-06-09T17:21:00.000-07:00

We can no longer use our frontdoor, there are no steps or front porch.

There , no more house.

The white round thing is a 150 watt lightbulb that was found in the dirt. How it survived I will never know.

These were an example of all the rocks dug out of the basement, I was disapointed that there were not any the size of cars. I really wanted a great big one. Gary asked me if I was crazy?

Basement is all dug and now we wait for the cement people. We ONLY have to wait about 10 days! No problem we are just having all kinds of fun camping! Got to love it! Just us rednecks in Helper! :) For all of those people that are making fun of our washer out side. Maybe we just need a couch outside.

2009-06-05T19:45:00.000-07:00

Here is the beast that will take down our house! I was scared when I saw the size and how close the electrical lines were. I told Harley that I was scared and she said "go talk to your flowers and pretend it isn't happening". Wise words!

Bye rose bushes! :(

There she goes!

Even the toilet.

There it is, just a pile of rubble and a lot of fond memories.

Demo continues

2009-06-04T13:39:00.000-07:00

Here is the love of my life destroying my kitchen!

I think he a little too much fun(not really, he was dieing from the heat.)

Gary had to saw the house in half, it wasn't as hard as he thought it would be. I, of course, worried that he was biting off more than he could chew . I need to have more faith!

Our poor bathroom! Later today is the actual tear down with the trachoe! The dumpster just arrived, it's time for it to come down!

2009-06-02T14:52:00.000-07:00

Gary came home and said those famous words" isn't this so easy"!!!!!!!

Anyway this is what the house looks like now.

Gary hooked up my washer outside of the trailer and this is me doing my first of many outside loads.

Notice the rain gutter hooked up to the washer with duct tape? This is so we can control the direction of water that is pumped out. I am so happy with it! At least I don't have to haul all the clothes to the laundrymatt.

This is cooking Sunday dinner in the trailer. This is and will be my biggest problem, lack of working space.

My last picture of the yellow roses in front of the house.

They will all be dug up and removed. I will miss them, but I think I will be the only one. Gary is looking forward to their demise. No more being stuck by their wicked thorns while mowing the grass. We are going to try to transplant some up on the canal bank, but I don't know how well they will take.

See everyone later!

We are starting.....

2009-06-02T14:08:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, it has been so long and Salinda gave me all kinds of grief about not staying current and I did start one post and it is saved but I don't know how to get it where I can post it!
Anyway we are now living in our trailer and preparing to tear down half of our home on friday of this week. Am I scared, worried, concerned??? Does the wind blow in Helper?????
So this right now is a very disorganized time and by the way, I can't remember how to put my pictures on the computer and then get them on the blog@%&*%##@@@! Salinda says" Mom just plug the camera into the computer" yea then what, nothing came up to tell me what to do next!

November and December

2008-12-12T14:59:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, I don't keep up on this very well and every time I work with pictures I get the blue screen of death!
Anyway, November was good. We had a special get- a -way together in Gateway Colorado. Gateway is located north east of Moab, on the border of Utah. We were able to fly in and land on a dirt run way. Anywhere Gary can fly into is a great place to go! I have to say that I am getting very used to this flying stuff, it saves so much time!
Gateway is a lot like the Moab area with red rock and gorgeous rock formations. The one funny thing was when we were driving around and came on a big yellow sign that said "Danger, you are entering radioactive areas" I laughed and thought how we choose differant places to recreate in.
We are getting ready for Christmas like everyone else and have already shipped off packages to Japan. Who would have thought that my daughter would live so far away!!
Well everyone have a wonderful Christmas and I am going to work on the pictures!

More Sept. Happenings

2008-09-29T12:37:00.001-07:00

This past weekend we went to Grand Jct. Colorado to see an airshow. While there we went to the Colorado National Monument. It was awe inspiring. On the picture above you can see a cattle trail that the early settlers carved out of this cliff.

We loved the veiw!

Look really close at the top of the next picture and you can see two people that had climbed it!

We really enjoyed seeing this part of the country and we met some really interesting people.

Sept. Happings!

2008-09-28T17:58:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone,

We are back and trying this again. Here are Gabe and Crystals kids. We went over there for the day and had a great lunch and got to play with the kids. We can't get over how big they are getting. We didn't get a picture of Abby that day, she was very tired and was taking a nap.

later back at home Gary found a stick bug and I was very impressed with it and was extra happy that it was living in the garden. We thought that the kids would like to see it. (I know, I know, we need to get out more!)

We have family home evening with some friends and for this Monday we went for a four wheeler ride on the west side of Helper.

We cooked our dinner over a fire and it tasted sooo good!

Remember the steel bridge we used to walk over?

Someone decided that it would be fun to burn, so if you look close you can see that the middle section and left have been burned. :(

Memory Tag

2008-09-09T08:48:00.000-07:00

Memory Tag
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Sorry!

2008-08-24T18:41:00.000-07:00

To everyone, I have learned that you don't publish every time you add a picture! I am sure you got tired of new e-mails all the time! Well now I've learned, Love ya
Char

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Just some of my pretty fall flowers to end this post with, see ya later!

2008-08-23T16:03:00.000-07:00

Our new carport!!!! The big pile of sand is being moved today.

2008-08-23T16:01:00.000-07:00

Gary made a new railing for the front porch. It is so nice, you have no idea how much I love it!

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My new garden art work.

2008-08-23T15:57:00.000-07:00

The new step, no more rock!

Gary laying the last paver in the new patio

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The airstrip

2008-08-23T15:33:00.000-07:00

A week ago Gary and I (mostly Gary) made it possible for our friend Doug to take some flying lessons. Doug had always expressed a desire to learn but hadn't done anything . Now Doug has cancer and the outlook could be a little better, so Gary decided it was time for Doug to learn. The whole problem was getting Doug out to the dirt airstrip at Scofield without knowing that this huge surprise was waiting for him. It took a lot of doing but with several people helping the plan happened. It was so touching to see so many people sacrifice for one persons dreams!!!!

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This is a view of the big bucket that fills with water and then dumps on the kiddy slide.

2008-08-23T15:14:00.000-07:00

Fun Place

2008-08-23T14:39:00.000-07:00

Me and Abbey swirling around and around.

2008-08-23T14:36:00.000-07:00

This is Gabe's birthday cake that Crystal made! She is so talented.

2008-08-23T14:13:00.000-07:00

It was Gabe's birthday too! He is opening up Salinda's gift.

2008-08-23T13:29:00.000-07:00

Fun
Gary had given Jayce a cup which he thought was much more interesting. I don't think Jayce is into books yet!

2008-08-23T13:24:00.000-07:00

This is Jayce, Gabe and Crystals little boy, he just celbrated his first birthday on July 29.

2008-08-23T13:16:00.000-07:00

To start off this entry I just wanted to share this picture of Niyah's Morning Glory. She planted this before they went to Japan and it has grown and is very beautiful!

Landed At Scofield

2008-07-13T18:35:00.001-07:00

Hey, I survived landing on the dirt strip in Scofield. Can't wait to do it again.

Bird Feeder

2008-07-13T18:31:00.001-07:00

2008-07-11T15:41:00.000-07:00

Wonderful sunset on the Caribbean outside of Jamaica. Gary had just asked me to be his wife forever (again, I just melted!) and given me a beautiful ring!

2008-07-11T15:32:00.000-07:00

Gary and I in Grand Caymen Islands

2008-07-10T20:36:00.000-07:00

O.K, nothing blew up and I am started into the land of blogging and have also learned how to view someone elses blog. Ok, ok, i know I am silly, but this is really neat!

New Things

2008-07-10T20:28:00.000-07:00

Hi there! Everyone should try new things, and that is what I am doing!!!!! Trying to learn the art of "blogging". Welllllllllllll here goes nothing! :)