PICTURES

master bedroom en suite

Living Room/Dinning Room

Kitchen

Entry Way

Outside

Well I was trying to get everything organized and put away and that has now been accomplished except for 6 boxes in the master bedroom that I still have to organize. I would put up pictures of the porch but right now it is covered with Kurk`s games as his new car is residing in the garage and the outside shed is not yet finished.

We Are In (except for Kurk)

Well April 17th was the official move in day and the first night spent in our new home. Kurk is still in Halifax so the kids and I did the big move with out him. The movers arrived at 9 and 8 hrs, 2 trucks, and 5 men later almost everything was moved. We are still waiting for the interior doors to be hung and the kids keep throwing the breaker anytime they plug something in upstairs but otherwise most things are in order. The rock work should be finished tomorrow and the painter has painted outside and just has the trim, belly boards etc. to do. The stairs and laundry room need grouted and I just finished sealing the stairs so hopefully they will be grouted tomorrow. i will post the finished pics when I have cleared enough boxes that I can see the floor once again.

I can see the end

Well the move in date is less than 2 weeks away (hopefully). Kurk left this morning after finishing the stairs yesterday. I went to the house at 5 this morning and cleaned it once again as the painter is going this morning to start taping off so he can paint the trim. The counter tops are all at the house and 95 % installed. The plumber is coming on Monday to install the sinks, toilets etc. Chad has 1 day left of finishing. Derek is grouting the en suite and entry way this weekend which means I have a lot of scrubbing to do afterwards. I will not up load any more pics as I am waiting for the finished product.

Suite - kitchen & eating area

suite - bedroom

Living room - Kurk is almost done the floor and then the fireplace will get the slate applied to the top and around the fireplace.

Joshua's closet and door to the hallway.

The top of the stairs looking down the hall to kayla, Rachel, and our foster daughters room.

Nearing the End

Well I have not posted in a couple weeks as my computer has been down and things are busy. The biggest stress right now is renting out all the places. Hopefully that will be done this week and I can start to focus on moving. The house is coming along well all the cabinets are in except the laundry room and the counter top has been ordered for the kitchen. The counter I ordered for the bathrooms is going to take 7 weeks (time I don't have) so I am going down tomorrow to pick out a new one that hopefully won't take long. As we decided we liked the slate so much we are now going to do the stairs as well. The bathrooms are all tiled except the shower in the en suite and the entry way still needs to be grouted. A couple of the stairs are done so that leaves 13 left to do. Kurk has got all the flooring done upstairs and has got the playroom done downstairs and is on to the hallway, living room, and finally our closet and bedroom. The siding guys are almost done (haven't I been saying that for the last month:p) I have picked out all the pulls for the cupboards and all the bathroom hardware. Chad is busy putting up all the closet organizers, rods, shelves etc. All the windows and doors are framed (except the patio door) and a lot of the baseboard is done. Chad has been doing an excellent job and it is so good to see him back at work after 1 1/2 years. The yard should have to topsoil on it next week and the patio and driveway should be done. All that is left for me to figure out is how to move house with 7 children and Kurk in Halifax......MOVERS:) oh and I get to hire someone to clean my old house.

Things are progressing quickly

This is rachel`s room. The girls both have the same colored rooms.





This is looking from the top of the staris along the hall to the girls rooms.

This is Kurk and Joshua hard at work. Joshua got to skip school to help because he has proved himself as being very helpful and very eager.

This is looking at the front door as they had set the mat down to start tiling. The open door is in to the garage and the other opening is the laundry room.

Well the house in now fully painted on the inside, the interior doors are all in, Kurk is almost done the flooring in the suite and the tiling is well underway. Chad is starting on the closet doors and then will start on all the trim. Kurk should be done the flooring in the suite tonight and will start on the stairs tomorrow. Derek has the entry way, downstairs powder room and most of the kitchen tiled and will then grout it. The upstairs bathrooms and suite bathrooms have all been started and will be tiled probably tomorrow. Our Cabinets will all arrive on Saturday (all 462 cartons of them) I have to have them sorted out by Monday. They are working on the exterior (still) and will hopefully be done by early next week:)

Ready for the long haul

Well we spent the day we left on vacation buying tile, laminate flooring, and all our cabinets for the new house then headed to our hotel for a short sleep before our flight. We are now back and the house has been all drywalled and mostly mudded. The ceilings that are being textured are all done. They have started working on the exterior and it is about 1/3 done (a lot less than we expected) but they should be done by the end of the week. The painter should also be ready to start at the end of the week which means that Kurk will spend this week picking up all the flooring and taking it to the new house so he can start the install about the 4th or 5th of March. It I estimate correctly we will be in the last week of March beginning of April.