No Vacancy

We were full up at the hangar while my niece Danielle and the kids visited for 2 weeks. It was hectic because there was a lot going on at the new house but we managed to squeeze in some fun at the Stockyards, the Zoo, Horse Camp, the park, boating, tubing and swimming. We also stained some doors and cleaned out the sold hangar. They love Uncle Tim - he made toys out of rolling carts and skateboards and played with them in the pool!

 Stockyards

 Just waking up...

 Markaus liked to lay in Ty's dog bed.

 Tired after a long day at the zoo.

 Horse Camp!

Faux Stucco

From this:

To this:

To this:

The brick fireplace was painted with shiny white paint...beautiful! Tim hand sketched a design idea. The painters built out the form with drywall and filled the brick joints with mud. Then they a applied a heavy trowel texture to resemble stucco. We will add a wood mantle.

We also had them apply a lighter hand trowel texture to the walls before painting.

Avocados and Olives

That's what one of the painters called our color scheme. Tim wanted a dark green fireplace and I wanted green walls, so we just painted the entire first floor green: ceilings, walls and fireplace. We love it! There is so much natural light that it doesn't seem dark at all.

No Leaks

Our plumber told us about this fiberglass shower pan. The first day they floated the floor and let the cement dry. The next day he fiberglassed the entire floor, curb, bench and up the wall a few inches. He brought rigid pieces of fiberglass and then joined everything with the fabric and resin. They said it is just like building a boat. I thought our whole house smelled like a new motorhome! Next they will tile the shower, and guaranteed, no leaks.