The bathroom is coming along!

The bathroom project is coming along good. Down below there is a picture of where Dad took out the toilet. Right beside the big pipe,(to the left.) you see a square divided in half. that square is where Dad told me that if he stepped there he would have fallen through! That is because of the shower. Water would  run down the side of the shower,(which is on the far left of the picture,) and after a few years would soak in to the wood.

We were very glad that none of us  had stepped there before!

 This  is four layers of floor!!!

This is when Dad was tearing out the floor.

Dad put in plywood on the floor.

Dad took the old sink out so he could put the new one in.

Dad started,(and pretty much finished) painting the bathroom!

Dad finished painting the bathroom today. There is a little touch-up left to do but it is not that much. This evening Dad came in to the living room and said:"All right, I'm ready to quit for tonight!" It looks really nice!

 The white is the part that is  not painted.

The green in this picture is the wall all painted

 This picture is a little blurry but you can see that this is the when  Dad started painting

Trip to Minneapolis.

 this is us waiting at Mcdonalds.

On the 11th . and the 12th we went to Minneapolis Minnisota for a doctor oppointment for Teddy. It took us about 9 hours to get there. We managed to get there around 5:15, then we went to our hotel just so we could know where it was. None of us even got out of the van.After that we went to the Mall of America! It was HUGE!!!! Dad and I had gone there once on the way to a junior bible quiz with our freinds the hoversons.  Anyway, we got there and ate panda express,(that is a chinese resturant) at the food court. Then we walked around the mall. (By the way, we did not buy anything :D ) then we went and checked in to our hotel room and got settled in. After that we went to the swimming pool. We stayed there till about 9:45 and then went to bed. The next morning Mom and Dad went to the hospital with Teddy for his appointment. While they were gone us kids watched TV. After the parents and Teddy came back they said the appointment went well, then we packed up and left. We were planning on getting home pretty late. When we were in the suburbs of Minneapolis, the van engine started missfiring, so we stoped at a town called Maple Grove.  By that time we had gotten there it was lunch time so we went in to McDonalds while Dad took the van to a Firstone that was across the street. ... so we ended up staying in McDonalds for about 3 hours.  It was a long wait but we played a game called 20 questions a lot.  A lady came up to Mom and said that she was from a family of 6 boys and 3 girls, just like us.  She said she didn't think they were as quiet.  (This was before the ice cream cones)  They were very nice, and invited us to stay with them if the van didn't get fixed!  So after it was almost finished Dad and Trevor ran out to the Firstone and soon Mom got a call from Dad and he said that all went well and they were taking it for a test drive.  Pretty soon we saw them pull up in the parking lot.  We ended up getting home at 12:30 PM!!!

 Tim looks pretty bored.

Sooooo cute!!!!

This is Callie doing "I'm a little teapot'. we call it 'her song'. Our family has known this song for a long time but we did not know SHE knew it!

Bottle calves.

A few months ago we got 22 Jersey bottle calves! over the weeks they were getting sick and dying! so now we have ended with 4!!!! this is one of them. they are doing well exept one of them is a little weak. I bought one,Courtney bought one, and Dad bought two. One of Dad's is a bull and the other is a heiffer. Courtney's is a heiffer, and mine,(Tucker) is a heiffer.

 this one is mine.(Tucker) it is pretty healthy.

 this is Dad's bull. he is the most healthy.

Chicken killer!!!!!!!

 She is a pretty dog is'nt she?!

Recently this dog got into the chicken coop.(Mainly because I forgot to close the coop door. ) It killed 28 of our chickens!!! That is most of our flock. I found 2 runing around that were not injured, And 2 that  were. We are not sure who her,(Courtney found out that it is a girl) Owners are. we are going to take her to the humane society. At first some the kids wanted to keep her UNTIL, She chewed through: A half-inch lead rope,  The rope that is tied to her in the picture,  AND, her OWN COLLAR! Beside from that she managed to get out of a dog run!.... uh-hu, After that, We pretty much decided that nobody in our family wanted it! If someone comes to say that it is their dog we are going to charge them for the chickens she killed!

Dad started the bathroom remodling!!!

 This is the new lights dad put in. Under that is where the old medicine cabinet was.

Dad started the remodling the bathroom. It is going great!

 There was some water damage above the furnace chimney.

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 Now he has started muding over the damage so he can paint over it.