From the end of August to the middle of December, 2010 we remodeled - or rather drastically changed the old end of the house. We started out by only wanting the roof changed to a more normal roof and a couple of walls removed. But after a workman fell through the flooring after taking out a couple of walls, we really updated/graded the flooring, redid the electrical and plumbing. Redoing the roof was the easiest part. The next few pictures show the changes. And YES we did have remodeling dust everywhere! And continue to find some in small places:-)

Top picture is looking out the kitchen window to the east. Middle picture is looking out the new living room picture window to the east and the bottom picture is looking back into the house.

Next picture is looking north out the new living room window and front door. Bottom picture is looking out the old back door south. We finally got carpet down after a month long delay. We have a bit of furniture and finished an old round table of Marilyn's mother's and placed it in front of the window and hung several pictures. Rick is cooking cereal in the kitchen and we have a TV and video set up on the wall that goes into Marilyn's office. Now to place a few new pictures of the finished project?!

In the meantime, our whole family was together for a few hours the day after Thanksgiving for the Cousins Christmas Party. The two pictures are below - you can choose the more normal picture?!?

PICTURE A

PICTURE B

The middle of December we took a quick trip down to Temple Square to see the Christmas lights and decorations. They were beautiful!!!