The Basement is Finished

After over 2 years of sweat & tears (mostly from our friends and family) our basement is complete. Now when you all come to visit you don't have to work & you will actually have a place to sleep too! Of course we are still working on living room furniture so it looks a little bare right now, but the kids love the big open space. The day we had the carpet installed the kids opened the basement door and said something like "Wow, we like our new carpet!! This is our new toyroom!!" It sounded a lot better than I can put into text here. Anyway, it is one of their favorite places to hang out now and they can run around like crazy because there is nothing down there except their toys. We hope to have you all over to see the finished product very, very soon. We want to especially thank Mom who inspired us to get started and helped with sooooo much of the project. We would also like to thank Dad for his electrical expertise, Jeff & Shanon for driving so far to help with trim only to catch the flu from our children, Rochy & Kris for the many weekends doing ceilings, mudding and for a beautiful entertainment center and finally Mark for teaching us how to do bathroom tile and for helping to install our backup sump pump. We owe all of you so much for all your hard work and we love you all!