An Exciting Weekend!

We just had an awesome and tiring weekend! Not only did we start renovation on the house but my brother, Jeff, and his wife, Teresa, came to visit from Oklahoma. We have not seen Jeff since our wedding, 7 years ago, and Teresa even longer. It was great to visit with them and now Brayden has officially met all of his aunts and uncles. They even helped with the house while they were on their vacation. The Edwards also helped us out and Nathan even tore down some wallpaper. Curtis has been working hard on the house and with all the family and friends helping things will get done even faster. Curtis just keeps telling me that he will sleep in 2 weeks after we move in!

Uncle Jeff, Aunt Teresa, and Brayden!

We were sad to learn that the dining room had 2 layers of wallpaper and the nursery had 3!

Teresa tried to clean some of the drapes. As you can see they were very, very dirty. The bad thing was the dirt was apparently the only thing holding them together. The cleaner they got the more they fell apart.

I was very excited to use a sledge hammer. I started tearing down the brick planter, Brad finished it up. I love the picture below of Curtis, Sara, and the kids hiding outside from the flying brick.

Curtis and Brad started ripping up the carpet. It is weird but all the concrete is painted red. I guess they use to use paint as a sealer.

I will keep posting updates as time allows. Also there will be a post from Curtis' trip to Michigan when he has time. Hopefully he can do it before Christmas!