The hallway and mudroom have been tiled and grouted!!  Waiting for the grout to cure, then we'll seal it and we can walk on it!

Our neighbor put up the sheetrock and textured the upstairs pony wall!  Now it's ready for paint.

Wouldn't ya know that at the last section of the power line trench there is a one-ton boulder right where the conduit needs to go.  Dad loves a challenge and is determined to remove it!

Open range on Elk Creek Rd looks like it will be a challenging one.  Rumor is that the rancher brought 3 times (240) as many cattle as last year.  If he takes them to the high country they should stay and eat there, but they seem to meander down the road.  Surely the log truckers don't like it.  It's starting to smell like a barnyard around here!

We got a new toy with a squeaker.  We're doing pretty well with the new chicks; I am anyway.  Osker is having a hard time resisting the chase!

Zambit did not survive the impacted crop although she gave it a good try.

We decided to build a pony-wall at the top of the stairs instead of a railing.  It's framed in, and now a local guy is going to come drywall and texture it.

 The electrical conduit project is moving along!  Drilled a core through the footing of the garage and set the first sections of conduit.  It's kindof hot to work in the trench now.

The mudroom cabinets were installed last week!!!

Tiling the hallway and mudroom floor has started.  It's like playing twister when you're tiling in a small place and can't step on tiles! We borrowed a bigger tile saw, but it is not cutting straight lines.  Dad has been diagnosing the problem and vows to figure it out!!

 Whoo doggie! It is hot!  I'm worthless in this heat.  I like to lay on the cool floor of my new house and wait for someone to take me to the creek!

Osker just turned 2!!  He has stinky ears.   We call him "cheese head".

Mom attacked the small pile of topsoil.  She hauled it around to the west side to fill in trenches and bring the area up to grade.  It's dry and dusty, but it's exciting to see some of the pile going down!

 The trench where the sewer and water lines go into the house has been filled in!  We have been hopping over, falling into, and building a variety of bridges over that trench for a year and a half!

That's the mudroom/hallway tile on the pallet!

And.... our first working toilet!!! Yahoo!!!