Shirley Visit: Part 2

Shingling...

It took nearly 4 weeks to re-shingle the roof at Grandpa's house. I didn't realize how big the roof really was until I climbed up there. Andy did a lot of the work since he didn't have to go to work everyday. Grandpa would race home everyday after work to help until it was dark. Uncle Buck helped Andy a lot during the day. He would run and get things for him and made sure he didn't fall off. ON the weekends Melissa and her family would come and help. They were life savers. They got a lot done in the short a mount of time they were there.

Here's Grandpa Shirley getting ready to move the tarp down so that they could keep cleaning off the old shingles.
Daniel and Andy cleaning off the back of the roof.
The roof in front of the dormers had some rot and they had to replace some of the boards.
Andy in his roof workin' clothes!
Andy replacing the boards!

This little frog was on the top of the roof when we went up to shingle on evening. It was really cute! The kids loved it.

This is the front side with the new shingles.
We finished the front of the house and the garage before we left. All they had to do was finish the cap shingles and clean up the LARGE mess we left on the front lawn!

The roof looks great and we hope it will last them for a very, very, very long time! :)

Grandma & Grandpa Shirley Visit: Part 1

We Have Arrived...

The boys did really well on the 6 hour drive to Grandma Shirley's house. We were a little bit nervous because that we the first long trip we made without our Dad. Since they were so good we had to have french fries!

We were only at Grandma S. house for one day without our Dad, but we were still really excited to see him when he came. This was the beginning of our month stay. During that time we re-shingled the roof, moved Lily from Ohio, and played with our cousins! I guess I should note that there were NO accidents during the roofing project that required stitching or splinting!! :)

Leaving San Antonio

It has been a long time since I have updated. Partly because I no longer have my computer and partly because I haven't had time yet. We have been visiting family since we moved and enjoying every minute!

Here are some pictures of the movers boxing and moving our things. They are currently waiting for us somewhere in California.

The boxes in our bedroom. They brought in trucks with crates to carry our stuff cross country.
They did a great job loading under Andy's supervision.Loading the last and moving it out!

We were going to stay with Andy to supervise the packing and moving, but we decided it would be more of a hassle than it was worth, so the boys and I drove up to our Grandma Shirley's on Monday, May 19th, and waited for our Dad to come find us.