Plumbing is done!

The plumbers came to finish the hook up for us.  I was so excited.  We had finished installing the vanities over the weekend so we were ready for them to come in.  They put in the shower kit, the faucets, and the toilet.  They also did the initial hook up for the kitchenette sink and the washer/dryer.  We haven't finished those things yet but they are preliminarily hooked up.

Here is the sink.

They used a really stinky glue and Courtney was not impressed with the smell.

You can see the shower (nothing too fancy).

An oval toilet, at Courtney's request.

Things are moving along in the basement!

Just another beautiful day

 Another view of the beautiful Red Mountain in Ivins.

We hung a door!

Months ago I went to HomeDepot to find out prices for doors.  They told me that the doors were one price and another price if we wanted the installed.  It wasn't much more so we figured we could have them install the doors and save ourselves some work.  I went today to order the doors and was told that the second price doesn't include the doors.  So there is one price for the doors and another price (that is about 1 1/2 times the price of the door) for installation.  That was going to be way too much money.

We had one door with the frame in the basement so Bryan and I decided to see how hard it would be to hang the door.  He watched a bunch of youtube videos (that's been a life saver through this process) and then we were ready.  We decided to hang the old door in the exercise room.  After a few adjustments and some trial and error, we hung the door and it works great.

We now feel comfortable with hanging all the other doors in the basement when it comes time to do them.  No, the door will not remain this color.  We will be painting it but we will do them all at once.

Tiling the bathroom floor

We tiled the bathroom floor in the basement! We laid the tile out to see the pattern and figure out where cuts needed to be made (luckily, the room with the vanities was perfect so we just had to cut tiles in half to make the pattern work). Then I spent one day laying half of them and Bryan and I spent another day laying the rest.  It turned out really well.

I then spent another day grouting the tiles.  It turned out really well and I am proud of us!

We are going to put carpeting in the bedrooms and wood laminate flooring on the rest of the floors.  Courtney decided to draw on the floors before we put them down.  She designed and worked on something in her bedroom floor.  We think it will be fun to for someone to find a drawing if they ever change the carpet out.

She planned it, drew it, and then started painting it in.  What a fun idea!

The middle will have the word "Courtania" in it.  That's the name of the country Courtney invented when she was little.  She printed money and everything.  It was fun!

Haircut day

When we talked to Ethan, he mentioned he would be getting a haircut that day.  I also had an appointment for a haircut!

While I was getting my hair done my phone pinged.  I checked it and it was a picture of Ethan with his new hair cut.

Lori, who was cutting my hair and has known Ethan since he was 4 years old, said we should take a selfie to show him that I was getting my hair cut too!  So we did.  It was fun.

Entrepreneurship class

Courtney was .5 of a credit short in a CTE class so she chose to take Entrepreneurship at SCHS.  She figured it would be an easy class and would get her the .5 of a credit she needs to have that requirement filled.  It has been a pretty easy class, until she had to do a group project.

The project is to sell something and make at least ONE CENT.  Courtney's group decided to sell cookies during lunch.  They told the teacher which cookies to buy (he bought the wrong ones which messed up their profit margin), made a poster, and then sold cookies for 3 days.

Courtney made their poster and I thought she did a good job on it.

After 3 days of selling cookies, they made a SEVEN CENT profit!  They passed!  All they had to do was make one cent and they made seven.  That's pretty tight but they did it.  They got an A for the project and Courtney was happy.

Snow in Snow Canyon State Park

We had snow in St. George and, when we went for our walk in Snow Canyon, made for a pretty view. There wasn't much by Monday, but a little.