Installing baseboards and getting carpet

In order to get carpet installed in the bedrooms, we had to have all the baseboards installed so they could space the carpet correctly.  We had been working hard and today was the day to get it done.  It is a lot of work but we have it down to science.  We have the saw attached to the central vac, so it takes care of most of the dust.  Then we measure, cut, and install.

The carpet people came and started on the installation.  It didn't take too long and then we had an awesome basement!  I can't believe how different it looks with carpet.  Courtney loved it!

It looks like a real basement now!

Boat building

Courtney had a boat-building activity for school.  They are in groups and expected to make a boat out of butcher paper and boxes. When they finished building them, they had a day when they had to float in them.  It was hilarious to watch them build the boat.

They wanted it to look like Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb.  I had to scour St. George for orange and teal duct tape so they could get it to look authentic.

They used the pool at the new Human Performance Center on campus.  They got the boat there in and then got ready to load up.  They only had to have 3 people in the boat, so one took pics.

It didn't take long to sink.  Courtney tried to push it to the other side so they could finish, but it didn't get over there.  It was heavy and sunk.

They pulled it out and then just had fun together.  I'm glad she got to have that experience.  It seems like she had a lot of fun.

Basement tour before carpet

 

Lilies

Our lilies have bloomed!  They are only blooming for about a week so we have to watch for them.  If we aren't careful, we will miss the blooms.  We have a ton of them now so I really should thin them.  But I haven't taken the time.

I love how beautiful they are.

She beat us!

Courtney was bored so we played Wi Frisbee Golf with her.  She usually has a hard time with disc golf but she figured it out this time.  She ended up beating us and she was so excited!

Ethan's accent wall

I wanted to do an accent wall in Ethan's room.  But I was having a hard time figuring out what color of blue I wanted to paint it.  So we went and bought some testers to make swatches for the wall.  I wanted to see what the blue would look like in his room but I didn't want to paint on the wall.  These little test papers were perfect.

What do you think?  We chose the top left.

I got the wall painted and Bryan started putting the baseboards on.  I think it is coming together well.  We are going to do board and batten soon too.  I'm excited to see how it all turns out.

More soccer

It has been so cold during her soccer games!  I don't know what is going on but we have been bundling up to try and stay warm while we watch her play.