Amazing is the word you are looking for...almost done!

Jon has a little tile work to do yet, we are putting a second coat of paint on the door that you see is missing, and we are having my craft table installed tomorrow!!

Other than that..we are almost ready to hand the TV! Sadly, we can't afford furniture for the room, but we love it so much we will be happy to just sit on the floor!
YEAH!!

More Basement Updates!

Here are some with the ceiling put in and also some after Jon primed last week and painted last night!

Basement Updates!

Here are some pictures after the dry wall was up. In some of them you can see the track where the drop ceiling will be put in.

Before Pictures of the Basement

This opening is being closed off and a wall will be put here. Additionally, the area where you can see the 2 liters of "Morman Water" under the steps will be made into a cubby area.

Here the before picture. The wall used to have boards on it with shelves, but we tore those down a while back. (By we, I do mean Jon, but I think I helped a little..)

Day 1 progression

This is the wall that will have the closet on it. To the right will be a crafts area for me to do crafty things and put my sewing machine! I am SO excited!

Here you can see that they closed up that back walkway and you can also sort of see where the cubby under the steps will be. The wall is taken down, as you can see, and they put up that really big support beam to take the place of the support wall.

Part of the wall has been removed to open up the basement because the ceilings are going to be a little low. The steps and floor will be carpet, but that area at the base of the steps will be slate.

Benji Pictures!

Benji and Andrew were wrestling....Andrew tapped out in the first round!

All I want for Christmas is Benji in a BAG!

It was a Merry Christmas..on Thanksgiving morning!

He liked his hat and gloves so much he fell asleep in them!

Ali and Benji on a tractor at Cranes!

Benji in a box...most likely the cause of at least one of the black eyes from that weekend!

GO BLUE!

Benji really liked visiting Cranes Apple Orchard. Even more than that, he really liked pulling Andrew's hair! Andrew enjoyed it, too!

Uncle Jon loves The Benj!

He starts to try to do it himself!

Uncle Jon does such a good impression of Benji! :)

Grandma playing Thumbkin with The Benj!

Ta!

As always, "Grandpa" Lievense (Jim, not Duke! Still wierd to me!) charmed The Benj!