Doors, Siding, and Dinner - Oh My!

A lot of progress on the house in the last week! It's been really fun seeing the changes as they come.

Cory got all the concrete from the floor of the garage removed so that he could install the walk-in door. He worked long and hard in between rainfalls wearing away at that concrete. He finally bought a diamond edged blade and that did the trick. It cut through like butter, he said. In no time flat, he had the concrete removed and the door was in. Chad helped him get it installed, and it looks beautiful! It works, too! :) That door is Cory's pride and joy so far. We were all very proud of him as he did the whole thing all on his own. Way to go, bro!

Last weekend Mom and I ran a rummage sale while the guys worked at the house. Dad, Cory, and Chad took down the basketball hoop on the garage, peeled off the gutters, and removed the old siding. They installed the house wrap, and the garage already looked better than it did at the start! That old siding was pretty bad.

This week, the three guys got together on Wednesday to work more on the garage. I don't know all the technical terms and what they mean, but I know J-Channel, fascia, and soffit were installed on the garage. And...drum roll please!! Two of the walls of the garage are now sided!! WOW! It looks so awesome! We went with a basic sandstone color for the siding, which was actually very close to the color of the house already. However, the difference is remarkable. It looks great! Tomorrow the guys will be working to finish off the rest of the garage siding, and then we are ready to shingle and the garage is done. Yay!!

After all this hard work together, you may be wondering what we all do when we're finished. Well, we have a lot of dinners together! Sometimes we grill out and sometimes we go out. This last Saturday, Uncle Gerry came from Sioux Center to see the flip house for the first time. Chad, Cory, and Gerry went to check out the house, Dad took a nap, and Mom and I cleaned up the kitchen. Then we all headed out for a yummy dinner at Cherry Creek. I got a quick snapshot of us waiting for our table (Cory was in the restaurant checking out the Twins game). Oh, and one final thing... Anyone reading this who knows Gerry should ask him about the good things in Alaska. That's a shout out to you, "All Night"!! :)