Week 49

Hi there and welcome back.  Our home is finally feeling like a home again which is wonderful so we can all relax and enjoy it for the holidays.  For the most part we still just need the pool table/bar room put back together and that should happen this week.  Aside from the house, basketball is also dominating our lives right now so we are looking forward to a slower week ahead. Oh yeah and Tyler comes home soon so that's always a happy thing.

Here are last week's pictures:

Day 337- Monday, 12/3/18

John's been working hard at home painting and adding final little finishes here and there.  This helps keep us on budget by not having to pay extra to have the contractors do it.  Here he's adding a towel rack to the side cabinet that holds the dishwasher.

Day 338- Tuesday, 12/4/18

Tonight is the first home game for Brandon's freshmen basketball team which is so nice and close.  I like not having to drive over an hour somewhere else, and it was fun to see them ALL play and pull off an easy win.

Day 339- Wednesday, 12/5/18

So many boxes and even more boxes to unpack and try to figure out where it all goes.  The kitchen layout is pretty much the same but the cabinet and drawer sizes are a bit different so not everything works in the same place we had it before.  Overall we have a bit more space but still need to rethink things which is taking way longer than I expected especially on the limited time I have between work and kid activities.

Day 340- Thursday, 12/6/18

Here we go on the road again.  The basketball team just finished game 1 in a 3-day tournament that takes place in Auburn at Placer High School that is a good hour away with traffic.  It's late now--9:30 pm and we still have that long drive home so I needed some caffeine and he never minds a trip to Starbucks.  We sure are getting a lot of car time together which isn't a bad thing because we've actually had some good conversations.  Here's to 2 more days and hopefully 2 more wins.

Day 341- Friday, 12/7/18

It's sunny and clear but with no cloud cover it's also super cold out and even colder in this old drafty gym.  The winter trees look so bare without the fall leaves that pretty much all dropped in the past few rain storms.  It's another win for the team and another late night drive home.  At least they are not missing school though because it's hard to make up the work when you have so many games and practices on your plate.

Day 342- Saturday, 12/8/18

Here we are on the final day of the Placer Tournament and we won the championship game against Roseville.  WooHoo!  The boys are super excited to be bringing back that trophy to their school.  Meanwhile at home John continues with painting and unpacking while Justin works to put our new dinning room chairs together.  It's all about teamwork.

Day 343- Sunday, 12/9/18

Enough of basketball and home improvements.  It's time to get our tree and kick off the Christmas season.  We made sure to have the living room put back together so the tree had a place to go.  There are new floors in here as well as a newer, bigger, area rug but everything else is pretty much the same for now which is fine because it feels like home again and we're happy to have it back.

That's it.  See you next week.  December it flying by.  How many more shopping days?  Yikes!!