Father's Day!

/It was funny reading facebook on Father's day because everyone posted how their dad/hubby was the best Father, but the funny thing is my kids really do have the best Father! It was kind of a bummer of a day because Scott had work on the shower all day. He is so great though because he didn't even complain he worked as hard and long as he could. We're getting closer and closer but it just seems complications keep arising. Oh how glad we will be when this project is done. We managed to take a couple of breaks and enjoy a cake that Ryan and I baked for him. And of course Ryan enjoyed playing in the slip n' slide while Daddy worked in the bathroom. Next weekend we plan taking off and going to Georgia so Scott will finally have some downtime!

Finally cutting tile for the bathroom.

Happy Father's day cake!

The Pursuit continues....

Scott has been working on the shower A LOT lately. I'm so impressed that he has been doing this himself with the help of some friends. He has really taken it on and is getting it done and let me just say it is a chore! I haven't really lifted a finger since the demo. My job has been to keep the boys wrangled and out of Daddy's way. Even still Scott is good about letting the boys feel like they are helping. I'll admit, I'm a little more task oriented and just want to get the job done. But he is so patient he will let Ryan get in there with his protective gear and feel like he is really a part of it.

While he has been working on the shower so much, I have been reading. It's been really nice after the boys are in bed and Scott is working away, I have had some silence (minus a few hammering thuds.) I love to read, but I go in spurts where I read a whole lot and then take a break and then read a whole lot and the cycle repeats. Right now, I'm participating in the church Summer reading program so it's been great timing. I just finished Crazy Love by Francis Chan tonight and was so stunned. I feel like the author was in my brain. Don't you just love books like that? I mean I have made some of the exact statements recently to Scott and I didn't even know what this book was about when I first heard of it. Anyway, I want to finish my post with a prayer from page 99 that I believe is a quote from The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer.

Oh God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away."
Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long."


If any of you read the book...let me know what you think of it! It was very challenging.

Demolition...

So, you know we have our house up for sale right? Well, a few days ago Ryan discovered a leak. He actually yelled "hey what's the waterfall?" So of course, panic strikes. It wasn't quite a waterfall but it was quite wet. In fact the entire sub-floor of the shower was soaked. Our house is under a complimentary home warranty because its on the market, so we hoped we might just get lucky. Well, of course after a $60 service call later we found out we were not lucky. It was a leaky shower pan. The plumber said it must have been leaking for years and was probably deteriorated because years ago the contractors didn't use a shower liner.

So the demolition begins. We found it in gross condition! Yes it was mush but not only that...we had active termites feasting away. It just keeps getting better and better! We have a termite bond and they had treated our house a year ago...well, guess who had to come back?! We also found a little surprise still in our walls left from the contstruction crew. It was a bottle of Schlitz. Yes, only the finest for our house! Maybe since that is what the workers were drinking that is why our shower leaked... Anyway, we have some dear friends who are gonna help out in replacing the entire shower. This is SO not a project we had planned on doing before selling the house. Our neighbor who is a plumber estimated it would cost $4000 to replace. So those dear friends who will help us do it ourselves just became worth a whole lot more to us! Maybe it will just help the house sell better. Here are a few gross pictures! Glad it is out of the house now!
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These are the "friendly" termites.