Museum of Flight

Talitha took us to the Museum of Flight in Seattle yesterday. It was a lot of fun. We got to walk through Air Force One and a Concorde jet as well as a space shuttle that was used for training astronauts. I think the kids really liked the Flight Zone where they got to play on smaller airplanes and helicopters. The space section was also neat and it was interesting to see all of the planes used in some of the earlier wars. My favorite though was the SR-71. This was always my favorite plane growing up. I remember making a model of it when I was younger, having a few small toys of it, and reading about it in books. I had seen it at this museum before a long time ago, but this time they actually had a cockpit that you could get in. We all had to give it a try. It was a really fun day and it was super nice of Talitha to take us.

Afterward Christian and Elliott got to hang out with her for a little while longer. Sounds like she took them to a bouncy house, but when they got there she discovered that Christian was not wearing any socks. They had to run across the street to Walmart to pick some up and then got to return. She then took them out to McDonalds. They talked about it for the rest of the night. I think it was a pretty ideal outing for those two boys.

More Birthday Celebrations

With Agnes' birthday last Sunday, Julia's birthday on Thursday, and Karen's birthday on Friday, they all got together and had a big party at the church building on Monday night. Looks like they played a ton of games and had pizza and cupcakes. Here are some of the pictures from the event.

It Pocatello it was fun to see Agnes' and Julia's birthdays listed on the church bulletin even though no one here has met them yet.

Home Updates - November 15th

Over the past couple weeks they have made a lot of progress on our home, although it still seems like they have a lot to go.


Here is what they got done:

They finished up all of the trim downstairs and painted all of the rooms down there.

Most of the house will be painted this light gray color. 

 One of the bedrooms and the bathroom downstairs we had painted light blue.

 It's hard to tell in these pictures, but this room is a light green.

They finished up all of the trim upstairs, including a window bench seat for one of the upstairs bedrooms, the main arches for the entryway and the greatroom, the master bedroom trim, all of the closets, and the trim part of the fireplace.

They put in the tile flooring for two of the bathrooms and the cabinetry for all of the bathrooms.

They put in the travertine flooring for the laundry room. They also put the cabinetry in there and built the bench seat.

They put in the kitchen cabinetry.

Here is what is left:
Outside they still need to pour the driveway and sidewalks, build the mailbox/lamppost, build stairs off the deck, finish the final grading of the yard, cover the eves, put in the gutters, put on the garage doors, and put in all of the light fixtures.

Inside they still need to paint the upstairs, put down the hardwood floor, put the counter-tops on all of the cabinetry, put down the carpet, do the tile that goes on the walls or in the showers, put in the plumbing fixtures, put in the appliances, and put in all of the finishing touches (light fixtures, speakers, doorknobs, vent covers, etc.).

Do you think they will finish by the end of the month?