When we moved into our house last year we had visions of finishing the basement to give us a place to hang out. In August that dream came to fruition. Here is the basement finished and ready to use - with the exception of the door to the laundry room to the far right (it was on order).
We went to my parents house for Thanksgiving and this is what we came home to...4 inches of water in the basement. The water came to the top of the baseboards, so this is with some of the water already removed. I was sick to my stomach when I saw my beautiful bamboo floor under water. The only thing that upset me more were the photo albums on the bottom shelf of the book shelf. One of the albums submerged was my wedding album. Thankfully, I was able to salvage all of the pictures.
Our home fellowship group came and bailed water and ripped out the bottom of the dry wall. Here is the flooring as the children and I pulled it up and numbered it. I think we were able to save the flooring. I now have a brand new sump pump in my storage room (the lowest point of the basement). We look forward to putting things back together and getting our "hang out space" back.
In the fall my dish washer decided to stop cleaning. It still worked, but several parts had fallen off and the dishes actually came out dirtier than they went in. I ended up purchasing a new one and Caleb saved the installation fees by installing it for me.
In early January a family at church needed help watching their grandson. Little Bryan was only a few days old. Lydia even tried her hand at holding this sweet bundle of boy.
JoAnna loves science experiments. She has been doing a series of experiments focused on teaching her about magnetic fields. In this one she had to hang as many paper clips as possible in the bent clip. As we put layers of tape on the magnet the bent clip held fewer and fewer paper clips.
Most every morning JoAnna can be found in the kitchen getting her own breakfast. For this budding chef cereal is too easy...she has to make oat bran or eggs.
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