JUNE 14 UPDATE: Ah, summer

I just love barefoot weather! I used to spend as much of the summer as possible without shoes -- so much so that I could cross the gravel driveway without breaking my stride by July or August. I'm not quite that good anymore, but I still revel in being able to kick off my shoes whenever I feel like it.

... Walt left last Tuesday, after significantly speeding up our progress. There were just a few odds and ends of drywalling left to do then, and Dave's been working steadily since then, so that the "ends" are pretty much finished, with just a few "odds" to go. That does include the drywalling around the windows, though, which will take a bit of time. All in all, we all feel a little bit more optimistic around here now that we've had Walt back to lend a hand and give advice. Thanks, Walt!

... Here the workmen are, standing in the newly drywalled kitchen.

... We did notice one little goof as we looked over the newly drywalled linen closet area -- the light that was supposed to be in the little square walkway area between the bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom doors and the linen closet is instead directly over the linen closet. Since the closet is going to have shelves in it, the light isn't going to do much good where it is, except for giving all sorts of light to the top shelf! (The junction box for the fixture is in the center of the picture -- the light to the right is just a work light.) But Walt figured out a way to get this to work anyway -- we'll just have surface wiring out to where the light is supposed to be. I'm sure no one will notice.

... The kids and I got out to enjoy the weather this afternoon. Just beautiful -- not too hot, and just breezy enough to keep the bugs away. Erik enjoyed sitting in the grass ...

... and doing a little tasting. I was telling him, "Hey, Erik, look at the camera!" and he looked up and popped the grass he was holding right in his mouth. The kid will put anything in his mouth! We really do have to watch that. He's a totally different sort of child than Sofi in that respect. She rarely did that.

What a nice smile! (And see, all concerned relatives out there, I did get him into the shade after the above pictures were taken. Though I'm sure some of you are still concerned because he didn't have a hat. In life, some risks must be taken.)

Sofia had her own projects while we were out and about, including stunt jumping. (We tried many times till I got a good photo!)

Then we went to the new house, where she helped Daddy a bit.

She went out after supper and helped a bit more -- she handed him what he needed, and working together they got a light fixture installed. Sofia came running to the house, telling me I had to go see what they'd done! It was pretty impressive to flip the switch and get a pleasant glow in the bathroom. Let there be light!