Mud Run

A couple months ago Brent said jokingly that I needed to run in the Marine Corps Mud Run with him when they came up to visit.  Sure, why not?  So I called up Heather and we've been training for it since then.  We had a lot of fun and our knees are only a little scraped up from the mud pit.  

Before the race so nice and clean

Not so clean anymore... we had a great time!

Who wants to join us next year?

The end in sight!

Today the carpet was installed in the bedroom. Dustin took the day off work to finish up a lot of the little things left to do. Today we were able to put up and paint the crown molding around the cabinets in the mud room, put down and paint the baseboards and shoe molding in the bathroom, put down and paint the baseboards in the hallway, finish painting the mud room, and finish installing the vanity top in the bathroom. 

The only big things we have left to do are install the toilet, install the closet organizer, put down grout sealer on the bathroom tile, paint the doors for the mud room cabinets, put down all the shoe molding in the rooms we refinished the hardwood, and paint the bedroom doors. Oh and we still have to find a mirror for the bathroom. That's probably not all, but that's all I can think of. 

Here are a few pictures. 

Lots of Progress

We have made a lot of progress this weekend!  Everything is looking so good!  We are so thankful that the McCollum's were able to come for the long weekend to share their expertise, tools, hands, and old cabinets with us.  Dustin's parents renovated their kitchen a few years ago and still had the cabinets and asked if we would like them for our mud room... sure!  It looks (or will look as soon as they get finished) perfect!

I know, not a huge deal, but the closet doors being up makes a huge difference in the look of the study.

The bathroom is looking great too!  We love the color of the grout!

I am so glad that Dustin's dad is here helping with the lifting!  

Here are the cabinets without the countertops on them.  The dryer will go in the space to the left of the window and the washing machine will be on the right.  

Dustin is doing great working with all of the tools that he has never used before.

The formica is on all of the countertops, they just have to be trimmed around the sides.  Would you believe we painted the walls, then found the countertops that look so good with the color?