Let’s take a quick break from the updates on the house to find out what we were doing for the 2 1/2 weeks were were in Idaho!

My family had a reunion the first week in July. It was a jam packed/fun filled/crazy fun week spent with all my siblings {except 1}. There was plenty of time to visit and let all the little cousins get to know each other. My kids had so much fun spending time with cousins they haven’t seen since they were tiny.

We lucked out and were able to purchase plane tickets {we were planning on driving but we got a killer deal!} Ben’s cousin Emma so willingly let us crash at her house and then drive us to the airport super early for our 6:45am flight! {Our tickets were out of D.C.} After 10 hours of traveling, we made it to Salt Lake City where my family greeted us {WITH SIGNS!!!} It was then onto Pocatello where we were so exhausted, we collapsed into our beds once we got there!

One of our layovers was in Phoenix. Ben served his mission there, and hasn’t been back since. He still remembered certain areas as we were flying over, a pointed them out! Here’s Camelback mountain. He climbed this while on his mission.

 

 

We were there for 3 hours. A LONG layover for these kids. Needless to say, we walked the entire terminal.

Our flight from Phoenix to Salt Lake was super short. We flew over a storm as one point. Ben and I were talking, and he looks out the window as the clouds part and we see the Grand Canyon:

Almost there! Love coming into the valley!

 

Exciting, right?

 

It is so amazing how much work has been done in the last month. We left for our trip to Idaho on the 1st of July, and there was only the “dance floor” on the house and the garage was framed in.

We came home to a fully framed house, ready for the rough in plumbing. Unfortunately, we don’t have step by step detailed pictures of the progress made. {We DO have footage on our go-pro that eventually we’ll have a time-lapse video done!} But, I do have all the pictures to catch us up to date.

Plumbing above the Master bath:

Looking through the pantry to the master bath/closet:

Standing in the master bedroom. {Left to right} Showing the doorway out, the walk-in closet, the door to the bathroom, and door to a small closet.

Walk-in closet:

Master bathroom, tile shower:

Plumbing for the Master bath sink. Other side is the pantry:

Mudroom. Far wall plumbing for washer and dryer:

Spare bathroom off the the mudroom:

Looking from the front door:

Upstairs to the loft:

Looking down to the great room:

View from the girl’s bathroom window:

Looking into the girls’ bedroom from the bathroom:

Standing in the girls’ dormer looking into their room:

Looking out the girls’ bedroom into the loft:

Boys’ bathroom:

Closet next to the boys’ bathroom:

 

View from the boys’ window. {Donna and Benjie’s house}

View from boys’ dormer window:

Looking from up in the loft:

The loft:

Downstairs:

Check out our windows! Woo hoo!

Ben was checking out how much room was up in the attic area:

 

My bay window. Pantry to the right!!!

Looking out the bay window:

View from the office window. Our neighbor:

But you ALSO get this view from the same window:

We also got our fixtures for the tubs!!

View from our front door:

Standing in the mudroom by the back door. Office straight ahead. Full bath to the right:

 

Wall in the mudroom where the built-in cubicles will go:

Bay window:

Breezeway to garage:

The house is getting wrapped!

Tubs have arrived!!

 

Check it out! It’s a real house!!

 

Ben teases me when I see corn and say, “Knee high by July.” This corn is WAY over our heads already. But, when we went out to Idaho, he had to agree with me. Corn in Idaho is about “knee high by July!” This is the field in front of our house:

See how close our neighbor is?

And how close our other neighbor is?

Our driveway:

So excited for our front porch!