Portland Frenzy

Thanks to Cliff Skillings at AML for making our vacation a frantic buying spree. His help setting up a good price for a 20' container lured us in to fulfilling our hope to check off some major purchases while visiting Faith, Aaron, Jack and little Zoey.

We easily found our cultured stone veneer for the exterior with great service from the folks at Rock-On. The pricing and service was exceptional. We ended up purchasing the Coal Canyon Weathered Edge Ledgestone. It should blend well with the roof and both siding colors.

The excitment of visiting the cabinet store kept me up the first night when we arrived. Waking early, we made it in time for the store opening Saturday morning and quickly assessed the available cabinet sets. With only a few that fit our kitchen configurartion, We settled on a Diamond Cabinet in the Cherry Bayport door style. What sold us on this set was the incredible options. It has two super cabinets and a deep dish lazy susan corner. The all plywood construction tipped the scales.

We also picked up the butcher block counter top from IKEA along with some nice hardware pieces and two more of the Klud glass noteboards which we have been using as backsplashes for our kitchen stoves. Tempered, obscured and totally cleanable. A great adaptive product.

The most exciting purchase was Naomi's new Yamaha motor scooter. 115 miles to the gallon!

Garage Door

I have spent too much time and finally chose the garage door I would like. It is extruded aluminum with obscured, tempered, and insulated glass.

Naomi has her concerns. Two of them actually... Nathan and Tyler.

We may have to pave our driveway just to limit the supply of rocks that fit small hands.

The way I see it, it will be easier to fix glass than pull dents out of an aluminum door.

Let us know what you think!

Two months more

Sorry about the delay in updating.

It wasn't until last week that much changed on the project. We tried to enjoy the first part of the summer knowing that once the framers started their work in early August we would be hitting the ground running.

We flew Matt's cousin and two of his construction crew up for a 10 day house framing adventure. Unfortunately, the adventure part never quite happened. While we were blessed with dry, decent weather while they

worked, their day off brought wind and rain so they opted for a quieter town day rather than searching for some waves to surf like they had hoped to.

So, now two weeks later we have a fully framed home with a shingled roof. Good job guys!!!!