Here are our new floors, cabinets and shelves in the pantry/laundry room. So exciting!

The flooring in the great room is finished! Now onto the other rooms. Progress is moving slowly now that we're toward the end but it's coming along. We should be ready to move in by the time we head to Utah, go to Maddie's graduation, visit friends and relatives, pick up our furniture from our storage unit (that's been there over 4 years now) and head home. It will be so nice to get out of this little cramped RV. This is one home we are going to enjoy!

Our good friend, Don Moreland came all the way from Plano to do our tile work for us. He was here 3 days and worked his little buns off in the cold weather.

Notice the hardware on the cabinets and how they match the range so well. Lee is doing a fantastic job building our beautiful cabinets. I will have over 30 drawers because all of the bottom cabinets are drawers.

We are getting excited about finishing and moving in.

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haven't posted anything in a long time because it has been really difficult to see the progress being made. But now it's evident how much has been done.

Richard came and helped for 2 weeks and that was such a boon to the completion of the house. We loved having him here and were sad when he left.

Lee says he can't wait until he can say, "Move that RV!", thus revealing the entire house to the street and those passing, who probably thought we'd never get it finished. We probably have another 2 months before we will be able to go to Utah, get our furniture and belongings, bring them back and start living like humans again. We are excited for that to happen.

Our heartfelt thanks to those who have given their time to come to Buna and help on our home. We will be forever grateful--Charlie Iwasko, my cousin, who has driven from Pt. Neches EVERY SINGLE WEEK on Wednesday to help, James Walsh, who has driven from Katy (a 5 hour drive to and from) many times and of course our missionaries who come every single week at least once.

As soon as we get the inside all cleaned out, I will post pictures from the inside.

To all of our friends and family, we love you and thanks for your constant words of encouragement.

Hope you enjoy the pics.

Lee put the trim on the big windows today with the help of Elders Paxman and Fisher. It is light gray and the house will be painted a lighter gray with the back and front door red.

It was a beautiful day today--cool with lots of sunshine! He said they didn't even break a sweat.

Here is our finished deck! The ground will be built up around it. It is so beautiful and big! Charlie, my cousin came back today to help. He was determined to see it finished. We appreciate him so much! He and Lee have worked so hard in the heat to get it done.

Today was another hot day with 102 heat index. But Lee and Charlie worked hard and this is their results. The deck is close to being finished! Hopefully tomorrow it will be done and I will post more pics then.