Ouch!

We made an unexpected visit to Quick Care about a month ago.  Ed was helping Steve with a woodworking project in our driveway/garage.  Ed was using his planer to shave down some pieces of wood, and because they were in a hurry, safety procedures were sort of thrown to the wind.  Instead of using a push piece of wood to move the wood through the planer, Ed was using his hand.  The planer hit a knot in a piece of wood, throwing the wood and shoving Ed's hand down into the blade.  He chopped up 3 fingers on his left hand pretty badly.  There was blood everywhere!  Fortunately he only lost a few chunks of flesh and some nails rather than fingers!!  On our way home we stopped and got him a treat; ice cream and pain meds!  He is healing up well, only wearing bandaids for protection now.

Not Quite Done, But Useable!

The beds are ALMOST done, just a few more finishing details needed, and none too soon!  Most of our guests arrived yesterday and the cousins were so excited to have a sleepover on the new beds!  So far they have been a big hit.

Bed update..

One end bed done, working on the one next to it.  Testing the trundle to make sure it fits.

Second end bed is done, one next to it will be the next one to be worked on.  We're getting there, slowly but surely!!

Progress..

One side nearly done, more progress on others.  It's coming along!

Renovation..

We are in the process of doing some renovation work in our game room.  Erin and I designed a "sectional" last year made of twin beds, and Ed is implementing that design and creating our "sectional".  When it is done it will not only provide seating for lots of kids, but may be able to sleep as many as 8!  It will also be able to be used as twins or a combination of king size beds if needed.


Here are some pictures.  The first is Ed measuring and cutting framework..

 This second picture shows the room, we just finished painting, and the first pieces of framework are being installed.  We are using the mattress and trundle just to make sure the beds will fit the way we have measured everything out!

This next picture just shows the addition of some additional framework, we're getting there!!

Happy Birthday Dad!

On the sixth of July we headed down to my brother Mark's house for a bbq/swim/birthday party in honor of my Dad's 90th birthday.  It was so much fun to get together with everyone, it's been a very long time.  Thanks Mark and Holly for putting that together!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!

It's Hot Outside..

Temperatures have been in the 115 range for the last few days.  That has meant lots of swimming and popsicles around our house.  Since our last blog update Emilia was born and is beautiful and thriving.  Ed had a birthday, Tommy had a "practice" birthday party since his birthday is over summer break and most of his friends would be out of town at the real date he celebrated early and is excited to celebrate with family on the real birthday date.  He also graduated from kindergarten!  David and Carter are headed to middle school, Cade had successful leg surgery, did a great job doing physical therapy with his Dad and is headed to high school in the fall.  Cox's are moving to a great new home with lots of room for a growing family and we are so excited for them.  Allison's baby boy is due in a couple weeks and we are so excited to meet him and welcome him to our family.  Cami is hoping to come to Grandma's house by herself for a week or so in July, and we are excited to have her.  McKeehan's got a new car, a mini van, that has made Jennifer's life lots easier.  Ed's truck broke down this last weekend and he is hoping he can get a new one, we'll see.  My Dad will be turning 90 in another week or so.  We are doing some renovations on the house, all in all everyone is well and so busy!  Grandkids rotate in and out of our house constantly and we are so grateful to have them here, and even more so that they want to be here!  Looking forward to the fourth of July to celebrate the birth of this country, and as I have researched family history over the last few months, concentrating on those patriot ancestors who were involved in the founding and birth of this great land, it has come to mean even more to me.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!