Just another flood!!!

 The local kids all took turns coming to help me put the tile on my floor.  I didn't have a clue how to do it, and Mike is an expert.  He came and got us started with Candice and then Blaine and Taylor helped as well.  We all learned a valuable skill and I got a great floor out of it.  

There are no perfects here.  My feet need my Pergo drastically yet three floods in just a couple of years has done me in.  I can't keep replacing floors so I caved and went with the gray tile.  Don't get me wrong, I love the way it looks, and am very pleased with the result.  However, I know up front, that my feet will suffer.  That I will have to sit down to cook, prep and wash dishes, and will always have to wear shoes in the house.  Pergo is the perfect thing for my feet.  Although it's hard, it has a give in it.  But water and it do not mix.  I was able to save the floor in the sunken room even though I bought enough tile to finish the sunken room in the same tile as the kitchen.  We took out the old broken tile in the entry all, and it flows much more nicely.  It will be perfect if I ever have to replace the sunken floor and I also have enough to flow into the master bedroom - but not enough energy to make it happen.

 Once I watched the kids doing it, I was confident that I would be able to carry on.  I'm not as precise as Michael, and I truly wish I was as I had low spots in a couple of spots but I feel really really happy with the end result.

Missionary Car Wash

 The youth helped the missionaries with a car wash.  I went to support them, and they actually did a pretty decent job for a van the couldn't reach the top.  I told them to just give the windows a wash and I'd be perfectly happy. 

Party Time

 

Good enough to eat.  We had a fun time celebrating with her family.

My crafter girl helped decorate the treats for the party

Very happy with the result

Family Help Family

 

Nothing makes me happier than when my kids work together to get a job done - sharing the burden.  They have done this many times for each other, this time at Mike's.  Watching how hard they work for each other and how capable they are just makes a Mama proud.  Even when Blaine says he's too tired for a picture.  LOL

Not too far from home ...

 

Mike helped to build his new house and was at a spot they needed help.  All of the local (within 3 hours) family came to help.  Grandma go to spend some time with them at the Clinton home allowing the littles to have some fun in the sun and the water.