Adventures: part 3

HOME PROJECTS

This was the first house we bought. It was located in West Jordan, Utah. We moved in December 1999 - just a couple of weeks before Christmas.


So, what projects can we recall from this picture.... We added the fence and the sprinkler system ourselves. We also built the decorative arbor over the fence. It is not in the picture, but on the left side of the driveway, you girls may remember the "mermaid rocks" where you spent hours playing with your friends pretending to be mermaids.

Deryn, I am guessing you will remember our "secret garden" through the gate on the right of the house. We turned the previous owners dog run into our secret place. We made a rock pathway, and you chose all the rose bushes. We had a table and chairs, and while Jansyn napped we would sit in the shade and read our scriptures or another book. Do you remember that?

Do either of you remember the bird feeder we had on the ground in front of the bay window. We would watch the Mourning Doves come and eat in the morning while we ate breakfast.
This it the deck we added one summer. We totally splurged on the door - I think Dad & I both fell in love with the most expensive door at the store. The deck was just off the master bedroom.
On summer weekends we would take our dinner outside and eat. Dad & I also watched movies outside on the deck in the evenings.

Here are the two of you on the deck, Easter 2005.
Here is the door going out to the deck... unfortunately it doesn't show the design in the glass as well as I would like.
In our room we added the recessed lighting and the ceiling fan. We also added wood closet organizers to more efficiently use the space in the closet.

This was the bedroom you two shared. Do you remember the quilts and pillows I made for your beds? We also painted the dresser red to match the bedding.

Deryn

Jansyn

This was our living room. Wendy Paul & I made the curtains and the pillows. The pillows were really fun, we made them from old denim shirts.
Remember the purple wall? Dad agreed to have a purple accent wall. It had a sand like texture to it.

This was the kitchen and eating area. We added the flat top stove and the small TV under the cupboard. I miss the window ledge in front of the sink. My plants did well there, and it was fun to decorate at Christmas time.


Aah, the game room / toy room. Lots of fun for everyone! Originally this was our family room / tv room until we finished the basement. There was also a door off of this room leading out to the back yard.
Seeing the fireplace makes me laugh. When we were getting ready to sell the house, the fireplace, which we hadn't used for a while, would not work. We tried and tried to get the key to turn it on. Finally we called a repair man. We paid just over $100 for him to tell us one of you had shoved a packing peanut in the hole where the key was supposed to go. Talk about funny and embarassing!

We finished the basement as a theater room on one side, and exercise room on the other side. Maybe you remember the incredibly loud speakers in the ceiling? We added lots of insulation in the ceiling so it would still be quiet upstairs.

Dad and I did everything ourselves except for the wood work. I am sure you remember how we spent every free moment cutting rock and putting it on the wall.


Movie night with your cousins.... For some reason everyone needed to sit in the same chair.

Here is the exercise section of the room.