What a week!!

We had a VERY busy week this last week. It was sooo much fun though! My younger brother Kevin, his wife Chel'ea, and 1 month old Calvin were in town all week. It is so much fun to finally have a new family member that is sooo tiny! We had a baby shower for the new family last Saturday. They were blessed with many wonderful things, and of course we all enjoyed holding Calvin. They stayed in town for the week to help with our basement project, along with my oldest brother Eric.

So Adorable!!
Saturday night and all day Sunday my oldest brother Eric and I were installing wires for our future theatre system in our new family room. I definitely learned a lot!! Who knew there were so many different types of wires, and electrical boxes, and panels... Well, we got it done. We really wanted to do it before putting on the sheet rock. It made it so much easier.

Then on Monday the fun started. We decided to finish half the basement at a time, so we started with the 2 bedrooms for now. Kevin and Jesse worked for three days straight to insulate, sheet rock, mud and tape the rooms. I couldn't believe how much they got done in three days!

Kevin decided to take a break from our house on Thursday and Friday and went over to my other brothers house to help them. It was definitely a week of hard work. He did the same stuff over at their house in their basement.

Then on Saturday I learned how to pull mud! It is actually not too terribly bad. We will have to try and do a few top coats of the mud before Kevin comes back again. We are hoping to have this project done by the end of the summer, so we have our work cut out for us.

The beginning of the family room