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I know it seems like all we ever post about is the cabin progress, but I guess that’s because we are spending so much time working on it these days.  Last weekend we put the flooring in the bathroom, installed the toilet, vanity and granite countertop.  We also installed the interior doors and wrapped all the windows with wood trim.  On top of that, we installed the water heater and finished putting in the deck rail, although we still need to install the cedar 2X6 top on it.  Needless to say, it was a busy weekend.

We are hoping to have the kitchen cabinets delivered on Friday and might hang all of those this weekend.  Once that is done, we just need to wait for the appliances and get countertops installed and then we should be close to getting our final inspection.  We’ll get the flooring installed soon after that.

Besides that, not too much else is going on.  We had Thanksgiving at our house with Jeff’s family (We had Katie’s family Thanksgiving earlier in the month).  There was plenty of turkey and ham and all the food was delicious.

Darren was out at the lake last weekend helping work on the cabin.  We took time out to watch the Apple cup.  Unfortunately we didn’t have Fox Sports Northwest at mom’s cabin so we went next door to Steve and Theresa’s to watch the game.  They were actually at the game but Pam and Andrea were home.  We took soup and cake over and had a great time with them.  Darren was especially happy with the outcome of the game.  Since Katie and I are Wildcats, I can’t say I was too worried about who won.  I have plenty of family and friends that went to both schools, although if I had to pick, I’d go with the Husky’s just because my sister and brother in law are alumni!  :)

Anyway, that’s it for an update.  To see some pictures of the cabin, click here:

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It was another pretty busy weekend for us.  On Saturday morning, Katie dropped Emma off at Grandma Joan’s and then came out to the cabin (where I had been since Friday morning).  Emma spent the day with Grandma, Aunt Jean, Bryson, Jaden and the rest of the Earle gang.  She then spent the night at Judy’s and went back over to Grandma’s on Sunday morning where she spent about half the day with Grandma and Aunt Jean until we came back to pick her up.

Katie and I worked hard on the cabin on Saturday and got the majority of the painting completed inside.  What we didn’t finish on Saturday, we completed on Sunday morning.  We also did a lot of clean up and installed electrical outlets and things like that.  The place is coming along nicely.  Next up is flooring in the kitchen and bathroom and then we’ll be ready to hang cabinets.  The new appliances will be delivered on December 21st so we hope to be ready for them by then.

On Saturday night, Katie and I took advantage of our “alone” time and went out to the Little Creek Casino for dinner.  The food was great!  Once we were finished with dinner, we decided to gamble $20 on Blackjack.  While it was a fun ride, the end result was the casino made an easy $20 off of us.  Oh well, it was fun.  By the time we got back to the cabin, it was about 7:45.  We both fell asleep by 9:00.  We must be getting old because it turns out that the kids stayed up later than we did (at Judy’s).  I’m sure that having worked all day played a part in how tired we were too though.

On Sunday afternoon, Katie headed back, ahead of me, while I went over to help move a Christmas tree in to the community park.  We transplanted it and will be having a Christmas tree lighting on December 2nd.  It should be a great time!!

Here are a couple pictures from the weekend:

There just doe n’t seem to be enough hours in the day.  We have all been very busy lately.  Since we haven’t posted for ahwhile, here are a few of the highlights from the past month.

We went to Remlinger farms with Jessica, Nathan, Ryan, Mom, and Aunt Jean.  Everyone had a great time!  I’ve posted a couple pictures from the event below.  Emma always love going there.  They’ve done a great job of creating a magical place for kids there!

A few weeks ago we took the train down to Portland to visit friends.  It was the first time that we’ve all gone on the train together and it was a lot of fun.  We were all surprised at how fast we got there!  We’ll definitely do that again!

Emma has been sick over the last week.  She had a very high fever (103.8).  We got her to the doctor quickly and they diagnosed an ear infection.  She is on antibiotics for 10 days to clear that up.  It’s really kind of amazing how happy she can be when she’s sick.  She definitely didn’t get that trait from her dad!

Last weekend, Polly and Vic came to town to visit and we had an early Thanksgiving at our house.  Sarah, Dan, Alex and Sydney also came over and we had a “Brown” thanksgiving.  Lots of food and it was all delicious.  Polly and Vic headed back to New Orleans a couple days later.  They will be going to England in early December to spend time with the relatives there.  Polly will go earlier and Vic will meet her there for a couple weeks in December.

We have been working on the cabin.  I can’t wait until we can’t say that anymore.  The sheetrock was completed and the mud/tape/texture was just completed last week.  We spent this weekend priming and painting.  Katie and I spent all day on Saturday painting while Emma played with Grandma at the other cabin.  We were able to prime the entire interior, paint the ceiling white once the primer dried, and today we painted the bathroom and kitchen.  There is still a little more painting to be done in both rooms but that will go quick.  We also wired in all the smoke alarms and installed all the trim for the can lights.  The ceiling is complete!!!

Next week we plan on going up to complete all the painting and will also work on installing outlets and light switches.  That should go relatively quickly.

On the way back from the cabin today we stopped at Lowes and looked around.  By the time we had left, we had purchased all the appliances for the kitchen, a granite countertop for the bathroom and a few other miscellaneous items.  I also can’t wait until we are done spending money.  It’s amazing how expensive everything is!

Well, my fingers are getting sore so I think it’s time to stop typing.  Below are a few pictures from our month of October/early November: