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Just when I thought I couldn’t possibly do any more work on the cabin, Emma came to the rescue.  She showed up with all her gear on and was ready to do some heavy construction.  Emma received a "Lil Helper" tool set for Christmas from Sarah and Dan and was excited to put them to use at the cabin.  We took a few pictures and a cute video as she pounded away on nails.  I think she had a great time "helping" and we kept all the gear up at the cabin so that it’s there for her next time.

Katie finished a quilt for Dan awhile back.  Dan had a ton of racing T-shirts that he’s received over the years when he was involved in racing.  Rather than throw them out, they decided a T-shirt quilt would be a great way to keep the memories without having a pile of shirts sitting around.  Katie chipped away at it during the last few months of the year and finished it in early December.  There is a picture of it below.  This is the second T-shirt quilt that Katie has made.  The first one was with a bunch of T-shirts that I had.  It has turned out to be our favorite cabin comforter.  :)

I’d say that work continues on the cabin, but you probably already knew that.  There are just a few more things to do before we call for the final inspection.  We are really looking forward to getting the place signed off so that we can finally rest when we go up there!

Not much else going on here.  Judy put up a New Years Eve picture from our evening at Mom’s.  We had a nice time and we all stayed up later than we have in quite awhile.  Emma was dying to go to bed at about 9:00 but she refused to go to bed unless the other kids also went to bed.  Since the other kids wanted nothing to do with bed, she ended up staying up until midnight.  Amazing.  That’s the latest she’s ever been up in her short life.

Anyway, Happy New Year.  We are all back at school and work now.  It’s already feeling like we are back to the grind…….

We made some great progress on the cabin before New Years.  The kitchen is pretty much put together now.  All the appliances are installed and working, the sink is done etc.  The only things left to do in there are to finish building a box above the microwave (to close in the vent pipe) and then do some trim work on the bottoms of the cabinets.

We also finished the deck railing and finished up the shower in the bathroom.

We are getting closer and closer to calling for a final inspection.  To say we can’t wait would be a major understatement!!

We hope you had a Happy New Year and have a great 2008!  We all spent the evening over at mom’s last night since it was the anniversary of dad passing away and New Years at the same time.  New Years Eve has forever changed for us, that’s for sure.  Judy’s family and our family all spent the night and the kids stayed up until midnight.  (That’s a first)

Here’s a link to the latest cabin pictures: http://www.jeffkatieemma.com/progress