So I haven't posted much in the past week, partially because I've been so busy, and partially because I didn't want to ruin our surprise in the event that Janie would log on to our blog while she was away. Janie and Janeen left last saturday morning for a 10 day trip to Utah so Janeen could attend Young Ambassador's. Scott and Tyler arrived home a few hours later from Young Men's camp and Scott promptly announced that he was thinking he'd like to renovate their bedroom while Janie was gone. Since we only had a week (as we originally thought, thank goodness we got a few extra days), we got started right away and headed into the city for a trip to Home Depot in the hopes it would get us moving in the right direction. Over the next week we had a myrried of helping hands come by and work until the wee hours of the morning trying to get this project done.
We emptied out the room, pulled out the carpet, sprayed knock-down on the ceiling, painted the walls and windows, laid hardwood floor, added trim, and finally filled the room with all the furnishings late into the night on Monday before they got home the following morning. The kids enjoyed helping us much as they could, with painting and pulling nails out of the floor. Max also used his little plastic 'reflex hammer' from his doctor's kit to tap in hardwood. There were so many adventures along the way, I wish I was able to blog each day. On Snday, we didn't do much (the first Sunday), but laid out plans and decided to move the HUGE treadmill from their sitting room down to the basement. There was lots of sweating and grunting, a few scraps (on walls and body parts), and no tears.
The kids and I were responsible for all things decorative, so we ended up spending about 14 hours throughout the week on various shopping excursions to find just the right stuff. I think my kids will scream next time I mention the word IKEA! The most fun was to see how motivated and excited everyone was for the project. Even though it meant work until 2am most nights and then getting up and going to our real jobs during the day, everyone was geared up just because of how beautiful we knew it was going to turn out...and how awesome of a surprise it was going to be. Tuesday afternoon Janie and Janeen came home. All the people who had helped on the project hid in Janie's room while the kids led her up the stairs with her eyes closed for the surprise. As she stepped onto her floor and felt the hardwood, she knew what had happened.
It was a smiles and exclamations of 'oh my goodness' from that point. We were all pretty proud at the end result. Scott had bought enough hardwood to finish the upstairs hallway and the stairwells, but we decided to save those for another day...so we thought. At about 9:00pm that night, the boys got some crazy burst of energy and said, "Hey, let's do this right now!" I shook my head and took my kids home. Tyler was home a few minutes later, so I imagine their excitement for finishing that part of the project was quickly difused by their aching muscles and tired bodies. It will be fun to complete the other part of the project, but in the mean time, we have all told Janie that her room is the new oasis, and she may not get much privacy to begin with. Happy Birthday Janie! We love you.
So I haven't posted much in the past week, partially because I've been so busy, and partially because I didn't want to ruin our surprise in the event that Janie would log on to our blog while she was away. Janie and Janeen left last saturday morning for a 10 day trip to Utah so Janeen could attend Young Ambassador's. Scott and Tyler arrived home a few hours later from Young Men's camp and Scott promptly announced that he was thinking he'd like to renovate their bedroom while Janie was gone. Since we only had a week (as we originally thought, thank goodness we got a few extra days), we got started right away and headed into the city for a trip to Home Depot in the hopes it would get us moving in the right direction. Over the next week we had a myrried of helping hands come by and work until the wee hours of the morning trying to get this project done.
We emptied out the room, pulled out the carpet, sprayed knock-down on the ceiling, painted the walls and windows, laid hardwood floor, added trim, and finally filled the room with all the furnishings late into the night on Monday before they got home the following morning. The kids enjoyed helping us much as they could, with painting and pulling nails out of the floor. Max also used his little plastic 'reflex hammer' from his doctor's kit to tap in hardwood. There were so many adventures along the way, I wish I was able to blog each day. On Snday, we didn't do much (the first Sunday), but laid out plans and decided to move the HUGE treadmill from their sitting room down to the basement. There was lots of sweating and grunting, a few scraps (on walls and body parts), and no tears. 
The kids and I were responsible for all things decorative, so we ended up spending about 14 hours throughout the week on various shopping excursions to find just the right stuff. I think my kids will scream next time I mention the word IKEA! The most fun was to see how motivated and excited everyone was for the project. Even though it meant work until 2am most nights and then getting up and going to our real jobs during the day, everyone was geared up just because of how beautiful we knew it was going to turn out...and how awesome of a surprise it was going to be. Tuesday afternoon Janie and Janeen came home. All the people who had helped on the project hid in Janie's room while the kids led her up the stairs with her eyes closed for the surprise. As she stepped onto her floor and felt the hardwood, she knew what had happened. 
It was a smiles and exclamations of 'oh my goodness' from that point. We were all pretty proud at the end result. Scott had bought enough hardwood to finish the upstairs hallway and the stairwells, but we decided to save those for another day...so we thought. At about 9:00pm that night, the boys got some crazy burst of energy and said, "Hey, let's do this right now!" I shook my head and took my kids home. Tyler was home a few minutes later, so I imagine their excitement for finishing that part of the project was quickly difused by their aching muscles and tired bodies. It will be fun to complete the other part of the project, but in the mean time, we have all told Janie that her room is the new oasis, and she may not get much privacy to begin with. Happy Birthday Janie! We love you.
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