Roy's Been Busy

I've been wanting to get flooring in the rooms in the back part of the house for some time now. Last fall, I even went as far as to have a guy from a flooring store in Pocatello come and give me a bid on some "floating vinyl" that I'd heard about and thought would be nice. It was way too much money. Roy has done plenty of tile in his day, but with his bad back and a shoulder that's been bothering him, he just never thought he had it in him do it. However, he has been talking more about it lately, and I dared to get my hopes up again. After attending the temple last month, we went to Lowes in Logan, and found some tile that we both liked on sale. Sold!

It took about 4 days to lay the tile last week, then another 4 days this week to grout, seal, and put part of the baseboards back on.

He did the two hallways, laundry room, and bathroom. I love it, and I'm so excited to have this job done. So instead of costing $1100, the cost was much easier to swallow at about $400.
Yay for Roy!

Business in Bozeman

Roy and I spent a few days in Bozeman helping the boys with some projects and helping Robert and Jane move into a bigger house a couple of blocks away. They had outgrown their previous home, and are now excited to have more room...for kids, dogs, and stuff.

The house had never been lived in before. It has a great floor plan, with an upstairs and a big garage. Jane will keep in shape running up and down those stairs several times a day!

While we were there, we attended the annual Montana Trout Unlimited banquet and fundraiser. One of the big ticket auction items was one of our boats. It's always fun to see the excitement of the auction. The boat sold for $6900. We were rubbing shoulders with some of Montana's high-dollar tree huggers.



Anne Marie came up to Bozeman for the occasion. Here she is with Seth, Robert, and Jane sitting across the table. We were served a great prime rib dinner with all the fixin's.
Jane put some money down and entered a drawing hoping to win $1800 worth of women's fishing gear. And when the numbers were read.....guess who was the winner!? Yup, it was Jane! I wish I would have gotten a picture of her....she jumped up and down like a high school cheerleader! Later, (after I had gone to bed) she tried on all the stuff.... which included waders, jacket, coat, hat, boots, a rod, reel, boxes, bags, flies, etc.... not to mention hooks, lines, and sinkers! Did I mention she really loves fishing?

This is Danni, Ryann, and Sydney. The little cousins had a blast together.

This is little Axel...he is 15 months old and the epitome of sweetness! After Jane saw pictures of Roy when he was a toddler, she thinks Axel looks just like him. I think I agree.
It's always fun to spend time with our Montana kids.