The day started off with a bang when Sarah and Mamaw broke out their best dance moves before breakfast was even ready!
Melody's dad JB is giving her a wonderful gift. He comes up weekly and works little by little on a home for her and her husband Shannon and daughters Jessie and Tasha.
Here are some photos of the outside of the house. He has done a fantastic job (don't you think?)
This is my cousin Melody in her current home just behind the construction site. She is able to oversee the action from her front porch.
This is her daughter Jesse on the right and her friend Nikki or "Noodle" as they like to call her. I had a great time catching up with Melody and the girls. I miss getting to see them more often.
This is Melody's dad, JB (or at least, his back). He is the builder/foreman for the project.
The men of the family primarily did the bulk of the work, and the women discussed paint colors and made lunch for the crew. We decided to keep Sarah home with Mamaw and Papaw until lunchtime. This allowed Daddy and the others a little more concentration time. They primarily put flooring down in the living room. They also did some painting.
Melody chose a sage green in the great room. It looks really great with the flooring. My brother Jason also took a little time out to help with the effort.
My cousin Matt brought his oldest son Gabe to help in the work effort. He did a great job.
Matt opted to keep his three year old, Drake at the grandparents for the same reason we kept Sarah off site. Toddlers and power tools don't mix! Drake did come to join in the fun just in time for lunch.
Mamaw and Papaw also brought Sarah up at around lunchtime to see the family again. She really doesn't remember the last time she saw her cousins. They live in northern Kentucky and it isn't often we both make the trip home at the same time. It has been almost a year! We tried to get the threesome to take a photo but, as usual, we just couldn't get all the kids to focus on the camera at the same time. (Ugh!!!) *Note* Drake (the little guy in orange) is 4 months older than Sarah. Can you believe the difference in size?
This is my father's sister, Nancy. She came over and provided a lot of the lunch for the hungry workers.
Sarah managed to make fast friends with Jesse. She loves older girls (especially those who will play jumping games!)
The gang managed to finish painting the kitchen and great room and flooring 90 percent of these two rooms by around 3:00 pm before calling it a day. Melody hopes to get into the house in time for Thanksgiving. We hope to be able to come in again and give her some more manpower/womanpower" to help this become a reality.Afterward, Mom and I drove home for Sarah's nap (this was futile due to the fact that she slept for ten minutes in the car and never settled back to sleep once I transferred her to her bed.)
After her "nap" Sarah Mom and I went to the Open Fork Playground (this is at the mouth of the hollow where Chris lived during high school). Sarah loved tow of the seesaw rides (she made a friend there pretty quickly).
She also loved the swinging gate. I think this is the first time she has ever seen one of these.
I was very proud of Sarah for conquering the biggest slide at the playground. This is out of character for her.
As if all the daytime action weren't enough, we came home to Papaw and Jason filthy from fourwheeling for most of the afternoon. She just had to take one spin around the house before they parked them for the night. As usual, we have many great memories from this weekend in the mountains.
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Enjoyed talking with you today. Looks like Sarah had lots of fun. It's always good to catch up with cousins, even when you don't see each other very often.
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