Work Crew in Illinois

At Lori's baby shower

Lori and I painting

Mama Jo supervising

Mark on his way to work

Lori in her famous suspender painting outfit

Helping Deke cut materials for the bookcases

Deke, Mama Jo and I left a week ago Friday night for Scott AFB, IL where Mark and Lori live. We went to attend a baby shower for Lori, work on completing the basement remodel, get the nursery ready etc. It was to be a work visit.

We worked from dawn to dusk and beyond. Each night we fell into bed completely exhausted. However, the results were spectacular and we had so much fun being with Mark and Lori. We painted and painted and painted some more, laid tile, installed doors, trimmed out doors, installed baseboard, moved furniture, played 3 games of euchre, attended a shower, attended a softball game, and began construction on built-ins on each side of the fireplace. We hoped to get the nursery in order but only got as far as moving out all the bedroom furniture. Mark and Lori will have to shop and appoint that room on their own! They know what they want; just didn't have time to do any shopping.