Last Game

This is my mom and dad at an anniversary party we had for them.

My mom and dad back in the day! It's hard to see but she is wearing a long mink coat!

The one thing I remember about my mom is how much she lovved to read. Here she is at we think about 20 years old.

Peyton at his last ball game for the summer, hard to believe the summer is going by so fast!

So it's the last game of the season for Peyton, can't hardly believe it is the end of July already! The summer is going by way too fast as usual! The weather here in Wisconsin seems to be raining almost every other day! Mowing the lawn has become a never ending battle and the kids have come to expect lots of puddles to play in no matter where we go! It is not only the last baseball game of the season for my oldest grandson, it turns out that it has also been the final days for my mom who has been suffering from Alzheimers for more than 5 years now. She passed away Friday in her sleep, finally, and by finally I not only mean finally after 5 years of not recognizing any of us but also finally after a week of my sister and I watching her suffer trying to breath and having one seizure after another. It's a relief to know that she is at peace at last.

Puppies,Parades and Ball Games

This is our typical weekend in the summer, lots of ball games and a cheese days parade thrown in this weekend. So that means not just "a" ball game it means a tournament, all weekend starting on Friday night. Our two sons-in-law play on a team together and they won the championship this weekend. Here they are telling the other team "good game"after their win. It was a very good tournament, lots and lots of really good teams and they also had to play in a field with lots of water from the rain. We watched our one son-in-law make a diving catch through a lot of water, didn't make the catch but was a very close one! And another guy on the team did make a fantastic catch while sliding on his stomach through the mud! Was a pretty exciting game!

Speaking of water, not only was the ball field flooded so was the sand box that the kids all play in. It looked more like a swimming pool and the kids really had fun!

Very pretty team of horses in the parade.

The kids are waiting patiently for someone to throw some candy!

Lots and lots of emergency vehicles!

And puppies.....

puppies......

and more puppies!

Our daughter and her husband have a litter of purebred lab puppies...8 of them! And all different colors, cream, gold, brown and black! So if anyone is looking for a nice puppy feel free to let me know!

And last but not least is our newest addition, Baya, a purebred Great Dane. She belongs to our daughter Megan who has moved back in with us while she is in between jobs, that is a main job. She is still working her second job, she is a crazy workaholic I think but Randy and I are enjoying having her home even if it's just for awhile. Randy was not very happy with her getting a dog while she is living with us. Her last animal purchase is still living out to our shop (2 cats) so we had a very bad feeling that it was us getting a dog, not Meg! The conversation went as follows, all in texting:

Meg: "I found the cutest Great Dane puppy!"

Me: Dad says "NO!"

Meg: "But she's so cute and only $200"

Me: "NO!"

Then I get a picture sent to me on my phone of the puppy!

Me: "Again your dad says NO!"

Meg: "I promise you won't have to take care of it...ever!"

Me: "Dad says if you move you have to take the dog, if we move we are NOT taking the dog!"

And now I get a picture on my phone of Meg holding her new puppy!

So two weeks of listening to Randy complain about having this "dog" in the house Meg tells me she is sitting on the couch with Baya sitting by her and Randy walks in and asks "So you going to the game too?" Meg answers "Not sure" Randy says " I was talking to the dog" Welcome to your new home Baya!

Rustic Hickory Cabinets

This is a small bench/clothes hamper for the bathroom.

This is an alley type kitchen. this is one wall that has a small counter to sit at to the left.

And this is the other wall of cabinets.

This large cabinet is used for storage of linens and blankets.

This is a small cabinet in the bathroom above the toilet.

And this is a bathroom/laundry room.


Today I am posting pictures of very rustic hickory cabinets. These cabinets do have a light brown stain on them, but notice how much more variation of color there is and also the knots in the doors. I personally love this type of wood and not just in hickory, all types of wood. I just love the real dark swirls and knots, just makes for such an interesting look!

These cabinets were done for a cousin of Randy's in Iowa. They are doing sooo much work on this older home that they have and it just gets more beautiful with every visit we make. Thanks so much to C and E for letting us take pictures. We went down for pictures and were able to spend some time with these guys at the casino celebrating C's birthday. Randy and I don't go to the casinos much, probably because we never win and this trip was no different, but it's always fun to try. We also went over to Des Moines to visit an uncle of Randy's who is in the hospital. It was very good to see everyone and to hear that his uncle is doing really well. So it was a very enjoyable trip to Iowa.

Hickory Cabinets

Kitchen

Kitchen

Notice the crown molding at the top of the cabinets has a rope molding stained a darker color.

Island

Pantry

Master Bath

Second Bath

Today I am posting a Hickory kitchen and bath. These cabinets are built from select and better boards which have a lot of color variation but no knots or blemishes at all. One board can go from a very deep gold to white so anyone thinking of hickory needs to realize that there is a huge color change on each board. These cabinets have a light stain on them and that helps blend the color.

These homeowners are such awsome people! They let Randy stay overnight to work on installing the cabinets because they live a few hours away and that saves him so much driving time. We met this lady some years ago when we first got started, she had a home up north which we did and we so appreciate her letting us do another home for her and her husband. Thanks so much L and K, we really enjoyed doing your cabinets!

Odd & Ends

This is a toy box we made for our grandson Luke. It is painted black, then lightly sanded and then varnished. It has child proof hinges on it and also some small button stops so little fingers don't get pinched by the lid.

This is a bench which Randy built from an old interior door we got from a customer down in Iowa. He also used some other old lumber for the seat and the back.

This is a bathroom we did for the same customer we did the Quarter Sawn Oak kitchen for. This is a bathroom they had remodeled and Randy built the interior door, window trim and base trim.

This is a built in bench which opens for storage in the same house as above items.

And one more item for this home owner, a hutch for their kitchen area, all quarter sawn oak.

We saw tons of these on our way back from Des Moines along Hwy 35, very cool looking!

Here is my grandson Tayt taking a nap with their lab/spaniel dog Duke.

A misty evening for our horses.

My oldest daughter Courtney with my daughter Megans new Great Dane puppy. Her name is Baya.

Lukey with some of his puppies, there are 8 of them!

Today I am posting some random pictures of family and work. We had a great weekend with family for the 4th of July. But for some strange reason I haven't figured out yet all my pictures disappeared off my camera! Not happy about that, I had some really good ones of the fireworks my brother-in-law shot off! You'll just have to take my word on that one! So today I'm just posting some random pictures of our summer so far, hope everyone is having a wonderful one!