Black Iron

Once we made it back home from Grandma's (after spending the night), James got to work on rerouting a gas line in order to accommodate the new ceiling in the playroom. 

 This meant no heat for the day, but thankfully, it was a GORGEOUS day.

 James continued to amaze by learning yet another new skill -- pipe threading.

 And JUST as it was getting a little too cold in the house that evening, he got the gas turned back on, and we put the house back together.

Time to mop... :-)

Friday at Grandma's

While the insulation guys were at work in our house, we girls spent the day at Grandma and Papa's.  It was a blustery day, but we walked down to the park for a while.  One of our main goals was to find Papa's name on the new veterans' memorial.

I'm sure grateful for my in-laws!

Happy (early) Birthday to Me!

Yes, insulation has always been at the top of my birthday list.  Well, this year, at least.
It was time to finish the spray foam for the back of the house, so my sweet in-laws offered to keep the girls overnight so we could do this:

 move (almost) EVERYTHING out to the garage,

 drape the rest,

 and prep for the guys to come in the next day.

They were done in 2 hours!  And we now have fluffy marshmallow-y awesomeness throughout the roof!

 The next day, we received this in the mail. Nicely done.