Day 17, 18, 19, and 20

With the help of our young women's leader, Susan, we accomplished quite a bit on day 17. The windows and door frames were fixed, so we could put trim on, we painted a second coat, and we cut the trim. For the first three days of Christmas break, Brittni and I froze our buns as we completed the last of the playhouse. First we began with putting on the trim and caulking and painting the trim. We had to tape around each segment of trim in order to keep red off of the white. Even with our precautions we still managed to get red speacles on the siding.

The next step was to touch up the white. We thought we were done until we took a step back and decided it didn't look quit finished. The next day we painted the front and back eves. This time, when we took a few steps back, we were satisfied. Our shouts of joy could be heard from miles away. We're finally done!

Special Thanks to:

The Spanish Trails Ward Elders Quorum 

Don Peterson

David Peterson

Bonnie Peterson

Roxy Peterson

Dani Peterson

Stephen Peterson

Travis Peterson

Russ Mardis

Regan Mardis

Susan Carter

Maddie Wray

Britany Kurtz

Crystal Kurtz

Michelle Grafelman

Nathan Craven

Allen Lee

Katie Lee

All our family and friends for their support

Total Hours: 15

Day 16

I don't know exactly what we did this day because it has been about a month from the time we accomplished some of these things until now, but what I do know is from August 17th until now these things have happened...

1. The OSB board for the roof was screwed on.


2. The rest of the siding was nailed on and painted.


3. The roof was tarred and shingled, making it complete.

Now the only things left to do are the trim and the second coat of paint. Even if Mother Nature decides she doesn't want work with us, the playhouse should be completed in the next couple of days.

Total Hours: 10

Day 15

Accomplishments:

1. Finished cutting out the door.

2. Finished making "stringers" for the rafters.

3. Made the remaining three diagonal boards to stabilize the walls.

4. Cleaned up the yard for the first time since June.

Temperature: 100˚

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

      -Greg Anderson

Total Hours: 5

Day 14

Accomplishments:
1. Cut two of the 4 boards needed to make an A in the roof.
2. Cut one of eight boards that will go diagonally inside the walls to make them more stable.

Total Hours: 2

Day 13

Accomplishments:
1. Cut four more boards
2. Screwed those four boards in
3. Put more screws in the other four boards
4. Took down the board that were initially needed to stabilize the beam across the top.

Total Hours: 4

Day 12

Accomplishments:
1.We screwed in the other 3 boards.

Problems:
1. It was really hot, so we put the tramp mat up to block the sun.

Total Hours: 3

Day 11

Accomplishments:

1. Cut boards to go between beams.
2. Screwed in one of four boards.



Problems:

1. The speed on the drill was stuck between one and two. Me and Brittni were unaware and had to be enlighten by my dad's intelligence.






"Not creating delusions is enlightenment."
        -Bodhidharma

Total Hours: 3