The Greenup Family

Mark (a greenup-side cousin) is visiting Spokane, with his girlfriend Sara.

We like having visitors, and they seemed to have a fun visit.

Greer and nessa were playing “Tea party”, when Greer came up to me and asked: “is this goat milk cream?”

taking care of her sister, even in pretend. (nessa can’t have cow products)

Rab said: That house really needs “Curb Appeal”, because it’s really ugly!

(Michele has been watching a lot of that show lately, so Rab, the super-impressionable, has been successfully advertized to)

Nessa told me that I was waving “hello” to Pace wrong. Up and down is “Bye-Bye”; “hello” is supposed to be side-to-side in an arc.

Greer said: clouds are made out of special cotton God made.

I need to sound off about my blessings; specifically those related to my home

• Spacious
• 3700 square feet
• 2700 “finished”
• open floor plan emphasizes space, particularly in kitchen and dining
• lots of closet/storage space
• all areas large enough for our needs (sometimes called “excessive”)
• dedicated guest bedroom and office areas
• fun to play in
• Wrestling mat in playroom
• fireman’s pole (unfinished) from girl’s closet to playroom
• pool table/ping pong area
• Theatre area,
• darkish, with dimmable fluorescent lights
• visible from kitchen
• Lots of lumens (light) available everywhere
• dining area repurposed to crafts
• Michele’s jetted tub
• easy to live in
• Cleaning
• lots of vinyl flooring, which cleans easily
• mudroom helps other areas stay cleaner, longer (cubbies rock, too)
• two dishwashers
• all bathroom sinks are seamless
• Main kitchen sink is seamless corian
• Main kitchen sink has a huge basin for cleaning large pans
• Laundry room on the same level as bedrooms
• Cooking
• LOTS of countertop surface area, without wasted corner areas
• gas stovetop is the best
• large oven
• two sinks with disposals
• spacious pantry
• space for an additional refrigerator, or freezer
• solid construction
• downright excessive foundations
• ICF is strong
• I watched and worked with the contractors; they didn’t skimp on nails or wood.
• sound-resistant office
• alternating studs
• rock wool
• green glue/extra sheetrock
• slab division
• ICF walls
• double door
• special threshold
• Energy efficient
• 95% furnace
• 81% hot water heater
• “energy heels” in trusses
• R38 in the attic
• ICF in the basement walls
• zoned heating and cooling
• fluorescent lights in most places
• high U windows
• Expandable
• bonus room above garage
• wired for sound
• Misc:
• quiet stove hood
• quiet food disposal
• soft water, Chlorine filter, endless hot water for michele’s tub

It’s been a long hard year building this house, and God has been with us all the way, and I want to praise HIM for His wonderful gifts!!!

I’ll come back to the topic of non-house blessings later

A beautiful wedding in a beautiful place

I’ve got it all for you in this post, a pano:

a stereogram:

some misc:

and even a little indecision… Which one do you like best of the ones that follow?