June 24th through June 30th

June 24^th through June 30^th: Monday Chris went to work and I worked on installing ductwork for the new bath and laundry room, new ducting for the dryer vent, moving the stove wiring into the wall and then getting power to the where the new stove will go.  I discovered that the plumbers cut the wire to the, so I had to rewire the dryer.  

In the bottom left you can see the wire to the dryer that the plumbers cut. 

New dryer duct and insulation installed.

I also got the vent installed in the bath and ducted to the outside.  In the evening, we met our friends Alan and Sonya Call and their daughter at the Mandarin for dinner and to say goodbye.  They served a wonderful mission in Guatemala and leave for another mission in two weeks.  This time they will be serving in the temple in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico.  We hope to go visit them next year.  

Dinner with the Calls was delicious and it was so good to see them.

Tuesday I got the floor patched and the wall built between the new bath and the laundry room.  Mom went to work at noon and Miles came over to help me.  We got some of the insulating installed in the laundry room wall and some of the sheetrock installed in the laundry room and new bath.  

The duct for the vent in the new bath and the heat ducting will come up into the wall to be built.

Laundry room floor patched.

Miles, my helper.
Miles learned a new skill.

The new wall is built and the the floor patched.

Wednesday we went to our temple shift and then met up with President Benjamin Poou and his wife, Hilda, and baby daughter. President Poou was our translator in Kekchi whenever we visited the Polochic area in Guatemala.  He has been called to serve as the mission president for the Coban Guatemala Mission. We took them to the Church’s History museum and Mom tended their daughter while I took President Poou and his wife to see the Salt Lake temple.   We did some initiatory and then I took them to the Celestial room.  They really enjoyed seeing the temple.  We took them to dinner at the Mandarin and then one last shopping run to Target.  We dropped them off at 8:30 pm and went home to bed.  It was so nice to see them and to feel their powerful testimonies.  He will be the first native Kekchi speaking mission president in the Polochic valley. 

At the church history museum.

Dinner with Benjamin and Hilda Poou.

Thursday I finished hanging all the sheetrock in the laundry room and new bath and anywhere else that I had missed.  I got the corner bead on and started mudding the corner bead and some of the joints.  

Sheetrock installed.

The powder room is only 41 inches wide.

Sheetrock and corner bead installed.

In the evening, we met Chris’ brother, Mark and his wife for dinner.  Mark recently had a close call with some blood clots that resulted in open heart surgery. He is recovering nicely and we were grateful to be with them and get caught up.  

Dinner with Linda and Mark Cornwall

Friday I started building cabinets and installing the base cabinets.  

Building cabinets.

Saturday I worked on building more cabinets.  John B. was helping me and he was cleaning up and accidently cut the internet cable.  Now you know why the blog was late.  I went and picked up Sam and Ginny and their two girls from the airport in the afternoon and we had a picnic in Muller Park canyon with everyone but James’ family.  They are in Washington for the 4^th of July.  Mom went to get more hotdogs and drinks and coming out of Dick’s market the cart hit a bump in the concrete that was around a storm drain and the cart tipped over and mom fell down. She had her car keys in her hand and they fell through the grate and down the storm drain.  The worst of it was that the extra set of car keys was locked in the car.  The store called the police to see if they could unlock the car.  When our son-in-, Bryce Hansen, heard the news, he and our son, John, came to the store to help.  With some help, they were able to lift the grate and John dangled into the hole and snatched the keys.  Thanks for the rescue guys.  

This is where I left it Saturday night.

The police came and tried to get into mom's car.  They were unsuccessful.

Mom filling out her incident report.

The grate was really heavy, but with 4 men they were able to get it off.

John B. went head first down the storm drain and found the keys being held from falling by his legs.

Sunday we went to church and I taught the combined lesson for the youth on temple and family history.  In the afternoon, we had everyone to our traditional Sunday family dinner, pot roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, and broccoli. We sat round and talked into the evening.  

Table is set for Sunday dinner.

Hanging out after dinner.

It was a great week and we are to glad to have Sam and Ginny and the girls here with us for this next week and our family reunion of the descendents of my parents. We expect about 150 people.  It will be epic.