The McGagh Family Happenings

First Gymnastics Meet

Katie had her first gymnastics meet on Sunday.  She was a little nervous but did very well.  She ended up with a blue ribbon on vault, red on floor and bars and white on beam.  Blue means 9.0 or above, red 8.0-8.99, white below 8.0 (I think).  She’s very excited and proud of herself.  She can’t wait until the next one.

As for the house, its slowly coming alone.  The framing continues inside.  The whole backside of the house is gone and being reframed to accomidate the new french doors.  Still finding issues here and there but hopefully everything will work out.  Heard from Mike today that we may have one issue that we’ll have to back to the insurance companies about.  The brick is falling apart in the areas where the backer board was damaged.  We’ll have to wait and see what happens there.

Mike picked up our new(ish) appliances and they are waiting in our storage unit.  Can’t wait to have a usable kitchen.  I hate my kitchen now.  Not worth trying to cook in.  We’ve picked tile and granite.  So slowly, things are finally happening.

Marking their territory

Here are some pix from the house.  The kids got to put their handprints in the new driveway.

It’s finally begun

The contractors have started on the house. There were people prepping the driveway yesterday to pour the new driveway/garage floor. Should be home before Thanksgiving.

Back from Boston

Well vacation is over.  We returned home from Boston yesterday morning.  Mike and Katie in first class and poor Mikey and me in coach.  Mean ol’ hubby! 

We had a blast in Boston.  Kids got to play and swim and visit with Nana, Kalyn and Devin.  My mom put Mike to work.  He powerwashed the deck and house, replaced a dimmer switch, and replaced a light fixture.  I was surprised she let him leave. 

We had Harbor House many times and it was just as good as we remembered.  The weather was gorgeous, although Mikey said it was much too cold (85 deg).

So back to work and next week the kids are back to school.  Summer is basically over.