House Plans

from this:

to this:

When we found this house in Holladay we knew that it would be a big project for us. One that would make our previous one seem kinda small. We fell in love with the location of our new home, but before we even put an offer in, we hired a structural engineer to inspect it to give us an idea of what it would take to add a second story. This is our "forever" house so we wanted to make sure it could be all that we wanted. Our plans are getting finalized this week, but here's a peek at what we've got planned.

Let the Demo Begin!

So this is how we do holidays once again...

This chimney, or more accurately, these three chimneys would run right through the middle of our new upstairs master bedroom. So, we had to take them out. The rub here is that we want a fireplace nearly exactly where it currently sits on the main floor. We'll take this whole monster down and then put back in a two-sided gas fireplace (that can be vented out the back of the house instead) in its place.

This demolition hammer has been worth every penny. The thing weighs as much as Marta but you should have seen her showing that chimney who was boss. I'm pretty excited this part is over. Our roof isn't too pitched, so we didn't feel too unsafe up there, but it's about a 40 foot drop off the back. We had a few rocks that I didn't catch quickly enough and they tumbled all the way down to the stream below.

Soccer Twins

Pierce and Cash played their first year of soccer this spring and had a blast. Lots of running, and even a few goals.