I posted a pic of

I posted a pic of Matthew riding in our parents motorhome - on our way up to Beaver for the 4th. It is over on my blog www.wwwsteelmagnolia.com

Cabin appliances are ordered!

I spent 2 days looking at appliances... we ended up w/ Sears Kenmore "Elite" Black appliances. I am most excited about the double drawer dishwasher and the tri door refrig. They are scheduled to be delivered at the end of July.

Talked to the granite guy (Ryan English Granite & Marble) ... we want "riverbed" granite. We saw this awesome "riverbed" granite on Blog Cabin.

Gosh, by the end of summer we should be good to go!

We just need to coordinate with the cabinet maker (John from Southern Nevada Cabinet) the appliances and granite guy. We are very excited about the prices we got. Hoping for great prices from the granite guy so we can get exactly what we want. We are going with the same granite for bathrooms as the kitchen to save $$.

Can't wait to post pictures for ya'll.

Entry done!

Almost done w/ stairs

Halfway done w/stairs to porch

Working on entry stairs

The medical examiner in Salt Lake City determined that it is not a human hand after all, it's a gosh darn BEAR CLAW!

Look what the dogs brought home.

Beaver rain

Railing we ordered for loft and stairs

Our cabin on the hill

Lovin the pool

*giggling*

Daddy's helper

What an amazing day. The 65th Anniversary of D~Day... the beginning of the end of the German Army. God bless those thousands of young men who gave their lives that ONE day to help free Europe.


They are such hero's. They are the reason the French don't speak German. I can't imagine how horrific that day was for those boys.


God Bless Our Military!!

USAA made good on our cabin insurance

I just received a call from USAA and they will insure our log cabin. WAHHH HOOO!!

I spoke w/ the cabin inspector the other day and was given a list of all the things we needed to complete to get a "certificate of occupancy". I promised we would be "complete" in three months. That is why they changed their mind.

THANK THE GOOD LORD.

I am so relieved that I feel weak.

Isn't this the truth!

Just chillin on the way to Beaver

Our amazing garden in Beaver

So many of you are asking, so here is a quick post re: the Beaver garden (pictured in the next post).

We have everything you can imagine planted.

Pumpkins, cantaloupes, tomatoes, squash, carrots. I can't even think of it all.. but you name it, and it's probably in there. Corn! You can't have a garden without corn!

If Matthew is doing good, we'll head up on Sunday. Tim is running tubing for our water thru the house right now. Almost ready for the rough inspection.

OH OH OH, can you believe USAA dropped covering our cabin??????

After being an A+ customer of 14 years paying and NEVER filing a claim...
they dropped the cabin ... they have covered the cabin for 1 1/2 years now.

I kept record of every single person I've talked to in two years... they all knew we were building a log cabin.

Cabin pic

Our big garden

Our garden

stairs to the deck

working on Kim's balcony

finished cleaning all the walls inside.. ready for caulking and staining or protectant.

Just got out of hospital w/ Matthew, been real busy. He'll be home on oxygen for a couple months.. hopefully in a couple weeks he'll only need the oxygen at night. This illness really kicked his bupp. He's still not feeling good. Poor little guy.