The Benge Family

You never how dirty your carpet is until you rip it up..lol..we all know that I pretty rigid about cleaning..especially with Austin sick all the time and us not knowing what it is..that means vacuum every day if not every other day...well Shane ripped up the carpets and he couldn't believe the dust and dirt under it...We will never have carpet again..eeeewwwww....I have lots of pics, but here are just a few...Tammy and Terry came out to help, wait, wait, I think we actually helped them (ha ha ha, okay okay..Shane helped, I wrangled the little ones)..They worked their butts off and managed to lay all 560 sq ft. in about 12 hours..not bad considering the hallway was a major pain with all the cuts and angles..We LOVE IT !!! We are having a hard time putting stuff back in the house bcuz it looks so clean and big..lol.

The kids are "helping" Daddy with the floors

From halllway into living room

Master Bedroom..notice the green walls? An experiment gone VERY bad..I tried the whole one wall darker..yea we have been living in a Kiwi for years

What better way to paint at midnite?

Living room from our door way..Keira was concentrating very hard waiting to paint

Little Picasso

It's a park scene..From left to right..that's me pushing the stroller, then a basketball net, onto a tree with a bird's nest in it, the swings are next and at the end is a slide

This is a zebra next to an Indian Tipee

Then we jump to the underlayment and starting the first couple rows

No, it's not a work out..they are not doing push ups..they are actually looking at the floors

How better to entertain two 4 year olds? Pop up a tent and give 'em some s'mores

Can't go camping with games (it didn't last long)

Yes, that's a chop saw in my living room..They wanted to get the quarter round done that night so they needed the light..Sleeping kids?? YUP !!! Austin slept right through it..Keira can ask a question on the other side of the house and he wakes up