San Diego Vacation Day 1

These were taken on Coronado Island, on the road in front of Alexander’s Pizza (voted the best pizza in Coronado for 8 years!) – good stuff!

This little gazebo is a gift from some Irish person… located in the median of the road.  Madi is a camera hog. :)  (“Mom, take a picture of me smelling this flower!”)

My cute family!

Then we went to the beach!

That’s Madison – looks like she caught a fish.  But it’s seaweed.

This is Madison jumping rope… well actually, she’s jumping a long vine of KELP…

… and there she goes again…

These little critters were EVERYWHERE… and they were alive!  First time I’ve ever seen that… They would actually sorta dive and bury themselves in the sand!

Funny thing to watch… the white one here is on its way down….

AND… Cheyenne is pretty sure she saw a baby stingray out in the waves!  We looked them up this evening and apparently they’re pretty common in the San Diego area.  Wish we’d gotten a picture of that!

Getting closer….

More pictures… it’s coming along!  Got the electrical wiring and ductwork in place….

And the window… getting ready for stucco….
 

Phase I, continued….

 

We’re not seeing a whole lot of progress these days because they’re mostly working on tiling the roof and doing the electrical wiring and stuff… but here are a few more current shots.

This is how the east wall of the garage used to look… we had them take the water heater out and put it behind the house, because that fridge conveniently fits right into that little cubby!!
 

See???  :)

The door you see on the left will be taken out and replaced with an arched entryway.  The metal shelving in the pantry will be replaced with wooden shelves.  Lots and lots of shelves.  :)

Here’s where we put the water heater… they’re going to drywall & stucco that to match the house.  (This little closet also houses the sprinkler system control box.)

And this is our awesome new front door.  Brittany calls it our DUNGEON DOOR!  Buaaahhhahahaha…. :)  
 

Here is what the front looks like from the street at this point.
 

The dungeon door….

This is around the back… the other side of the new playroom.  That white door used to be the front door.

And there is the back of the house… with the new hot water heater shed that isn’t finished yet.  The lawn looks awful… but hey, look at that cool gas grill!  Oh… also, we’re planning to eventually make a roof over that patio.  That will be after Phase III.

Moving right along….

They’re framing the interior walls today.  Still doesn’t look like much, but at least it’s easier to visualize when we go out (in?) there, where the walls will be.  The good news is we somehow gained another foot in the pantry… it will be 7 feet wide!  YAY for more storage!!

 

What you’re mostly seeing here is the new bedroom (which Madison & Cheyenne will share).  The small structure in the corner is the closet.  Beyond that is the play room, and on the far left (where the fridge is but it will be moved out of the way) is the pantry.

And we have a roof!

June 11, 2010

Yesterday they added the trusses and today they put the plywood on the walls and roof.  That little window will actually be bigger… it’s a bay window, 5’ wide similar to the others on the front of the house.  No door or window on the west side of the house – too hot.
 

There is the door on the back side of the addition.

View from the inside --  what used to be the garage.

Outer walls are framed

Here's what we're doing:

BEFORE

And AFTER

Davis House Remodel, Phase One

So okay!  After a year’s worth of delays, Phase One of the remodeling project has begun!  In this phase, we are extending the garage out 13 feet and converting the whole thing into a pantry, a bedroom, and a game room for the kids, and a hall full of floor-to-ceiling cabinets!  Yay storage! :-)

Here’s how the garage looked on June 1st when we got back from Utah.
 
View from inside the house

 
And from outside.

The framing on the ground is where our new game room will be.

JUNE 7

Early this morning they poured the concrete.