What this old lady does for fun

 So, when your Grandma decides, for her birthday, to give each of her grandchildren a generous monetary gift (so she can have the fun of reading the various thank you notes!), what do you decide to do with it? Well, I can tell you what *I* did! "Hey, Matt - do you think we could hire Korey and Kelley to sheetrock the entry and mudroom??" Oh yeah. But, really, I couldn't think of anything more fun than a pile of sheetrock in the driveway...

...that slowly (well, not that slowly!) turns into sheetrock on the walls and ceilings! We told them the budget we had to work with, and they were able to not only do the mudroom and entry, but also the entire ramp and garage. Matt will still need to do the taping, but they got an incredible amount of work done in a very short amount of time!

Up on stilts to easily get the ceiling over Thunder's stall

Working down the sloping ceiling over the small stall and onto the walls at the back. Notice that the BIG beam (the installation of which is still my favorite moment of the entire construction process!) is still visible. Sadly, it needs to be covered up for fireproofing reasons.

The little access hatch into the storage space above the big garage stall

The ramp (and bike storage on the other side of the half-wall)

And the interior spaces - now have walls! Not just insulation with vapor barrier/plastic stapled over it! That means that even if Matt doesn't have time to tape and mud and paint, we can still put up hooks for coats for the winter! Amazing!

And the view from the kitchen into the front entry. Still definitely under construction, but MUCH more inviting than it was (and I'll be able to get coat hooks up for guests, too, before coat season is in full swing!)

This was such a beautiful gift - thank you to Grandma, and thank you to the God who knows how to bring these little smiles to his children at just the right time.