When we bought this house, it had this cute little playhouse. Only problem it was like 6 feet off the ground. I had a 7 year old afraid of heights, an 18 month old, and one on the way. I decided we would get a lot more use out of it on the ground. We debated for a couple of years how to get it down. Long story short, the "workers" didn't agree with this method exactly, but the boss said it'll work. It's not as funny to watch now, but it was hilarious (one of those inside things I guess). The best part was watching our neighbors trying to watch us get it tipped back over without it being too obvious they were watching. When it hit the ground shingles fell off and it was apparent the roof needed reshingled. Excuse the taping as I was trying to make sure Katelyn was beside me and not where the playhouse was going to fall.

Before I painted the outside and we put a new porch on it.


Katelyn was helping grandpa put the new porch on.

On Sunday, June 14 grandma and grandpa took Katelyn and Shaun for a few hours so we could reshingle the roof. I got the shingles for free off of craigslist and the roofing paper for $3 off of craigslist. Neither of us had ever shingled anything before, but I'm very happy with the results. The kids came back before we were completely done, so we had "help" at the end. I'm very happy with the results and glad the only injury of the day was a blister I got that then popped and I lost a couple of layers of skin on my knuckle of my finger. This is especially impressive considering Katelyn's fearless climb up and down the ladder numerous times some while I was on it. It was too cute to see her take a shingle, put it on the chair, take the measuring tape and measure it, then announce I cutting, I cutting. Such a smart cookie.

The finished product. The one shingle I didn't get on straight and I so wanted to redo it, but Matt wouldn't let me.

I need to touch up the paint on the outside, finish painting the inside, then we can put the door and windows on. I can't wait. I think the kids are going to have lots of fun.