Fly day.

This morning was a fly day. Mack, Bill, Camron and I all went flying at the break of dawn....well close enough, it was early. Wish you were here Trevor.

River Rats

An afternoon on the Little Spokane River...

Fun in the sun....or the shade. It was a bit cold.

Our own Splash Mountain...thanks to Angie and Jason.

Kiddie pool. No peeing please.

Mad dash for the top.

Cold shock.

Frezzing boys.

Bathing beauties.

Red Ryder - The boys and their toys

Jason gives Dallin his first BB gun lesson.

Spokane 2008

Our trip to Spokane has begun...as you can see, the Grubbs' spare no expense when it comes to traveling and eating out. Nothing like a peanut butter sandwich, nibs and good old cement seat.

This is the only picture I have so far. More pics and fun to come.

So it all started several years ago. I told my wife that I wanted to build the kids a playhouse. Initially I wanted it to be a tree house in the old cherry tree out back. As I planned and evaluated it though, this seemed to be a bit more complicated and would most likely turnout less than desired. So I pressed on looking for an alternative.

As we looked at different plans and kits it became apparent that we just might not build a play house. The ones we liked gave us a bit of sticker shock. They ranged from 4,000 to 20,000+. Yes we were quite taken back. Our favorite were the crooked type as seen below, built on top of a large hollowed out piece of a tree stump. The entry door is cut into the tree and has a ladder leading up into the playhouse.



These were great, but for our backyard and budget, we needed something a bit different. So I went down the path of creating my own plans. After months of tinkering, I came to the conclusion that this simply wasn't going to work. I really didn't have the time to create the plans, and needed to make my life easier by finding something as a compromise.

Several days later I came across Woodmanor Play Houses. They have a long list of play houses and they provide them in three options, pre-built, kits or plans. I chose to purchase the plans for their Mini Country Cottage. I was able to download the plans immediately after my purchase, and the price seemed right.

After another year. ( I seem to have a little too much on my plate these days.) I decided that my kids weren't going to get any younger, and if I waited too much longer, I might as well just keep it a dream and never build it. I thought I might regret not building it so several weeks ago Natalie and I went off to purchase the materials.

Here are some pictures of it's progress.



We obviously have a long way to go yet, but it's coming along.