Budgett Family

Work Continues

2010-11-02T11:04:00.000-07:00

Front Flowerbed

Feeble attempt at a late, late fall lawn

Fall has come to the valley

My latest addition

Lots of work yet to do!!!!!!

New House

2010-10-21T08:43:00.000-07:00

Front of House

Entrance

Circle where water feaure will go

Circular Drive

Landscape rocks

Back of House that looks over valley. Great Room this end, Master BR far end

Concrete Stamp in Patio Floor

Exit to Patio from Great Room

Patio

Front Door

Entry Hall with Office on left

Office through French Doors

Office

Office from Kitchen

Powder Rm

Hall to Garage, Office, and Poweder Rm.

Pantry

Mom calls this her Costco Rm

TV Area

Great Room looking toward TV area

Mom making Sunday dinner

Great Room looking toward kitchen

Entry into Master BR

Entrance to M. Bath

Walk In

Mom's Sink

My Sink (notice size difference from Mom's) Tub

Walk In Shower

Hall to Guest BR and Utility

Guest Bath

Guest Shower

Utility Room

One of the Guest BR

View from the Master BR

View from the great rooom

Material waiting for the builders on my 30X48 Shop. Yea!!!!!!!!

Sunset from the Great Room

Fog in the Valley in the morning

Lots still to do on the house. but it is coming. It will be great to have the shop done so I can finish cleaning out the garage and put nothing in it but cars. The lawn will have to wait until spring. Winter came too fast.
We are loving the new house, the view and the coyotes as they sing us to sleep every night. (at least I like the coyotes, reminds me of living on the farm). Uncle Dave andAunt Jackie visited us this last weekend and they felt like we lived in the wilderness. I love the owls, deer, and elk that pass through the back of the property.

More later

We Are Getting Closer!!!!

2010-06-22T13:49:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a long time since I last posted, but it seems between work and working at the house every night till dark has taken its toll. Here are just a few of the picts. from the last month or so.

Drywall every where. I don't know how those guys carry those big long sheets.

The drywall mud was ever where

Texture and paint is done. Mom made sure that the texture was exactly what she wanted. Jayson and I spent a weekend going through 55 gallons of primer and 45 gallons of paint. It is done. Note the gas fireplace in the corner.

The rock man was here. This is a dry stack.

Cabinets in the "service room"

Cabinets in our bath room. Tub is not in yet. We have to wait for the tile guy.

All the long siding is on and he is working on the shingles in the entrance.

Note the "dental" work (bumps) and the shingles.

Back of the house facing the view.

As soon as the tile guy gets the floors done I can set the toilets. I can then get rid of the porta-potty. We do have water, even hot water, lights, and heat. The kitchen cabinets are taking longer than I wanted. I can't put the floor down until they are in. We have lots to do with shelving and all the trim work around the windows. The real outside doors will be in this week and the inside doors will be hung as soon as all the flooring is done.
As you can see I have not been able to do anything outside. It has been a very wet spring. I don't know when the rain will end.
Enjoy the picts. I have to have the house ready for guests in August.

WE HAVE WALLS

2010-04-22T14:36:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since my last post and lots has gone on. We hope that we are on target for moving in late July.

Outside walls and some inside walls.

The trusses hold up the complete roof. There are no bearing walls.

The roof starts to take shape

One of the few nice days. Hope to get it on before the next rain.

Sheating is all on. No rain yet. Front of House.

Garage side of house

Front door

Great room from inside

Great room, other view

Yea, we got it on before the rain. They finished 35 minutes before the skys opened up.

Back of house toward view. Great room and covered pourch to left, master bedroom to right

Front of house

House Cont.

2010-03-11T09:09:00.000-08:00

One for the Money, Two for the Show, Three to get Ready, and Four to Pour!!!!

View from Twin Oaks

We are now an official construction site

Ready to pour

Smoothing out the rough edges

It takes a lot of hand work

Beats using a wheelbarrow

The main house is ready for walls.

Now we wait for walls. The contractor said he would be ready for trusses in about three weeks. When that happens it will look like it is a real house. The trusses are 50 feet long and 17 feet high. I hope I can get the truck and trailer up the hill.

We will pour the garage, porches, and patio at the end of the project so that the concrete doesn't get stained by the reddish clay.

More to come.

We have Concrete!!!

2010-02-25T11:02:00.000-08:00

Things are starting to look like we will have a house. The footings and stem walls are in and the electricians and plumbers are coming to put pipe and wire in the floor. Soon as that is done we will pour the monster floor (110 cubic yards, 11 trucks) in one pour.

Our first guests

Jamie is always cold

Cherri is trying to figure out where in the house see is

Looks like a house?

It has begun

2010-01-08T21:55:00.000-08:00

As we start a new year we start a new phase in our lives. It is hard to believe that we are building again. We have started to transform the last six acre piece left of the old Budgett Farm into a haven from the world. After twenty-seven years of work on the house and yard it was time to walk away. We will always remember the sledding parties, Easter egg hunts, coming down the stairs Christmas morning, a wedding on the deck and all the other fun times we had as a family. It was to walk away but we finally did it. Cherri wanted a normal Thanksgiving so we didn't take anything off the walls or move any furniture. That very weekend we started moving to a house down the street. We had to be out in a week. We were very fortunate that we found a house that hadn't sold in two years that we could rent while we build. The neighbors and church people helped us move 27 years of stuff.
We know live at 180 Whitney Blvd.

We were fortunate that there was a cold snap that allowed us time to get the 750 ft. of road to the house site. We also got the phone and power lines in and the temp.power is hooked up. It has been a long process to find a contractor and get subs for all the different parts of the house. Our contracter will build the shell and then we will bring in the subs that we have picked to do the rest. Cheryle says she is tired of making decisions on doors, windows, lights etc. The good thing about all of this is the price of lumber is down and subcontractors are hungry for work. We had to go down 255 feet to get water but we hit 77 gallons a minute. We will be able to water anytime anywhere. I found seven year old fruit trees for my orchard so I am ready to plant as soon as the ground gets a little dryer. Here are just a few picts. as work begins. Yea!!! Six months and counting.

The boys have arrived

2009-05-27T08:54:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few of the photos that we took of the boys. You can imagine how many we have. Hope you enjoy the show.

Pinewood Derby

2009-02-03T14:37:00.000-08:00

Here is a short clip of the cub's pinewood derby. EJ has the red car and Mike has the black car. They both won 1st in their division. Mike took overall. Mike built his car by himself and helped Ej with his. They are getting really good at it.

Mike is going to build my car for the Stake High Priest Derby. I'm not much good with one arm. Besides, he will do a better job. He will show me all his tricks.

Short clip of his birthday before the battery ran out.

Welcome to the Pacific Northwest?

2008-12-21T14:56:00.000-08:00

Who says that it never snows in the Pacific Northwest. We have been in a deep freeze for over a week and it hasn't let up yet. We have had highs of 28 and lows of 11. Up by Seattle yesterday morning it hit -4 degrees. We lost the last two days of school and church was cancelled for today Right now it is snowing again, and they say we should get another 2-4 inches. They say the storm should move east sometime tomorrow. Portland airport was closed yesterday but is open today I hope to get all the kids home for Christmas. A few pictures to show you what is very unusual for us at 500 feet above sea level.

This is the road in front of the house Looks like a winter wonderland.

The benches and picnic table don't look like they are ready for a BBQ.

My rock wall in the front yard is almost gone.

The flowers aren't used to this kind of weight.

The snow is higher than the front deck.

Have a great day. Dad and Mom B

Rooton Tooton Cowboy for Halloween

2008-10-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

If you look close, you can see the Roy Rogers shirt and vest that I wore when I was Danos age.

Arcadi Maine/Vermont/Cape Cod

2008-06-29T20:40:00.000-07:00

Acadia National Park in upper Maine is the San Juans times 100. Vermont was the most beautiful state we have ever seen. I am amazed how clean it is. We saw some great things and meet a lot of nice people. The Shaker community just into Mass. was an eye opener to Cheryle. We have lots of pictures and info to share. Cape Cod is very busy this time of year. We are getting tired of eating out. The food at the B & B's has been fabulous. Hope you are all well. Love Dad and Mom

New Hanpshire/Vermont

2008-06-27T19:50:00.000-07:00

We are off to New Hampshire and Vermont. We saw a lot of covered bridges and took some great hikes in the woods. The country side is beautiful and the people are very friendly. Where we stayed last night was real back woods New Hampshire. Tried to run over wild turkeys. They seem to be everywhere. Went to a maple syrup farm. It was real interesting. It takes 40-45 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. We are in Manchester Vermont tonight and will be heading to Cape Cod tomorrow. Love Dad and Mom

Another Day in New England

2008-06-24T19:31:00.000-07:00

This is our first full day in the Camden-Rockland area. We got into our new B&B last night and set out this morning with a beautiful blue sky and we could see Penebscot Bay. We went to Camden and registered for a three hour tour aboard a schooner. While we waited to set sail we visited all the cool shops in Camden. The sailing was wonderful and very quiet. We got to talk to many interesting people. Afterwards we went to the top of Mt. Batiey and looked out over the bay. It goes from one horizon to another. We then went to another lighthouse and then to dinner. This was our traditional Maine dinner. The restaurant was right next to the docks. You can't get any fresher than that. While we were eating a huge thunder and lightening storm rolled through. It was great. We then went and did laundry and headed for our bed. Long day tomorrow as we will be going north to Acadia National Park and hiking trails. Hope you are all well. Love ya Dad and Mom

New England Trek

2008-06-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

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We have been having a fun time checking out all the fancy houses along the Maine cost. We will be adding to this as the days go by. Mom really liked Kennebunkport Maine. It is a very upper class resort town. It's fun to investigate. I didn't remember all the inlets and large rivers. There are lots of big rivers that empty into the ocean and are affected by the tides. The tidal water changes 8-10 feet with the tide and we are inland several miles at times. The slide show is just a few of the pics we have taken. We will show them all to you when we get back. The B&B we are staying in have been nice. Right now we are in Camden Maine and will be visiting Rockland tomorrow,

Amanda Graduation

2008-04-27T09:40:00.000-07:00

Amanda obtained a goal of hers today by graduating from BYU on Friday the 25th of April 2008. Congratulations Amanda.

Amanda and Leia. One of her close friends here at BYU

Amanda receiving her diploma

The end of an era

The happy couple. Two BYU grads.

We had a great weekend watching Amanda graduate. It has been a long time since we walked the halls of BYU as students. A lot of things have changed. The sun was out and the mountains are beautiful. To bad I didn't have enough time to do any fishing. Maybe next time.

Puerto Vallarta

2008-04-05T11:35:00.000-07:00

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Spring Break was warm if you go far enough south. Amanda and Cody joined Mom and I at Puerto Vallarta this year. We stayed at our time share and visited many of the small villages around the area. As usual, driving was an experience but I survived. The water was great and the 80+ temps were just what we needed to relax.