Painting party at the farmhouse

We had a great crew painting the farmhouse on Saturday, which included Bill, Shannon, Eliza, Jason, Margaret, Payton and Brady, Joe, and Bob. Yes, I said BOB! Wow! There is dedication for you---he flies all the way from Bethesda to paint the farmhouse!! (Well, he might have happened to have a couple meetings in the area, but still, he could have just gone straight to his meeting.) He was a big surprise, to all of us except Grandpa, who knew he was coming. Joe told Grandpa that he was withholding beer from him from now on if he didn't fess up on his secrets! :) When I drove into the yard with Grandpa, I thought, "Wow, Joe's hair is looking alot like Bob's...Holy Cow! That is Bob!!"

I didn't do any painting this weekend (believe me, I've done alot inside already, with a whole lot more to come), but I was in the house cooking Shannon's birthday (swiss steak) dinner. (Sorry Cole, you missed swiss steak again...and maidrites and roast beef dinner too. )

The painters were so good and so fast, they got the house primed and 2 coats on most of the house. There's just some smaller areas that still need the 2nd coat. The house is looking so good already. It looks like new siding.

Next weekend, the Jim's are coming up to help paint. We'll finish the outside with their help and maybe be able to paint a room inside too. I'm hoping my partner in cleaning (Chris) will help me wash the windows because they got pretty dirty when we had to spray the house cleaner on prior to painting. Oh...and if we get all of that done, Joe said there's another post hole to be dug and cattle gate to be put in that has Jim's name on it. :) (Jim and Dave put one in last year.)

Thanks everyone for helping out!!