Rebuilding Together-project begins!

On Friday April 16th, 2010 the first stages of the minor home repairs started. The concrete slab that was in very poor condition has been removed and a retaining wall has been installed to help with keeping the yard and its dirt in its spots off the concrete. Harrison came home from a birthday party after school on Friday and immediately asked: "Who took our concrete and why did they bring us dirt? " The next statment was "Lets get my monster trucks so that we can go mud truck racing! " It was a fun weekend of playing with the clean dirt. Dave and I loved seeing him play in the dirt and are looking forward to the vegetable garden raised beds so that Harrison can have a place to dig and play while growing salad veggies! THANK YOU!

Huge Thank you to Rebuilding Together

What a suprise when a neighbor came over wtih a copy of an email that was sent to her by her employer Providence Health Care asking them to help support the Program Rebuilding Together Spokane that shared our story...

Rebuilding Together is a Non-Profit that helps veterans with minor home repair. In December while giving away some surplus pull-ups (yeah-no more pullups- we finally made it to potty trained) on Craigs list I ran across a posting for this agency that was looking for veterans in our neighborhood to help with minor home repair. I called and spoke with Cody who I am sure was suprised when I wanted to know the income guidelines for the program. He wanted to know about us. We made application and met with staff of the non-profit right before Christmas. We were hopeful but did not expect anything. The week of my birthday in January we were notified that Rebuilding Together had chosen our family to assist and not only with the painting and fixing the handrails leading into the house that our home owners insurance wants done but they were going to try to get us a new heating system and hot water heater. We were overjoyed!

The work day is scheduled for April 24th! We are so excited and so blessed! THANK YOU!