Well this was one crazy summer! We decided that it would be a good idea to rent our house out for the summer and make some extra money. The only trouble was, we had no where else to live - no where but the garage. I thought it would be fun to "camp" in the garage for the summer, after all how bad could it be; it would be summer time, we would get outside lots, and it would be good for the family to "rough it" for a while.
We had a great time building the loft and setting up a slide and a swing. This was going to be great! We already had a shower and laundry in the garage. We could use the laundry sink as our kitchen sink. The beds went under the loft, on top of the loft, on the floor, on the loveseat and in the neighbours camper. A picnic table served as our gathering spot and garage shelving turned into our dressers, closets and pantry. We got an old fridge (which died on us) and then we bought another old fridge. There was just ONE problem - no toilet! No problem - a bucket with a lid will do. Mike rigged a compost and we bought a bag of sawdust. It all seemed so adventurous at the start...two months is a LONG time to be sitting on a bucket! Needless to say, we were all extremely grateful to have our house back at the end of the season. The first month was fun, the second month we needed to take some vacations from the garage!
We were able to make 2 trips to Utah during the summer. The first trip was with Brett, Sophia, Peter, Mike and I. We had a really fun 4 day trip. We all had some stress release therapy work done there. The kids enjoyed the hotel and pool and restaurants. It was nice to focus on the younger kids and make some memories. Later in the summer the older girls and I went to education week at BYU. They were able to see the campus and get freaked out at how big it was. We enjoyed lots of great speakers, caught up with Dina and Alonzo (friends from college) and watched a taping of "Studio C". It was great to have some time alone with the girls. Poor Mike was not enjoying himself at home in the garage during our trip. Sophia and Peter were barfing, the dogs were constantly getting out and it snowed (in August)!! When our last guests left we all raced into our house, hugging pillows, jumping on beds and vowing to never leave again! ha
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| The girls were pretty happy to be left at home alone! |
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| First good restaurant on the foodie tour of Utah |
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| Naomi is the reason behind every great idea! |
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| Alonzo Gaskill - old friend - now popular author and professor. |
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| Love these beauties! |
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| Studio C |
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| Poor Mike - snow in August. |
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| The rascal!! |
I am glad we did it, it was a fun experiment and it gave us some extra money for the summer. None of us will forget it and it made us so grateful for our beautiful home and all the comforts of indoor plumbing!
