Renewal

Last week, our back sliding glass door went from these beat up and scratched old sliders:

to gorgeous new french doors:

Tim Later was the skilled professional we hired to replace the two windows and a door. He was amazing at the skill. I told Sam that working with Tim was not so much about the process of installing as it was about the opportunity to watch him troubleshoot. Incidentally, he used to do construction in the Teton Valley and knows my bil Logan as one of the partners at Headwater Construction. Tim was moving out of state right after he finished our work. In fact, he left our house at 8:30 on Wednesday night, and went to the airport at 10 pm the same night. Now that's cutting it close for finishing the project!

We were quite the sight--I was doing a wedding cake in the kitchen while Sam was helping Tim install the doors and between the two of us, we kept track of the kids. We had a few late nights due to pounding and power tools, where the kids didn't fall asleep until we all went to bed together. I'm not sure we've slowed down enough yet to fully recover from that lack of sleep at the start of the month.

We'll be grateful, especially this winter, for warmer doors and windows.