Plumbing Update on building

The Plumbers were in last week digging trenches and putting in the underground plumbing systems. The contractor commented "there is an awfully lot of plumbing in that building. I believe this area will be the kitchen and one of the bathrooms. I think it will take them the rest of next week to finish it as there are still a lot of trenches without any pipe in them.
Oops. I guess I should have rotated these two pictures before I uploaded them. I am still learning all of this tech stuff. Here is one of the trenches. After they dig them, then they put a remote control compactor in them. It has been interesting to watch all of the steps.

Patsy wanted me to post some pictures of the playground. I was hoping the "traffic signs" would show up. Maybe I'll put more of the playground next week. All of the sidewalks are the trike tracks for the multi-child ride-on toys. There are enough now that all 20 children per class can be on a trike. We usually only take out one class at a time.

This is the ball court with one of the basketball standards showing. The ball wall is for the children to throw and retrieve balls at to work on eye-hand coordination. We use the tables for finger painting or special (messy) outdoor snacks.

Mom's BYU Bowen Hall Reunion

The reunion exceeded all dreams and expectations. It was SO much fun. All six girls from Bowen Apr. 13 were there. This is a picture they took of us and they arranged us in the same order as the portrait 37 years ago. 44 out of 63 women came to the reunion, including our dorm parents. (Our Branch President and counselor also came).
This was the "charger". I had never had a charger plate in my life so I learned what it was. We all wanted to take the plate with us. The reunion was held in the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni House and everything was so beautiful. Dad drove me there and came for the last hour or so. It was nice to be able to relax and not have to drive.

These are the ladies who live in apt 12 and 13. I lived with some of them the next year. The girl in the green and beige, center front, lived with us the next year, Anell Pasket Gibelyou, and the girl next to her is Melanie Gard's sister, Tamela Rencher.

Here are my actual freshman roommantes. Bonnie Payne Bond who was from Wausau Wisconsin and now lives in Woods Cross, UT., Patsy Polson Baird whom I grew up with and have remained friends with now from Idaho Falls, Kathy Bigelo Bulkeley from Bakersfield, California, myself (still the shortest), Lynn Abegg Herron from Sugar City, ID, now living in SLC, and Gwen Dearden from Fillmore UT. It was so much fun to share our lives and renew our friendships.

Quinton's Birthday and Building Update

I don't know if Quinton was trying to act "cool" or like a nerd in his new goggles that Ryan and Melissa gave him for his birthday. He plans to start training to compete in a triathalon next summer. Ryan is going to be their "swimming coach" and Drew plans to compete with him.
We had Drew and Kara and Ryan, Melissa and Celeste over for his birthday dinner. He chose to have chicken and homemade noodles for his birthday dinner because he likes it. These are the forms that they built in the middle of the building sight. There are five of them and they will be the base for the big steel supports that will go down the center of the building.

The cement truck was there at 7:00 am when I drove into work this morning. They filled the forms with concrete and took off the forms this afternoon. The backfill is all completed around the foundation. Now I think they will start on the underground mechanical and plumbing procedures. There are no more piles of dirt around so they are about ready to let CWC have their pasture back so they can bring in their animals.

Here is a close up picture of the cement truck for Tayson. Big boy "Tonka Toys".

Insulating Foundation - Backfill

Last week they put insulation on the inside of the foundation. It is supposed to prevent the cold from entering the building through the foundation. They also brought in the dirt work sub-contractor who started backfilling the ditches on both sides of the foundation. They bring in a bunch of dirt, spray it with water and then compact it with another heavy machine. The kids liked it because it vibrated the building and "tickled their bumbs" while they were sitting on the rug. It looks like the trenches are about half full. They should finish it up on Monday and then be ready for the plumber and mechanical to come and do the underground work before they pour the concrete floor. Dee asked what the difference was between the blue and yellow insulation and they said there is no difference, only the color.

September 15 building update

They poured the next part of the foundation on Wednesday afternoon. The kids loved watching the cement trucks and the big pumper again. Then on Thursday they removed the forms which are sitting next to the concrete foundation. These bolts are sticking up out of several places of the foundation. We are guessing that they will be used to secure the steel posts of the building.
The building was delivered on Monday on three semi trucks. CWC is being very accomodating to let us use their pasture as a storage area and worksight. The little trailer is where the superintendent has his office and where we have our Wednesday weekly meetings regarding the construction.

Building update

Two trucks arrived at the preschool this morning. They have brought the steel building. It's a few weeks early, but they had to get it while the could. They have unloaded it in the CWC Foundation field. More on CWC in a later blog.

September 7th Update

The construction workers work four, ten hour days per week and since Monday was a holiday, they only worked three days last week. They about finished framing this part of the foundation and are supposed to have another concrete pour this week. I think the steel building is also supposed to be delivered this week, even though they are not quite ready for it. These are the two sets of "cubbies" that Ryan built for the preschool. They are really nice and provide a good place to store the helmets that the children must wear on the playground trike track. We have more boys than girls so they get the larger set. We still have several more children that haven't brought in their helmets yet so I hope they will all fit. We had to add an extra 3 year old class this year. The preschool is getting very large and a bit overwhelming, especially on the first two weeks while we are still trying to teach the children school manners. We have nearly 140 students this year. Is that crazy or what? I am glad that Melissa has agreed and is excited to be the Director of the new Child Care Center as I think I would be in a panic right now.