Day Trip.

California Hardwoods . . . Our new

very bestest friends.

My peeps and I made a little day trip

over to Auburn, California, 109 miles

away from Reno. To begin with, the drive

was absolutely BREATHTAKING!

The streams, the clouds, the snow, the

trees, the streams, the rivers, the lakes,

the gorgeous mountain homes . . .

Secondly, the company was terrific!

It was GREAT to be trapped in a car

for four straight hours with my

favorite husband. We held hands all

the way there and all the way back!!

We have been so busy that we barely

have time to high five each other!

We met THE MOST amazing people

at California Hardwoods!!! They love

people, new homes, and wood!! We were

in business!! Dave, the owner-man, talked

to us THREE STRAIGHT HOURS about

our new home project and gave us way

too many amazing ideas!!!!

We purchased ALL OF THE wood flooring

for our new home. HICKORY!!!!!

We are having HICKORY flooring throughout

the ENTIRE house!!!

The floors are unfinished and will need

to be installed, filled, sanded, and have

this awesome tongue-oil put on them.

Our hickory floors will last 100 years

and will not show dog claw marks or

anything thanks to this new unbelievable

magic product that Dave sold us to

have put on our new floors.

You guessed it . . . We will be purchasing

our mantel piece from Dave.

Dave also had reclaimed barn wood . . .

Some of those are going on our ceilings

in our great room and kitchen!!!

We are so thankful that God has been

blessing us during this house building

project. It has truly been so much fun!!!

NO ONE is building during these times,

as it is so cheap to purchase an existing

home. We are grateful to the wonderful

workers and prices that He has given us!!!!

Here's . . . DAVE and Derrick!!!!

They will be driving a ton of this

to our new home later this summer!

The wood has to sit in the garage for

a while before it is laid, so it can

adjust to the environment and temps!

We had a fun little stop at Mel's Diner

on our way home!!!

Luke was sorry that we spent all

of our cash on flooring . . .