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Treehouse updates

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We unveiled the treehouse to the kids at Christmas and it was a shell of the house. They were excited of course, but had no idea how we would finish it out. It's now super cozy, has tons of detail, and is nicer than the house we live in. If it had a toilet and a refrigerator, our kids would never come back inside. It's not completely done but it's pretty close. Here's some of the details of what we did. Door we found at an antique shop, side windows are from friends, and the top window we bought. Corbels everywhere. Lantern lights, cedar shake up top and siding. The awning we added above the door to help with rain. Bookshelves added in the loft upstairs for storage. The ceiling is rusted out corrugated metal that we washed and sealed. Added some wainscoting by the front door to stop muddy shoes and boots from hitting the walls. Caleb made the railing and ladder himself. We stained the inside, added fairy lights to the ceiling.  Carpet is upstairs

16 years and counting

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Caleb and I decided to get out of town and head to the mountain, just the two of us. We had no idea when we booked the weekend away that the entire world would be shutting down at the same time. We have the coronavirus right now spreading across America and when we booked it, it was only in Asia and not a huge concern. But as the weekend approached, people in the US were starting to get it in California. We decided to still get out of town. We stayed up at the mountain, went snowboarding two days in a row at Mt Hood Meadows. The first day was fresh powder, about 7", sunshine, no wind. We went along the boarder and could see Timberline Lodge, and the most beautiful scenery. We had so much fun and went all day. We came back to the hotel and barely convinced ourselves to go out to dinner. We drove around Government Camp area and came back and ate right next to our hotel. The food was good and we loved it. We stayed in our room making out, and woke up the next morning to super hig