"The River House" update

The people who bought the river house from us last year called us up a couple weeks ago asking for help on how to put the docks in the water.  At the house's closing before winter, they mentioned they didn't have a clue how to do that so we gladly offered to help them out come spring time, so we were expecting a call.  They invited us to come out on Sunday, last week April 1st and show us the work they've done on the house for the past 6 months and also get the docks put in the water.  They had recruited a lot of guys to help put them in the water, knowing that Dave's right hand isn't very strong still having just gotten his cast off last month.

The house looked great!  I wasn't really sure what to expect in terms of how we would both feel after coming away from seeing it all fixed up.  But the experienced turned out to be really great for our whole family.  The kids knew someone else lived there, we didn't have the house anymore, and they were letting us come see how they've changed it.  All they cared about was getting to swing on the rope swing anyway.

They changed the lay out of the rooms completely.  The old laundry room is now a bathroom, the two bedrooms on the main level were torn down and turned into a second living room area, and two bedrooms were constructed upstairs on the second level balcony.

The house is perfect for them.  They have three older boys, one is married and has kids.  The other two boys living with their parents are really excited to get on the water this summer.  When I was there managing the kids outside and inside while Dave was working, it was very clear to me that this house would be too stressful for me, having such young kids by such dangerous water.  

 Added a closet to the "master" bedroom:

 Finished the walls to the ceiling, like we always wanted to do: