Day 7 of building!

Bill and the rest of the guys in our class headed out this morning at 8:00 a.m. for their three day hike...here is the crew!

And for us...we headed out this morning on our own...wait til you see what I did while Billy was gone.

First we arrived to some special surprises....Garrett ran ahead to survey the area, good thing he did. He was shooing a chipmunk out as I was coming in...my scream made the chipmunk run back in to Garrett. Then Garrett showed me the footprints of a very large raccoon...in the changing room area. I guess he liked my shower and the pink tarp!

Then as I was up the hill helping someone out we heard shouts from the boys below! With a hundred thoughts running through our minds we went to discover that our hen turkey had hatched out her chicks. She let Garrett get pretty close to get some great pictures. There were nine hatched and two left to hatch out.


Garrett headed out to help our neighbor, Emma, and Jake and Ernest got our fire going. The drier the stove, the faster it will be ready for baking. They had the oven temp up to 350 for a while...PERFECT!

I got busy hanging poles to staple our shower curtain to and in our changing area. I also installed our shower caddy!

Changing Room curtain...I need to add a heavier curtain behind it...it's a bit transparent!

Shower Curtain!

Bathmat down and patio blocks down! {I'm lacking one}

Shower Caddy Installed

Curtain hung in Garrett and Jake's Room

Mosquito Netting hung over Jake's bed and attached under for Garrett's bed. We will put a tarp and carpet down on the floor later.

Grass curtain hung in doorway

This cool dragonfly hung out with me while I hung the curtains...I think he likes me and I thought he made a really cool decoration!

Grass skirting hung around the counter...

...and the stove...

...and the walls...{I told you I'd cover that black plastic}

...and the table!

Here is our Guest Book! I found it at the big Yard Sale that they had here in the gym {New Triber's could shop for free} So this was a great find and went perfect with my island theme! I even found a pen a friend gave me from Honduras that was perfect. We will be able to store our pictures and memories in this book. When I got it, it had Hawaii on the bottom so I took it off and wrote Jungle Camp 2008 with twine...pretty cool Eh?

A starfish that fell off my skirting so I hung it in my kitchen window above the sink!

Here is how it looked when I left tonight...sure wish you were all here to come and have a cup of coffee or tea with me! Maybe tomorrow we'll actually build something! Hee hee hee! I guess you'll have to wait and see!
Thanks to Julie {Bill's mom} and the Wednesday Night Spaghetti Gang who got us the grass skirting and helped with so much of our food and supplies! Also, a huge thanks to my parents and Bill Updike who helped with many of our needs as well...you have all been a Huge Blessing!