So we pretty much had to gut the whole room and start over. We removed the sink and cabinet and the toilet and replaced it all! We also torn down all the old sheet rock walls and installed greenboard (sheetrock for bathrooms) and tile backerboard for the shower area.
The only way to get the tub into the bathroom was to cut a whole in our kitchen wall and slide it through... we then had to replace that whole wall because the texture would have been impossible to match without it looking "patched".
This is a pocket we put in the wall to inset the towel rack behind the door so the door does not hit it every time you open it.
Here's a finished look at our bathroom, it's small so it was hard to get a good picture. We finished this in September 2006.
The only way to get the tub into the bathroom was to cut a whole in our kitchen wall and slide it through... we then had to replace that whole wall because the texture would have been impossible to match without it looking "patched".
This is a pocket we put in the wall to inset the towel rack behind the door so the door does not hit it every time you open it.
Here's a finished look at our bathroom, it's small so it was hard to get a good picture. We finished this in September 2006.
Abby is always at lance's side.
Abby checking out the depth.
View from the front door looking towards the driveway. We just love maxing out the springs and shocks in trucks... do you know how much a pallet of those cobblestone weighs? Me either, but trust me... it was A LOT - riding on bump stops baby!!
A view of the pattern in the corners of the steps.
In this view you can see the pond and the skeleton of the fence. 
Here's a view from the alley approach. Lance built most if the garage himself at the beginning of 2006 with some help from my dad setting rafters and Gabe's advice on the electrical.
A more finished view from the alley.
And the cobblestone stamped concrete approach. Thanks to DJ Lyon!
After!
Current state of our kitchen, new floors are in. We did some super cool stamped, stained concrete. I am currentl repainting my kitchen cabinets to match the floor and wall colors.
Here's a photo of the floor, it's hard to see the dimension and full spectrum of color in a photo but I am in love with these floors!! And man am I glad they are done! Lance and I spent a weekend from 7pm Friday to 8pm Sunday working 12 hours straight both Saturday and Sunday prepping, pouring and stamping 425 sq ft of concrete.... whew, that makes me tired just thinking about it! Then Lance stained and sealed the floor the next weekend while I was gone at CKC in Portland with my mom!!! Lucked out there!
Ok, so I highly recommend getting a home inspection done prior to buying a home. We did and it revealed that the stucco was missing the vapor barrier and therefor was installed/applied improperly and needed to be replaced. Luckily we found out soon enough and it was included in the deal. And, I got to pick the colors of my new home!! This also gave us the opportunity to move exterior doors to better locations for our long-term plans for the home. It's hard to tell but the front door in this photo isn't there in the other photo of our front yard. There are two other doors, one to the left between the two windows and the other was just right and around the corner of the current front door. Confusing I know...
This is our front room
and our kitchen
and our main bathroom
Here's our laundry room 
Here's our back yard
and our front yard. 
