How did I end up here!!

Many of my friends and family have wanted pictures and information on how the heck did I end up in California remodeling my Father-in-laws house. So I decided to create a blog spot and tell a story. I am not the best at writing or taking pictures so I hope you can feel the spirit of my story through my imperfections. I say the spirit because this has come to be a very spiritual time in my life as I have felt there are three main objectives to accomplish I am here.

1. Remodel a house (yes it consumes most of my time).
2. Share the gospel--This is where I served my mission and I feel like I am coming home and trying to reach people I may have missed while I was here before.
3. Help encourage my Father-In-Law (Bob) to get back to the temple. Actually this is Jared's purpose and mission as Bob basically doesn't want to listen to any of my ideas. its ok I can take the blows for his frustration of moving and throwing out most of his things. Someone had to do it. Better for him to keep good feelings with his sons. (Mike is next on his hit list)

So starting with remodeling---
In the book Good to Great it talks about successful companies and how they get to be great. One of the principles is to get the right people on the bus and the wrong ones off. I have had to really rely on the spirit in this as I have a budget(don't we all) and so I am trying to get the best prices and the best people. The Lord has really helped me in this. I have made a few errors but for the most part I feel pretty good about who I have working on the house. I will introduce them a bit latter but I want to post some before pictures so you can see where I have been. Look for photos to be in next blog posting I have to get busy!!