Davoust Family Moving into Riverview Home

Great progress has been made since the last Davoust Family update!   Bob, Tracy and the boys are so grateful and thankful for ALL the support that the community, friends and family have shown them over the past few weeks.  It has been amazing.  It has rained in Durango the past few days, and cooled off, which is a blessing.

The Riverview home, rented from Annie Carroll and Bob Lieb, is just right for the Davoust family.   It has been cleaned and readied for the family to move in.     The boys are into full summer mode, with Josh getting back from NASA Space Camp and Stephan finalizing his bicycle workshop in the new garage at the Riverview home.    Tracy is getting the kitchen ready (thanks to Susie Welch for some loaned pots and pans to fill in for the summer) and the next steps are to repot some of the indoor plants that survived the fire in the sunroom.     Smokey, the turtle is very happy in the new turtle home, thanks to Bruce at Fish Connection in Durango.

Some folks have asked about meals for the Davoust family, once that get moved in?   For the time being, Bob, Tracy and the boys are still at the Marriott Residence Inn, which has worked out well for a temporary place to live (and it is just down the hill from Bob’s Village Auto Care, located in the Durango Tech Center).   Once they are moved into the Riverview home, give Tracy a call at 970-799-3334 for more details on the move in dates and what help she’ll need for family meals.

The slow and dirty work of inventory continues slowly at the old home, severely damaged by fire on May 26^th.    At first, Tracy thought that her extensive Creative Memories® photograph collection was a total loss.     However, because the albums (and there are many!) were packed tightly together, some of the photos have survived the fire!    Working with the insurance adjuster (who said to remove and begin preservation right away), Tracy has worked with BEST Fire Restoration (and Cleaning) to properly treat the surviving albums.   It will be a slow process, but it looks like some of the vast collection of Davoust family photographs will be preserved.  Later on, Tracy will need some help to carefully go through the individual images in the collection to remount for safekeeping.

That’s all for now.    Give Tracy a call if you have any questions or would like to help.

Blogged & updated on Sunday morning, June 13^th  by Jasper Welch