Fixing a Hole in the Ceiling

My husband reminded me of this incident the other day... Fourth of July, 2008-- just over five years ago! Our oldest kiddo was eight months old. The hubby went up into the attic (really a crawl space) of our California home to roll out some more insulation. We had installed air conditioning before the baby was born, but the house just wouldn't stay cool! Anyway, he knew he needed to be careful and only stand on the beams, or he would be going right through the ceiling. But his foot slipped, and BAM! Right on through! Luckily, he was fine. We just had this big hole in the ceiling right inside the front door! Oopsies!

My parents came over, and my dad helped us fix it. First, we cleaned up the opening and made sure we had exposed beams to attach the new drywall to:

We cut a piece of drywall to fit, and screwed it into the opening:

Then it was a matter of patching everything up and trying to get the texture/color to match the rest of the ceiling (that was my job). Home ownership is such a learning experience, isn't it? haha!!

NOTE TO HUSBAND: Let's not do that again, m'kay? :)