Progress

The house is really taking shape. 

For as much research as I've done, it's crazy to think there is always a list of decisions that need made. 

Thank the Lord, winter hasn't really hit quite yet. It was almost 70 degrees this week. I hope they can get a roof on and everything closed up before the weather turns nasty.

As of December 12th: 

• all concrete completed except the front porch and back patio
• basement walls framed
• main level sub-floor down

I don't have as many progress photos as I'd like. We spend evenings looking at it in headlights and get our pics on the weekend. 

Back in late October, the beginnings of the basement:

November 8th - basement walls going up

Drew's special part of the basement

this is the storm shelter/Drew's bow range (that's the culvert that goes under the garage

November 29th

electricity built in - check 

view to the west

looking at the front of the house

looking to the south east

December 5th

garage pre-pour

walls in the basement

December 12th

front porch, shelter beneath

main level sub-floor with the stair well in the middle

freshly poured garage floor, view to the west

looking east

view to the south

garage sink in the floor

I have been trying so hard to get the kids' hand prints in the concrete of this house somewhere. It hasn't happened because the concrete is already too solid when we get home. How strange that there would be some extra concrete poured and smoothed out AND Duke would have wandered up to the new house AND just happened find that spot to leave paw prints in it during this process, then with what happened.......it is definitely one of those God things. I am so thankful for this.