House Update

It's been a while since I've documented the house progress. We are almost "in the dry" at this point, but the timber work on the front and the back has slowed things down a bit. If Winter would hold off just another week or two, we can get this baby closed in and then a blizzard can come and I'll sleep easy. 

Looking back, I realize I haven't posted anything since just the subfloor was on! I really don't like putting it all out there on the WWW, but I will enjoy looking back at these photos and want it to be part of our blog forever and ever. 


 January 3, 2016 - We have walls!

January 9, 2016 - Here comes the front porch!
 

 Before seal.....

Finished!

January 11, 2016 - Crane truck comes to set trusses!
Griffin was sad that he couldn't stay home and help Eric all day.
 

January 26, 2016 - Roof begins 

February 1, 2016 - Here come the timbers!

February 2, 2016

so many pictures on my phone like this....picking siding and rock colors

Howie is a big helper

 February 5, 2016 - Porch trusses are coming together!

February 10, 2016 - Picking stain!

February 13, 2016

February 19, 2016 - We have trusses!

February 20, 2016

February 26, 2016 - Well is drilled and fireplace begins!

 February 29, 2016 - Timbers are set on the back deck!

March 3, 2016 - Fireplace is done and roof is framed, just a couple more trusses for the living room to go.

 March 14, 2016 - Roof has been finished, and most windows are in!

 

fireplace mock up

time to pick trim & door stain

Still shooting for a July move-in date. I'm shopping for light fixtures and have already purchased just about all plumbing fixtures. Lots of little decisions happening, just hoping they are all relatively easy!

What a weekend!

We spent last Saturday working on a mile long list of projects. Drew went to tag calves and get hay. I took the kids to the local animal shelter for our periodic visit. I've got my eye on a really sweet female dog there. I don't know that she would be interested in hunting, but we had decided that Cotton needed a partner. I don't want to replace Duke, but I also don't want Cotton to grow up without any dog interaction. They almost had me talked into bringing her home for a trial run, but I'm glad I didn't since Drew is gone this week and we haven't been home much. Later on, the boys and I took part of a hot tape fence down while Drew cut some brush from our driveway. That evening, I got a run in with Cotton and Drew picked rocks from the creek bed for a walkway at our new house. We finished the evening with a small get together with friends. We were exhausted!

Sunday was not about work, but solely about play. Part of our Christmas for Briley was a coupon to redeem for a visit to Sky Zone in Springfield and also to go ice skating. We planned both for the same day and we decided it would be best to leave Cooper baby home with Jimi and Tammy. 

Talk about a crazy place, we got there when they are "least busy". All we ended up with were a lot of blurry photos, red faces, and sweaty heads. The boys loved it.

 

We can't go to Springfield without a stop at Bass Pro.
 

And finally, we were off to ice skate.........Bri did very good, once we got him in the right size skate. Griffin has some practicing to do. He and Drew ended up watching from the stands for the last little bit, but I think he still enjoyed it. 

Everyone slept like a rock that night. It was a fun day.