Jack O Lantern

Happy Halloween everyone! Thought I'd share my and Tell's pumpkin. It was the happiest one for sure.

Hello this is my second try at making a video to try posting stories on You Tube. I would love to have some feed back if you would give me some to try and make it presentable and not embarrassing.

Shingles Almost Done

The shingles are almost complete!! We picked a red color to work with our wood siding (same siding as before). And we're using shingles as opposed to metal sheeting so that the snow won't slide off so dangerously onto the high tunnel. It's looking good!! And have quite a few helpers!

Roof!!

Never thought I'd say how excited I am to have a "tyvek house", lol. This house is sooo huge! I can see our roof from the mailbox cluster... Haha. Biggest house on the street, almost. 😁

Loading up!

Getting the sheet rock, roof sheeting, trim, and finally trusses. This guy really knows how to operate a boom truck!! A good thing too.

The Trusses are In!

The trusses were delivered today. They are HUGE! The boy's bedroom is planned to be in the loft, so I said to the boys "There's your bedroom!" They are super excited!

Pictures from moms yard . It looks so green and lush

Inside

Just another view of the make-shift roof. Putting on siding today and cleaning up the yard.

Temporary cover

So here's what Travis had to do to our house so it wouldn't get soaked and wet. Put up a make shift roof with plastic. What a circus, eh? Still raining. Trusses should be in early next week.

8 weeks

So I forgot to take a picture of the wet mess that is our house today. It snowed yesterday and rained ALL day today. It was leaking through last night... Eek. But Travis got a plastic cover on it pretty fast, although it's still very moist. :-(

So I have supplied this happy picture of Tate! He's now 8 weeks old! And he is probably the happiest baby of all my babies! And that's hard to do. He's pretty much put himself to sleep 2x today. He is just an angel!! Perfect in every way. I'm having mixed feelings about him growing so fast. Love this bundle of sweetness. ❤

Higher view

Here I am on the second story looking out towards our road. Today working on getting the siding up and preparing for the trusses. Sounds like there will be some bad weather coming his weekend. :-(

Walls

Last night when I came from rehearsal (I'm in a couple skits) I found several men just working on my house and helping Travis out. I was so overcome with humility and gratitude, tears came. Here's 2 walls up. 2 more tonight.

Second story in progress!

I asked Travis to get the floor ready so I could dance on it. So he did! It's solid and they're now working on putting together the walls! :-)

Siding!

We have siding! And Travis is working hard on the second floor today. Next he will be putting up the wall frames. Can't wait!

Update on the house

Here's the latest. But there is no more siding on the house and the big pile of wood is almost gone. :-D

Construction!!

My house is in shambles people! But that's a good thing when you're adding onto your house. Just imagine trying to keep your children from getting into things that are within inches of them, no barrier, 24/7.  Don't forget that just outside, the ground is covered with boards littered with nails waiting to be stepped on. Not to mention temps are reaching below freezing and we have NO insulation because our roof is being torn off as we speak! That's right, we have an awesome sunroof. This is my life right now. :-)
But only for a short time. Because pretty soon the trusses will be up, we'll be closed in, and work on the inside will begin. Then we'll be that much closer with an actual visual of what it will be like.
Can I tell you how surreal this feels?! I've been dreaming and waiting patiently for 10 long years now, for a larger, no, just a descent sized home! This is incredibly amazing to be here now. To see Travis working his BUTT off to make this happen. In fact, I better go, cuz I'm supposed to be clearing out the attic... See ya later! More updates to come!