Days 40-42

Boy, was it cold up there today!!! I think wind chill temp this morning was -12 or something...brrrrr! I felt sorry for the framers! Today they finished up framing the stairs and then started putting up the wall to the girls' bedroom so that they have something to sit the floor trusses on...I wasn't up there too long and only took one picture...enjoy!

The stairs are a U shape...the opening for the stairs will be on the left...directly across the hall will be the door to the girls' bedroom...we are going to finish under the stairs as a little play area...the space to the right of the stairs is the toy room...very downsized from what we have had in the past...I think it is only 6 feet across...mainly for shelves...is there such a thing as phasing out toys!?!?!?

Day 39

Today I took my little sister, Ellen, up to The House...it was fun to have someone else see it! Today they framed the storage room and Luke's bathroom..they also started the stairs...it is moving right along...looking great!

The storage room...

Luke's bathroom...

A view from up top...

The first floor truss...

Day 38

Have I mentioned that we have GREAT framers? They are doing a fantastic job! It felt kinda weird standing at the window of the craft room and looking out...kinda neat. They still need to put up the walls across the basement so that they can sit the floor trusses on top...they think they will get to that by Monday...that is also when the snow is supposed to hit...it shall be interesting!

A view from up above...

This is the west side of the house...the window on the right is in the craft room...the 3 openings on the left are the windows for the family room downstairs...the middle opening will have a door that walks out on the patio.

This is the south side of the house...the window on the left is Luke's future room and the small window on the right is for his bathroom.

This is just another view from further up the hill...you are looking at the west side again.

Four little happy kids sitting on the south window sill of the craft room...I could just squish Luke's little cheeks!

Day 37

Today was quite the momentous day! We have wooden walls! Yesterday they placed all the boards that are bolted to the foundation. Today, the walls started going up! The wall that is up will be Luke's future bedroom and the computer/craft room downstairs. The smaller wall is part of the girls' closet. While Kelly was standing there...in rolled the floor trusses. They are "webbed" so that we can run the heating system through them and not have to drop it down below the ceiling...very cool! My Uncle Joe was also up there today moving a drain...he is awesome! The weather was beautiful although it was a whopping 0 degrees when we woke up this morning! We really like our framers, a father/son team...them seem to be very detail oriented.


Wood waiting to be framed!

Boards bolted to the foundation for the walls to rest on.

Uncle Joe moving the drain.

The WALL!...on the ground.

Hooking on the jacks.

The wall starts going up...

...and up.....

...and UP! The window on the left is the computer room and the one on the right is Luke's room.

The floor trusses. I guess they manufacture these in Wyoming!

Here you can kinda see the web.

Another view of THE WALL...I know...I get excited over little things! :)

This is the wall to the girls' closet.

Days 29 - 36

Well, I guess the framers actually started today...not quite sure...there were a few sawhorses out there and a couple chalk lines...nothing worthy of pictures...maybe tomorrow!

Day 28

The framers were supposed to start today, but didn't...I guess they are finishing up another job.

Day 24

It was pretty quiet up at The House today...just waiting for the framers on Monday. I did snap a few pictures of the water spigot and the concrete blankets on the basement floor. I probably won't post again until they start framing!

The basement floor staying warm and toasty!

Luke at the water spigot.

A view from the spigot back up to the house.

I don't think I have ever posted a view of this side of the house...this is the back of the shop...the east side of the house.