WOW!

It's framed, we have stairs and the siding is started. Take a look... Maybe we need to go away for a few days more often.

From the picture of the stairs going into the house from the garage, you see the mud room into the craft room - it will be two separate rooms soon, then the boys in John and Barbara's great room window and finally their kitchen and great room.

Thursday Monrning - Moving right along...

As we loaded the car to drive down to Albuquerque, Tom was checking with Brendan on some siding decisions that to me seemed far off. Apperently they are happening today and tomorrow. He thinks the stairs to the upstairs addition with be in on Saturday as well as enclosing the second story and starting on the siding on the front of the house. We are excited to see the changes. Here are some pictures from Thursday morning. My Dad has been the trusty photographer as well as the electrician, clean up crew, and gerenral manager for us. We will miss him tremendously but he promises to get back up soon. John will take over next week. We will have to let him know that Tom likes chocolate - lots of it, and that the framing crew enjoys some Coronnas on Friday afternoon.

Late Nights - Lots of Progress

So I went down to the basement for a few hours yesterday afternoon and when I came up we had a second story! It is quickly coming together and we are excited to see all the progress. Today should bring some more warm weather, but it is really windy. I think I will pretend not to see all the dust - at least for today...

Tuesday - what will get done today?

So, we thought we found the perfect brick only to be told that it cost twice as much and won't be available when we need it. Plan B - call in the professionals. Brendan's friend and former coworker, Elizabeth, who just happens to be a designer made an appearance today and gave us some great advice on brick selection. She is also working on some exterior paint choices and promises to make us happy. Thank you, Elizabeth.

As for the framing and siding, WOW! They really cranked it out today. Our second story is enclosed on one side, the siding is off on part of the existing house and they started putting up the plastic housewrap on the front. It is going to be surreal to not see the progress for a few days. We will return to game of "what's different in this picture?"

Monday evening framing

The framers continue to amaze us at their hard work and the amount they accomplish each day!

More Big Beams Today - And A Crane

Capitol Crane made an appreance today and placed several beams in the new garage space. The crane operator was dead on in his placement.

More crane work. They were able to move the mess of lumber from yesterday, so Tom is happy.

Monday May 11th

Our big window from the dining room went away today. It actually went all the way around the corner to a wall in the old garage space. We also had a huge load of lumber delivered...sort of. The tilt of the flat bed onto an angle in the yard didn't pan out so well. We ended up with a hugepile of mess. Needless to say, Tom the foreman was not pleased!

After last Friday's delivery of moldy wood, we thought we better let the resident expert check this load. He approved.

The new garage saw some huge progress. Garret and Owen know where the doors will go now and can't wait to see more!