DAY SIX (Friday): Anthony came out to help before work and Otis came and spent the morning helping again. Later in the evening, Anothony returned to help and Hans and Lyle came to assist also. The roofing is started and finished in one day! While Creighton and Otis are roofing in the morning, Britton, Tipton, and Anthony install the windows.Tipton goes to work framing in our new, higher and wider opening for the stairs between the kitchen and living- /family- /great- room (whatever we finally decide it is going to be). We aren't going to open up the ceiling and doorway untill everything is well insulated and child-safe, but the support framing will all be there so we can simply remove what is needed when the time comes.
Another thank you goes out to our babysitters, Courtney and Amber, who watched the girls for a few hours Thursday and Friday evening (as well as the previous Saturday), and to their mother, Karleen, for making us dinner and dessert. It sure went fast!

DAY FIVE (Thursday): It rained a little overnight, but thanks to some visqueen, we're doing okay. The sheathing goes up on the roof and then the overhangs are framed and sheathed also.


Today we had building help from Clayton and Otis again. Look at us go! The roof is on...will it rain again?

DAY FOUR (Wednesday): Our third wall is completed and goes up, then Tipton sustains an "accidental" injury on the job site... ;)


As the evening approches, we lift the trusses into place and start our blocking. A big thanks to the Shaws for some babysitting help -- we needed all the hands we could get for those trusses!

DAY THREE (Tuesday): Both Hans and Otis came out to help this morning - Thank you folks! The first wall is framed, sheathed, and then raised and put in place. Then comes wall two and we're starting to look like a house!
While we're framing in the first wall, Hans and Tipton hop up on the roof and start removing the overhang in preparation for the two end walls.

DAY TWO (Monday): Otis came to help for the morning. Floor joists go in and part way through we learn how to do it a more efficient way. Then comes the blocking.

Last comes the sheeting/underlayment. Those nails every 6" look to be more like 2.5-4 inches apart! This floor isn't going anywhere.

DAY ONE (Saturday): Sill seal and treated sills go in...Then on to the rim joist, center beam, and posts!