WELCOME!

Hi all!
We can now officially welcome you to our new house through our front door!  They installed it today and it is beautiful!

It is solid mahogany and weighs a ton. Good thing for strong construction guys.  To the right of the door is the formal dining and to the left our office.

Riker is checking out the dining room...I hope he approves....   ;-)

The siding is coming along great, and isn't that the just the cutest little window above the door? 

The siding is primed yellow and gray, so it looks a little funky now.  The painters will come in a couple weeks.  I can't wait to see the finished product.

YEAH! It's coming together. The area around the window to the far left will be stoned.

We are still missing the back patio door.  I know the lumber company is doing the best they can, but I can't wait for it to get here. 

Hope all is well with everyone.  We are back to 100 degrees today.  uugghhh...  I sincerely hope this is the last day of summer.  COME ON FALL I need ya!

Love and miss y'all
Jeanne

Still praying for rain in Texas

It's a house!

Hi all!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend.  Shaun spent his weekend fishing in a tournament on Lake Fork. It's a big tourney with HUGE cash prizes, boat, trucks, etc awarded.  He was very polite (he is such a good sport) and left that stuff for the other fishermen. He had a good time and came home with a great tan and some fun (fish) stories. 

Monday morning brought our amazing framing crew back to the house.  What an exciting couple of days. 
By Monday evening we had trusses up.  In the past we have always used a crane to put the trusses on the roof.  These guys did it one at a time by hand and still did it in record time.  Hard working bunch of guys for sure. 

By the end of the day Monday it was starting to look like a house instead of a box

Tuesday morning we saw amazing progress.  Most of the windows had been installed by noon 
This is where we were at when they broke for lunch.  There have been between 18-23 guys on the job all day.  I know A LOT of construction crews that could take a lesson from these guys.  They have laughed, joked, and sang most of the time.  They even pick up after themselves.  All I can assume is they all had good momma's!  HA! 



It is now about 3:00 and they have started the siding and they are flying!

This is the back of the house overlooking the pond.  The yellow color is primer on the siding.  The painters will come next week.  whew..

It's hard to believe this crew has only been on the job 4 full days now.  On Thursday the 22nd all we had was a concrete slab.  I know the process will slow considerably when it comes to finish but it is still exciting to see a dream turn into a reality.

More updates to come soon

Hope this finds everyone healthy and happy.  Texas is still praying for rain.  Cooler temperatures have helped with the fire situation and with my attitude.  ;-) 

Love and miss y'all
Jeanne  

WE HAVE WALLS!

Hi all !
Yesterday was pretty exciting, not to mention fast paced, around here.
The framers showed up at 6:30am This is what things looked like when they got here

This is where the front door will be

By 7:30

at 8:30  ~~ these boys are flying!

and at 10:00

By 3:00,  the end of their day, we are sheeted and ready for trusses!  Woohoo!

I am looking forward to next week.  All of our doors and windows are in and ready to be installed and we should be enclosed and dried in by Friday, maybe even sided!

So exciting!

Have an amazing weekend

Love and miss all of you
Jeanne

*Still praying for rain*