OOPS!!!

Sooo this is our deck.......after me and Payton got to it!!! OOPS!!! We unloaded a bunk of plywood onto it, and against my better judgement we didn't make TWO piles......but then Payton knocked out one of our supports and the deck came crashing down......

Good news: it's fixable. Bad news: We have to fix it......when we have 10,000 other things to work on. Oh well. Scott is amazing and can fix anything,....right?? :)

Stay tuned......

Tomorrow we get trusses, so we should have a roof tomorrow!!! :) WOO HOO!! We should also be getting our windows/doors this week too.....so hopefully we'll have some good progress pics this week!

We can Bathe!!

Our tubs came in this week! WOO HOO! So we got tub/surround combos for the downstairs bath and for the kid bathroom upstairs. They have fake tile which is a little cheezy but i liked it better than the flat white. Here's a close up of tub.....(plus some saw dust and dirt...)

Here is the tub in the upstairs kid bathroom. There will be a toilet in front on the right, then a vanity in front of the toilet. Door on the left wall.

Tub in the downstairs bathroom. Pretty much the same as the upstairs one but the pooper and vanity on the left side this time. Door on the right.

AHhhh and the grand finale!!! *MY* tub......my beautiful corner jetted tub. It's fabulous, and i LOVE IT.......
Me basking is my wonderful tub...... This pic doesn't do it justice....i can practically lay down in this thing and have water up to my chin......

YAY!

Like Father Like Son

Lane LOVES his daddy.....he wants to be just like him, and mimics his every move.....literally! Here he is demonstrating his emerging carpentry skills. Lane is fascinated with tools, and helping us work on the house. So we let him loose with a hammer....

He's watching Scott to see how to do it.......

Then he goes for it.

We had to trade him hammers cuz he was getting mad at the big hammer.

SERIOUS concentration pose.

He got the hang of it pretty well!

What a good helper!!

Cheese!!

We're working on Lane smiling on command for the camera. Here's his version of "cheese" Not too bad for a little guy.

Bucket head

Lane found yet another way to ride his 4-wheeler.....with a Lego bucket!!

Orange smiles!

Lane learned the art of Orange Smiles last night.....he's a natural........

Ahhhhhhhhh......Hot!

Scott showed Lane how to warm his hands by the wood stove. So now everytime Lane walks past the fire he stops and puts his hands out and says...."ahhhhhhh.......hot" and rubs his hands together.....it's pretty funny... but still didn't keep him from burning one of his little fingers the other day. :( sadness. BUT our new house will have an enclosed wood stove, that looks like an actual fireplace, but heats like a wood stove.......so it won't be as scary for little kids to play in our living room.

How many ways??

How many ways has Lane discovered to ride his 4 wheeler?

1. backwards

2. standing

3. sitting, feet up

4. sitting feet down

5. standing....no hands!!! (usually accompanied by "woo hoo")

The last one concerns me a little bit.....hopefully he grows out of that one before we give him something gas powered to ride.

Virtual Tour #2

OK so here is the 2nd story tour. First, here is a little floor map so it makes more sense when you see these walls with no sheet rock. The hole around the stairs will have a log handrail (see squaw wood post) So there WILL be handrail all the way around it.

I hope you all can read this map

Here's bed 1 at the top of the stairs
Bed 1 and Bed 2
master bed and master bath
Office door in the far corner

My craft nook .....looks are deceiving. I have enough room for a wall to wall shelf/desk and a chair....and floor to ceiling shelves....

Bed 3....to the left of the door will be the stairs going up to the loft/attic/rec room. It will also have log handrail....way cute

So there's my house! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! and once it is done i will never leave it....except to go swimming at the lake, and to my weekly trip to walmart. :) Ok so maybe not, but i am just so grateful for this opportunity and for such a talented husband that can build me a house! it's been fun so far! hopefully we can keep it up!

Bobcats and shovels

Well we started backfilling today, and it was a little crazy! (of course, this IS our house afterall) After several stalling episodes, and a few getting stuck fiascos we got all but one

corner of the hose backfilled. Scott and Lane ran the bobcat, and me (and sometimes payton) shoveled it out to smooth it out. I officiall hate shovels, but i LOVE the end product. It looks SO great with most of the huge dirt piles gone! (scroll down to see previous dirt piles)

Here's a shot of the house, all walls up, window cut out, and no roof. Sadness. BUT the Truss guy came out today so we should get our trusses next week.

So Kyle and Payton started building the deck while we backfilled. The got the back-side wall done...this is the only skinny section, the rest of the deck is 8 ft wide all the way around....covered....beautiful! :)

So tomorro we finish backfilling and probly frame the deck.....then our week of craziness will be done and house production will slow drastically as Scott will go back to work......and i'll go back to just posting cute pictures of Lane....:)

Sorry!!!

UGH!!! I forgot my camera today so I don't have any pics for today....sorry to my hundreds (ok 2 confessed followers) but you'll have to wait till tomorrow. BUT here's a recap what we did today. The boys finished framing the interior walls on the 2nd floor, so we're ready for trusses, but we can't get them till next thursday-ish. I worked on cleaning up all the scrap and making a huge bon fire out of them, so we can back-fill tomorrow and saturday. SOO i'll take some pics tomorrow and maybe give you all a virtual tour of our 2nd story.....

until then! See you tomorrow!!

Squaw wood

When we go camping, Scott jokes with me and tells me that I have to go get squaw wood,...or firewood....Indian women always get the wood for the fires....they would go into the woods and drag out whatever logs they could find... Well I took squaw wood to a whole new level today....and i used a chainsaw!! Yup, it was pretty fun....i was cutting down trees for our handrail. I didnt' know that i could use a chainsaw.....so i've successfully reached a new level in my mountain woman/redneck quest.......:) I should have taken a pic when they were still in the truck, it looked alittle more impressive. BUT here's my stash!!

These are logs we're going to use on the wrap-around deck.........no i did not cut these down :) Scott did

Tour

Here's a virtual tour

standing in living room/play area, looking at living room where fireplace will be (up against stairs)

other side of family room

Lane trying to climb the stairs.

looking in the front door

standing in the laundry room doorway, looking at the dining room/kitchen on left, stairs and our sweet log posts.

laundry room door on right, bathroom door in the middle and pantry on left
kitchen
my posts....they still need some love but aren't they cool!?

Another day...

Here's pics to make up for yesterday. I worked yesterday so i didn't get to take any pics. But yesterday they got the last wall up downstairs, and finished interior framing on 1st floor, and rolled the 2nd floor system. Today they got their 2nd story exterior walls up, and the stairs built, and our logs set under the beam. Here's some working shots of today. Kyle and Scott were building, me and Payton were packing wood up to the 2nd story, and other various grunt work :)

This is the hole for the stairs...it will have log handrail all the way around so you can see downstairs.