June 24th...more deck

We went out to the house today and took some Gatorade and snacks for the guys working. It has been so hot that they can only work during the morning. Anything after that and they just bake! The deck is looking great and it was pretty cool to stand on it and imagine what it is going to look like.

Looking out from the kitchen through the dining room to the covered porch area.









This is a view from the great room out onto the uncovered deck.




Standing on the uncovered part of the deck looking at the place where the outdoor fireplace will be.

June 22...start of a deck

They started framing out the covered porch and deck today so they can use it to put the scaffolding on it to be safer.

June 18th...framing

Standing in the foyer looking through the great room into the dining room and kitchen.














Standing in the foyer looking through the great room at the massive windows and deck.














The HUGE master closet. Seriously...it is bigger than the bedroom that Ty is in right now.














View from the driveway looking into the garage.

June 18th...electric company

While we were gone to a technology conference this week, the electric company prepared for the power to come to the house. I knew that they had a right to clear trees if they were in the way and would affect the line, but I had no idea that they would just clear a huge path and cut down every tree in the way! Here's a picture of a view from the top. Keep in mind that you could barely see the road near the house, much less the whole field below and the entire road! I was upset at first because that was a LOT of trees that were cut, but then I did sign the piece of paper giving them permission, and after looking at the view, decided that it wouldn't be such a bad thing. We were planning on cutting down a lot of the trees anyway...okay maybe not as many as they cut...but I'm trying to take a surprise and turn it into something good. Anyway, the picture doesn't really do it justice because I wasn't standing right by the road when I took the picture, which is where you can really see the cut path. But hey...at least we'll have electricity!

June 12th...Framing begins

The 2x6 north walls went up today before the storm came through. This is part of the master bedroom, closet, and bath.


6 foot windows in the master bedroom










Another view of the framing...and of course Ty had to get in another picture.

June 11th...Chalk and Materials

Materials were delivered today for framing and they chalked lines for the walls. It rained last night, and you can see how muddy it is.

June 10th...we have a slab!

These two guys are hand troweling and working their butts off!









This guy was running a huge machine to make the concrete really smooth since we are going to have stained concrete floors.




Most of the slab and the guys working on it.
It looks kinda small, huh?

June 8th...plumbing is finished

This is a picture from the north end of the house looking south. The nearest wall will be the master bathroom and master closet. You can see that the plumbing has been installed and the dirt and rock dust filled back in where the trenches were.




This picture just shows a closer view of plumbing lines and pipes. This view is looking north into the master bath area.

June 5th...more plumbing

We have pipes in the ground. I have no idea if it is finished or not, but I'm assuming not because the supply rig is still there! We were able to talk to the plumbers yesterday and they were super nice!

June 4th...Start of plumbing

They finished filling and now they are starting the plumbing. Here's some pictures of a small backhoe in Ty's room and some plumbing supplies.



Pictures of the covered back porch...and Ty playing in the dirt.






More pics of beginning plumbing work...and a pretty cute little boy who loves to get in pictures.

June 3rd...there's a dump truck in my house!

Went up to the house today and they were busy back filling. Here's a picture of the little dump truck in our house! They also put some smaller gravel on our road. The road looks better and better each time we go out there!

June 2nd

No new pictures today. We talked to our builder yesterday about preparation for concrete floors and how/who will stain them. He has been working on getting the septic system and electricity started. Apparently, it would cost us $5 a linear foot to have the electricity buried coming up to our house, and since that could be around $5000 extra, we decided that it would be okay to have poles coming up the side of our road and then the wire would be buried going to our house. Not ideal...but way too expensive to justify. Plus, we would lose a lot of trees if we buried it. The electric company will still cut some of our trees, but they will save as many as they can.