siding

Dad and Craig Bowder working on siding the south wall. 

Lydia Hammering

Lydia, 8 yrs. old in Jan., helping construct the porch. 

Measuring Porch Roof Sheeting

Kevin and Nathan measuring plywood to sheet the porch roof. There is a good reason to learn math...

Everyone working on porch

Working together...
Left to right: Lydia, Nathan and woodie, Laura, Hannah, and Dad

Porch Under Construction

We have recently been working on building the front porch. 

Porch

Dad, Kevin, and Nathan working on the front porch. 

Wood stove: set and ready

Ruthie is ready for some heat! 

unloading stove

 

WOOD STOVE! HEAT!!!!

We finally have a wood stove!!! Heat is wonderful! I am very grateful to God that we got to experience living without it for a while because you really don't realize what a blessing it is until you don't have it any more! We are very grateful, warm, and think it is such a novelty. =)
The surface is so large on top of the stove that we can cook on it... it works great for soups! 

Sheltered Concrete

So we came up with a solution to all the rain. We tarped the paths and porches so the finishers could smooth the wet concrete in all dryness. Did you see the picture of rain-splattered, hole-poked, wet concrete in the last post? All glory to God! We now have smooth dry concrete with no noticeable rain damage! 

Pouring Concrete

The day we were set to pour concrete, it was beautiful outside at 6am, 7am, then after it was poured, the water gushed forth from the skies!

Moving Sand for Porches

We moved more sand for our front and back porches, and walk-ways to them. We are very happy to have wonderful, large porches and cannot wait for the endless hospitality and ministry opportunities!

WOLFORDS move SAND!

The Straub and Wolford young people shoveling sand into the concrete frame of our front porch to-be.














Mr. Wolford is chisling out the old tile where our new front door entryway will be.

Roofing

We are glad to see the roof finally being installed. We decided to hire out this part as Mom thought that falling off the roof and a trip to the ER would be more expensive than the labor to put it on!!! Praise God we have a dry roof overhead now! Thank you to all of our friends' help and prayers to get us this far!

Painting the Eaves

Dad, Kevin, and Nathan worked till 10:30pm last night painting the eaves before the roofers covered the area.

Barge Rafters

Doug and his friend working on the barge rafters for us.

Getting ready to roof!!!

The roofing company is loading all their materials onto the roof with an escalator. We're getting excited around here!!!
The plan is to get the house waterproof, windows, doors, a roof, and plumbing. Then move back in to the 2 rooms downstairs while we work on the upstairs interior as time and money allows. 

Working on the Roof...

Kevin preparing Nathan to work on the roof. He is helping Nathan adjust the safety harness.















Nathan all harnessed and ready to go at it with his sawsall.

Construction Site Toys

Ruthie had a brilliant idea that she could make knitting needles out of nails! It's pretty cute. 

Trusses

This is the part that most people call an attic. You can see the OSB board lying on top of the trusses, ready to be nailed down as sheeting. A bit of the tarp is in the picture as well. The tarp has been covering the roof through the rain and drizzles we have been having. The younger family members enjoy hopping from truss to truss and swinging among the rafters like monkeys... makes for a great kids' play structure!!! 

Edmonds Crew

Mr. Edmonds and Stephen cutting OSB board.















Ben Edmonds hammering braces to give the trusses extra support and security. Nathan Edmonds also came out, but he was so fast he blurred all the pictures!

Walkers cover milage

Mr. Walker brought Joseph and Bryce out to put one foot in front of the other and cover some milage. Together we sheeted the roof and did some other odd jobs.

Mom looking cute!

 

Kevin working on Trusses

 

View of the House

Looking at the house from a Southwest angle.

The Glow Blow Shift

This is what the Glow Blow shift looks like from down below. Dad, Mr. Rieggs, Nathan, and Kevin are spreading trusses for the room over the garage after dark. (And Mr. Barclay helped Laura with this night photography!)