Sorry it has been so long since I last posted--things have been crazy around here!! Anyways, we have still been working on the house. It seems like it is getting so close, yet there are so many little things to be done. We would be ready for shingles if this weather would ever change. We have about 1 1/2 days of work left on the roof to get it ready for shingles (completing the great room roof, and the office dormer), but the roof is like a skating rink with all this snow/rain/sleet we have been getting. Maybe this upcoming weekend will prove to be nice!
Todd rented a Bobcat on Friday, and moved some dirt so that the concrete truck can (hopefully) get in to pour the basement. We were afraid they would just end up getting stuck--we should of had them in when the ground was frozen solid, but we just didn't think about that!!!
All interior walls are framed--hooray--and for that matter, all the exterior walls as well! We have a total of 7 windows in (out of about 22), so we are making progress--3 windows in the office, 2 in the great room (one of them the big rounded ones at the top), the little "piano" window in the walk-in closet, and the front bay window.
Todd, Dad L, Mom L, and Uncle Nigel worked on the house this past Friday and Saturday--but was it ever cold. The wind was blowing in from the southeast and it was chilly. They still managed to get the chimney fireplace framed in. We don't really need the chimney, as we are installing a gas fireplace, but it is more for looks. The entire chimney is covered with rock (inside the house and out), so we need a frame to put that on.
If anyone is interested in helping with shingling, please let us know. We would probably be looking to shingle not this upcoming weekend, but the one following--April 20-21.
A belated thanks to Mom H, as she was down a few weekends ago and did some cleanup around the site for us!!
Nathan's closet.
The games room looking out to the great room fireplace. We will have railing where it is currently open.
You can see the small piano window that is in our walk in closet.
The piano window from inside.
Another view of Nathan's room.
Back wall (south facing) with 2 of the windows put in, and the fireplace chimney framed in. You can see on the roof where we are missing plywood.
Jacob and Joshua were helping Daddy today with their new toolbelts from Nana.
Nathan was just watching, and then he had a little nap!!!
The bathroom wall upstairs is now framed in. Jacob's room is on the very right, with the bathroom in the middle, and then Josh's room off to the left. 
