Trusses - Phase I

Trusses are up! Well all but over the front door. We just got those today!

Hope this shot ties things together for the image of our addition.

Thanks Brian and Charlie for helping Earl while I was at work. The trusses look awesome! Time for some OSB.

Construction Site Views

Just a few shots of our view this evening...

There was an amazing rainbow - FULL rainbow that was just beautiful!

Earl admiring the rainbow...maybe there is a pot of gold next to the water tower!?!

So the front of the house had a great rainbow and the back of the house had a colorful sunset! We were able to snap a family photo.

And Porter sitting very nice!

Walls!

And we have walls...

Earl built wall jacks with pipe and boat trailer winches to raise the walls into place - they were pretty slick and really helped out the back!

Our first upstairs wall is up!

And this is our second wall...two more to go!

Stairs!

We have stairs!

The stringers were a 4th of July project just prior to going out to a Spokane Indians' baseball game with fireworks after the game

Porter loves the stairs and races up and down as we go up and down...

New framing for the addition!

New floor framed in for the stairs - and the pantry...

Came home today and the wall between the garage and the house for the pantry/stair area was up...

Now we are just waiting for our floor system to arrive...should have been today but now is Friday...it better be or we'll get behind!

Busy Weekend - Hoopfest, Backyard Fishing, and Family Reunion

Watched my brother Brian and his friends play in Hoopfest

...and Brian did some backyard fishing to get O'Neal's favorite stuffed basketball back from the neighbor's yard...

Good thing we kept our fishing poles and snagging hooks and lead!

Thanks for all of your help and fun this weekend Brian!

We also went to the Wottlin-Davis Family Reunion - I ran out of battery for my camera and did not take pictures but we had a great time seeing family at the cabin!

Busy Weekend - Addition

The garage roof/trusses were removed

The garage "push-out" was framed in

And the garage door header was moved to the new garage door opening!

It looks great!

Thanks to our family for all of the help so far with the cement work and the removal of the trusses, garage door, and the new framing!