Oink Oink

This has nothing to do with building at all... but this past weekend, we went to Yahner's Pig Roast in the Poconos. It was a great weekend away and its always a great chance to see Kelly, Brian and Kaleb and the rest of the family. Here are some of our favorite pictures:

The boyz enjoying the "jumpy"

Ben and Courtney jumpin' (can you tell Ben spent his whole day here) Can't have a pig roast without the PIG! (yes, I know, YUCK)
The bag piper (I think this was the first year for this - we missed 2 years)
Kaleb blowing out the candles on his birthday cake! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
The pinata
The kiddos waiting for the candy to fall

Jumping again... Um, Caitlyn, you're supposed to jump in it, not EAT it!
Caitlyn and her Daddy!
AWWWWW...

Me and Caitlyn (still eating the net)BEAR! in the Yahner trophy room
Tracey jamming on her guitar

Cake balls - look closely, I made them look like pigs (chocolate ones look like pigs, and vanilla are plain w/o faces)! THE END!!!

There are tons more pictures, but I can't possible download them all!

The Innerds

Went up today to pay Curtis to start the septic, and for the first time in a long time, things were going on while I was there. The electrician was just finishing up all of the wiring in the house, and the plumber had finished yesterday. But the surprise came as we were driving down the road and half of the siding is up!!! The back and the side with the fire place is done!!!

I am so happy with our choice of colors. I was a little nervous since they give you a 1 in square to compare colors... and then imagine your whole house in that color... but we did good! Its called Kakhi, and its a darker beige. The shudders are a darker brown.

The dump trucks were bringing in loads of sand for our septic and taking out loads of our dirt from digging the foundation. Busy bees!!!!

The fireplace in the Family Room

One of the bathtubs... they are the same in both bathrooms

The well...

The back of the house fully sided

The Sunroom

The electric panel in the basement

Most of the tubing for the Pex system

Side of the house... they were just finishing up the siding

Lots going on this week!

Well, I got a call from Chuck, our CM, on Friday. The plumber was there and we are scheduled with the electrician this week. Our septic contractor, Curtis, is headed down Monday as well. And our well guy, Roger, has been there working for the past week... 253 feet and counting... geez, why can't anything be easy!? Hehe, I guess everyone warned us!

I'll be headed up either Tuesday or Thursday this week for more pics!

Crayon

"Picture Pages, Picture Pages,

Time to get your Picture Pages,

Time to get your crayons and your pencils..."

Sorry couldn't resist. Every time Chuck told us we had to meet to do our "crayon", this song from Bill Crosby's Picture Pages popped into my head. But anyway, on Friday, we met Chuck to go through the house and mark all of our "stuff". He outlined all the counters and appliances, lighting and cable/telephone. Took some more pictures after it was all done...

Part of the kitchen layout (with the peninsula in the middle)

Kitchen again with the stove, corner cabinets and sink in bottom right corner

Wall of kitchen that borders dining room, with refirgerator and pantry (not pictured) way to the right

Basement, rough ins for the 3/4 bath

Um, Lenny, the kitchen sink isn't there yet... pretty sure your hands aren't getting clean

Dinner is served... well in a few months. Whatcha cookin in that "oven" Lenny?

Nothin in the fridge...

TADA!!!!

Well, we got to go up to the house today. We had our hot tub delivered to the property so we can close on our other house next week. It was quite overwhelming to drive down the road today. The whole house is up! All the framing is done and the roof is done and windows are in! We walked around and showed the kids all the rooms. They had a blast. After a minor fall... okay a nasty fall... I got the camera for some pictures! Check it out!

The Sunroom - 12x14

Family Room with wood burning fireplace

Basement Crawlspace

Office - Future home of DMB Video

Front Porch - comes standard with 2 monkeys (oh, kids)

The front door

Master Bathroom (left) and Walk in Closet (right)

The kids walk in closets with a bedroom in background

Monkeys on the steps to 1st level

Garage storage space and laundry room (right)

TADA... Here it is!

Back of house with sunroom

Back again
Garage side view

Front of house from the other side

Lots of updates...

Sorry its been a little while since I've updated, but things are nuts here. We have relocated to my parent's house to get our house ready to sell. BUT as we have been moving things up to Sarver to storage, we have been making stops at the new house. Last week when we got there, all of the lumber had been delibered as well as the shingles. They also had on Friday, inserted the steel beam that supports the house.

Last night when Lenny and dad stopped by to check, THE WHOLE HOUSE WAS UP! The walls, the steps, the flooring... everything! I am so incredibly jealous that they got to see it, but Mom and I are headed up tomorrow and I'll post pictures. Stay tuned!

Back to the other house... we close next Friday! Wahoo!!!