New house as of 12/11/10

The framers are out working in subfreezing weather. That has to be one of the coldest jobs, brrr! But I appreciate it. They have framed the second story now and are framing the roof this week. Here's a view out the library from the upstairs.
a look at the front. You can see they started the roof rafters somewhat. It's going to be a 12 pitch roof so it will be pretty tall and steep.

Sam was out there freezing with me. Here's the upstairs landing or playroom according to the plans.

A look out the two story foyer window.

Race photos--finally

So I recently was emailed these pics of us in our half marathon in October. It's kind of fun to see action shots:) Now that it's cold and running has become much harder, I can't even imagine running that far. We'll have to get back in shape next spring.

Although it looks like I'm leading in this photo don't be misled. I was tailing behind trying to keep up with my husband.

Christmas Cousins

Ashton was ice fishing at the children's museum with his cousins, Emma and Ava. Lucas love playing in the christmas kitchen.

Ava Lee with Santa.

Emma wasn't too sure about him.

And that's the closest that Ashton would get to Santa. One can never be too cautious.

First story framed

Here's a good view from the second story out the library window; I think? and you can see the insulated panels we're using instead of traditional framing. The SIPS company cut them to our specifications at their plant and the framers fit them together on site. They are pretty heavy so they needed a crane to start on the second story.

A view from the back. The windows starting closest to you are the master bedroom, the great room and dining room accordingly.

Air band

Building and more

This weekend we visited the building site and saw the improvements being made. Here is the view out the back of the house overlooking the woods and the septic field. A view of the newly poured basement. The framing crew came and framed the whole basement and put the floor on the main level in one day. Pretty fast!

The view of the backside where we can walk out of the basement.

From the front. The garage is on the left and you can see the beginnings of the stair case on the main level when you walk in the front door from the nonexistent porch.

And, here's us. We attended the hospital gala and had a kid free night out. Just to let you know how small and close his hometown is, at the table we were seated he went to church growing up with one girls ex-high school boyfriend, and the couple at our left went to high school with Cinnamon (his older sister). The other couple is in charge of finding couples who want to be the nights entertainment and do dancing with the stars to raise money for the hospital. I think we're on her list now. Overall, it was a fun night of dancing and eating.

Ashton sings the ABC's