Come on in!

Hannah and Kierra are waiting to welcome you in. Ok, the front door is nailed shut so you can't come in. but do you want to come in for a coffee or tea in January? We would love to have you! (photo - Dayna)

Dayna sits on the scaffolding at the back of the house - perfect picture spot. (photo-Hannah)

A picnic in the new house

What a beautiful day for a picnic! Indoors off course and we celebrated having walls and warmth and not much colour. But that will come! This week the brick layers hope to finish the outside brick, the mudders will be done and the painters will come in right behind the cleaners...things are rolling along.

I will try to add another photo or two tomorrow - it takes so long to load on this dial-up that there's no time left for today!

Build your house....

We are amazed at how the building is going! On Tuesday of this week the place was quiet and we had no one to serve the 3pm coffee and cookies to. On Wednesday the place was once again a-buzz and on Thursday the drywallers arrived. They will finish their job tomorrow and then the tapers can come! Amazing how many people we are meeting! The brick has arrived and the bricklayers will come Tuesday to begin the bricking process! Amazing how nice and snugly it is in there with walls and insulation.

Wow. At this rate is it quite simple to see that we will meet the target date of December 22 - that being the date that we walk our stuff from this house to the new one!

Here are some photos for you to view

This is taken from the doorway of our bedroom. A view to the south and east.

1. Dayna looks out the living room windows. 2. Standing in the dining room looking to

the kitchen and beyond towards the garage.

Friday, November 09, 2007

Dave & Kristin got married!

More photos

Photos (top to bottom): Dayna & Cadence on the trampoline; me {Hannah} holding Ava; Kierra & Dayna 'in the bathtub'; and 'on the back porch'

Inside the house

Here is a photo of Mom & Dad {Ev & Henry}. They are standing right in the kitchen & dining room area. To the left is the living room & entry way. Directly down the hallway behind them is the garage. To the right is the laundry room.

From the looks of things, the house has the pumbing & electrical roughed-in, as well most of the windows and over half of the doors.

This is beautiful, smiling, 5-month-old Ava. Mom & Dad often have the grandkids for an afternoon or overnight, which is gives Dave & Kristin a break and gives the rest of the family lots of good quality time with Cadence & Ava!

The Roof: Part 2

Hey. Hannah here again. We can't seem to upload photos from mom's laptop at their house. So for the time being, I have been given the blogging task.

This is what the house looked like yesterday, November 10th...

...compared to what it looked like a week and half ago!

(This blogging thing is new to me . . . and I can't seem to get my pictures to go in the order I want them to. And how do some people get captions on their photos?)

The Roof!

Hi. Hannah again. It was pretty neat to be at Mom & Dad's last night and to see the roof up. It is starting to look like a real house! They put the rafters on on Thursday(?) and the plywood on yesterday (photos to follow at a later date). Rumour has it that if it doesn't rain, shingling will begin this week.

The Walls!

Greetings. Hannah here. Just trying to post those photos for Mom. Here are a couple photos of the walls and glimpse of the new driveway! These photos were taken on Wednesday, October 31, 2007.