Visitors from the SKY!

This Thanksgiving weekend as we were considering all that we are thankful for...we had a couple of visitors...straight from the sky!  One much more welcome than the other!

The first....SNOW!!  

Not what we wanted to see arriving in our neighborhood...yet...

We had hoped to have the roof on before the snow settled around the house.  Now, as the day warms up there are.puddles of water sitting on the floors and in the basement.  Aggh!

BUT!!   on the other hand ...a great visitor!  Mom!

from sunny California!  It was fun to show her around and the next time she comes, she will be staying here!  (am I being too confident?)

 By the time we left the snow was melting quickly but more to come in the next week.  Fingers crossed we get a few days where the framers can come and get this roof  finished!!

The Roof (s) .... "Holy Moly"!!

To quote my sister..."holy moly" is right!!

Sorry, haven't posted for a few weeks...we have been in shock!

This house keeps getting bigger and bigger and we are stunned!  The roof is going up now which gives more shape to the rooms, the walls and the VERY TALL ceilings!

Not sure this is what we expected but this is what we have...YIKES! (and yay!)

These framers have NO fear!!

On the road above looking down while framers are working on the roof.  Very cold day!

Side view from the road...

Roof is being enclosed.,..those joists sticking out will eventually be cut back.

The framing takes shape...

Okay...I admit it...I'm excited!  I can't help myself even though I spent more time in my car and more money on gas this week than I probably should have.  But if I didn't...I wouldn't have this update for you!

I got to the house while the framers were still working.  They are amazing.  I sat in my car for quite a few minutes just watching them.  They are so confident, up there...it was fun to watch and listen to the air guns as they nailed our house together!  And such nice guys...they are all willing to chat and talk about the house and what they are doing. We are feeling lucky to have them!

you can see on the left side the start of an angled roof line.

So many windows...can you guess the number?

View from driveway toward garage

looking in to garage from back of house

Kitchen windows to left, great room window in middle, wall going up to master bedroom on the right

looking toward back of the house...laundry and master closet at the far end.

Looking from closet/bath to master bedroom...wow!

master bedroom view...wow, wow!

wall separating great room from master

Great room will have a 4 panel slider below those windows

Panoramas

Views from the street above looking down on the back of the house.

and a house is born!!!

Okay so today was exciting!  Got a text around 5 pm as I was leaving work from a 'soon to be neighbor' who told me there were 4-5 guys working on the house (time to call it a house?  oh yes!).

We hadn't seen any work since last Thursday because the weather was bad.  Since Mike has gone back to work, I couldn't bear not going up to see what had been done and to send him some photos.  And truly it is starting to look like our home...or at least the frame of it!

Take a look!!!  (pictures came out really grainy...but you get the idea!)

The view as I pulled into the 'driveway'.  Basement is being sheeted and eventually windows will be popped out.  Main floor has some pretty tall walls!

Inside the basement...looks dark and dirty ...guess it is right now.

Main floor looking at stairs (hole) and 'back of the house. Windows by stairs and slider (door) in front of dining room.

Main floor looking toward back of house and garage wall...not there yet.

From Master looking at great room and then kitchen 

Kitchen Windows!

Guest bedroom slider on left (view of outhouse) and kitchen windows on right

Guest room slider close up

Kitchen again

view from garage of back of house..framed area to the right is mud room.

Looks like a fake movie set!

cement posts in front of house will hold the beams for the deck

The sun was setting...I was happy!

And here is the really good news!...

The weather is supposed to be beautiful for the rest of the week!!!

That means more work!

Stay tuned!!