And It's A House!

Ok, so it's been a while. But I can explain, I promise. I took some pictures a few weeks ago...and put the camera on the hood of the truck while I went back to work. That was a mistake. You should never put a delicate instrument on the hood of a vehicle that has the potential to move. Which it did move, when I ran home to get some lunch. A very nice gentleman found the camera and recognized my truck from looking through the pictures, and found me before I even realized that my camera was gone. :) That camera is TOUGH. It still works. Some dents, some dings, and a few scratches, but still in good running condition. So here's a shout out for Canon cameras! :) That being said, I lost my camera cord when my camera case (which it was in) went flying off the hood. It was (sadly) never recovered. But now I have a new cord, it's been a few weeks...and we have made a ton of progress! 

The framing party was October 12 (and to those of you who know of our bet...yes, I owe Josh a golf game, because it was framed by the time he said it would be) and we had to work super hard to get everything ready by then. We actually stayed home from October Camp, which was a huge disappointment, but a necessary one. That weekend we finished the floor joists and the subfloor. (Thanks a million, Todd for coming over and helping us with that!) That week, we marked where the walls were to go and ordered lumber. 
Friday: Chad and Todd came over and we got all the top and bottom plates of the house built, marked and laid out. Plus the front and back walls of the house built. And we were ready for frame day! 
Saturday and Sunday: We are so blessed to have all the friends who came over and helped us out! We got a ton done :) All the walls were framed, all sides sheeted with plywood, and three sides Tyveked. Plus all the roof joists where run and we put up the front walls for the three front dormers. 
This last couple weeks, we have finished the walls for the upstairs office, put in sheetrock backing and towel backing (so our towels don't jump off the walls someday :) and cut the door openings. This coming weekend my wonderful brothers are coming down and a couple friends are coming over and we are going to put the roof on! I am so, so, so, so, so, so, so, EXCITED. :) I can't wait to see the roofline. SO...............here are all the pictures you've been waiting for. I unfortunately forgot to get a picture of just the subfloor when it was all done, but I got one of when Todd and Josh were working on back walls. Enjoy!!

Todd and Josh working Friday

David helping some of the kids :)

Starting to look like a house!  

 Jonathan and Ethan trying to figure out what to do

 An example of Lydia's photography 

 And another...

 Dad's addition to our house - a mouse hole! It says, "Home Sweet Home" and "Mice Welcome"

 Holden working hard

 The front of the house

 One of our many helpers

 At the end of the weekend!

Stay tuned for more after this weekend...we should have a roof on that structure! To all who helped us: a huge thank you for all the hard work! When it's finished, we look forward to having you all over for dinner and fun times! 

Until the next update, 

Josh and Rebecca