Waiting......

No new photos to post...

But windows have been delivered :) and we've scheduled our electrical walk through for Monday afternoon. This is a little early, but since our sales/marketing gal will be gone she wanted to get it done as to not hold anything up.

On a side note, tomorrow we have Colin's soccer game and Jordan will be playing in two football games. He'll be playing at 9:15 on his D squad and he was asked to suit up for the C squad game at 4:00! It'll be a busy day tomorrow!

Clean up day

Today appeared to be a clean up day. When we arrived they had cleaned up all the scrap wood (dang, we showed up too late - would have been nice to have some of that wood for later projects)!

Below you'll see a few of our views from upper windows as well as some of the color selections.


Kids in front of the house.

Color selections - dark cabinets in kitchen & bathroom, the lighter cabinet will be used around the island. Wall color choice for the main house will be the top color of the left color choices.

View of boys room to the left, their bathroom to the right.

View from upstairs den (looking west).

View from den looking north.

View from Master looking north.

Roofing to begin soon

Today roofing materials were dropped off - which we're quite thankful for since we're heading in to the fall. The sooner we can get things closed up the better! :)

We will be meeting with the Sales and Marketing gal tomorrow to relook through our color selections and to finalize where we stand on purchase price & all addendum items. If anyone would like to buy us a new refrigerator, or any other kitchen appliance for that matter, for Christmas just let me know! :) JK (well sort of)!


Above the garage - hmmm storage???

Finally, the upstairs!!

So Sunday, still no stairs, but Alan and I decided to take the ladder and climb from the main floor to the upper floor. It was worth the wait! :) It looks really good! A few of the rooms (mostly closets) look smaller than envisioned, but framing can make it feel that way. So below are the long awaited pictures of the upper floor. As of today, they are very close to finishing the framing of the roof).


View of Den

View of Girls' Bathroom & closet (accessible from their room)

View of Laundry Rm, Media Closet (Gathering Area is beyond Laundry Rm)

Gathering Area from Den (you can see Laundry rm & Master beyond)

Girls' Bedroom (view from their bathroom)

View of upper level Gathering Area

Main level Formal Dinning Room (view from Formal Living Room)

View from main level Family Rm looking in to Kitchen & Formal Dining Rm

Side View

Back View

Trusses Going UP!

The trusses are going up (and earlier than expected)! Still no stairs as of 4 PM today - can I just say how much it is killing me to have to wait to see the upstairs!!! I am not a patient person and this waiting thing is for the BIRDS! Tomorrow, if they are not on, I'm taking a ladder and heading up! :)

We took pizza up to the framers today. What a bunch of hardworking guys! Framing is not an easy job. Can you imagine standing on a 2x4 after working hours in the hot sun, pulling up trusses?! We're very appreciative of these guys!

Making Progress

Due to a sick Jordan :( & lots of work to catch up on, this blog entry will be short (but sweet). :) We spoke with one of the framers tonight. He said they hope to be done framing by Saturday and trusses up Monday (he mentioned the plumber may come Monday as well). The stairs to the upper floor are still not in; so unfortunately we have yet to see what our design looks like, but cannot wait to see it!

Here are the latest pictures:

Jocie's Crush

It has happened, shhh...don't tell her daddy, but Jocie has a crush! :) My little girl opened up to me tonight that she has a crush, not on just one boy, but two! As she is telling me this, she is giggling and smiling from ear to ear. She told me that she told a friend at school too about it. I asked her what happens if she tells other people about Jocie's crush(es). Her response? "Oh I don't have to worry about that, we ankle swore." Aye aye aye!!! I suggested to her that it's a little too early to be thinking about crushes and dating. "But Mom, when can I date?" How about when you're 16, was my answer! Jocie, "But that's forever!!"

I can already feel gray hair and wrinkles coming on! :)