Well what do you think of the finished rrock on the front? We love it! Also they finished the stucco above the brick too. It was supposed to be a darker gray, but I think it still looks pretty good.

another shot

Everett up in the very nasty attic running the last of the wire!! Yipee almost finished with that job!

Do you like how the workers are keeping the basement warm? doesn't seem very safe to me for a lot of reasons... getting ready to start the sheetrock!

we have sheet rock piled up all over the house...

Jon handing something up to Ev in the attic

we tore the bottom off all the old bedrooms for the new wiring.

what a mess it is

more of the mess...

That's my man... a rather common look around here right now since they have been insulating. That dust is deadly!! And EVERYWHERE!

Sorry I haven't posted for a while...I just don't have time! :) That should be getting a little better until the painting starts!!

Love ya,

Later...

Anyone ready for a dog? :) We are having fun with the new fireplace!!

The obligitory post wisdom teeth extraction shot ...Everett went to SLC and has his removed last monday. He is looking much better now but still pretty tender.

This is an old shot from a few days ago, but they still are not quite finished with the rock, but oh so close... Probably tomorrow!!! We are excited for the final reveal.

They got a little rock on the chimney...

And started on the entryway. What do you think of the rock? We love it! These are not very good pictures. I will try to get a few better ones as they progress.

the new gas fireplace arrived and was installed...

they put insulation in the new part of the house. We now feel like we have ceilings. It is so much warmer and quieter.

We continue to work feverishly to get the wiring done. Dad is pretty much at it from daylight until way after dark almost every day. He is working way too many hours, but we have to get it finished so we don't hold up everyone else. Wish you all were here and we could have a big wiring party for a few days and it would be done!!! :) Sounds fun right?

The workers were awol for monday and this is what is new today ... the railing on the deck is almost done and you can see that most of the siding ont he back and sides of the house is up too.

the masons have almost all the brick work done around the house

this is mac... she is here with the carpenters every day. she is a very nice dog and no trouble to have around

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They put the steps on the deck and poured the concrete landings at the bottoms. Then it got cold again and what you see is the concrete blankets and tarps covering the young concrete so it won't freeze.

they put the underlying scratch coat on the chimney preparing for the rock you can see a little of the rock on the porch. again they had to cover everything because it got very cold. (duh, it is the end of october in wyoming!)

more rock

they installed all the doors and they finally got my little window at the top

the master bedroom door off the deck. they have been getting the underlayment on for the siding too.

the masons came and started puting the top on the brick all around the house. We have many hundreds of old brick that we saved for doing this but they bought new brick!!! I think they did a good job matching though. the morter is still wet so it looks darker than it will be when dry.

this view shows what they are doing. We removed 1/2 of the brick all around the house and they are finishing the edge. They will also add brick 1/2 way up the front of the garage to match the existing house.

We have the wiring complete in the new section of the house and the new garage and it was a killer! TONS of work on a ladder. they are supposed to insulate the new section and get it ready to sheetrock on monday... we'll see what gets done.

stay tuned