Just 6 Lots Update

#1

roofing done, stucco on, garage door in, insulated, sheetrocked

#2

sheeting on roof done, doors in, basement windows in, tubs in, porch cap cement poured

#3

trusses up, garage cement poured

#4

garage cement, basement cement

#5

garage cement, basement cement

#6

cement poured, green plate on and bolted, rim set out, walls delivered, basement wall up

Now I Can! Nite

UVU Women's Basketball

hosted a Now I Can! Night

and so...

we got free tickets!!!

Porter in his Now I Can shirt...

(cute kids)

Team colors!

the FANS!!

complete with the Green Men Drumline!

(love it!)

And we got to show some school spirit in our new

GREEN Now I Can! shirt

We Love Tracey!

Part of Now I can! night was that the kids got to go down and be with the athletes for the anthem and slap their hands as they were introduced!

(all the kids LOVED it!)

(LOVE this picture!)

(that's my little guy!)

It got a little loud...

but fun nonetheless!

The BEST part:

we finally found a place where Porter can be as loud as he wants and it's okay!

We LOVE Volunteers!!!

Kassie's brother and sister came and did their roof for them!

Raise the Roof you guys!

You rock the asphalt!

Hard hats off to you!

Dungeon One's Great Escape

BEWARE

In Dungeon 1...

Cell #7239

(an earlier admittance in the dungeon records

-- easier to catch than the dragon in dungeon 2)

NOSLIG the rogue elf thief

+10 theivery

+10 intelligence

+10 dexterity

+10 charisma

-2 stealth

(Dane doing up the basement windows.)

While contemplating the dungeon life, Noslig decides he's had enough 'glob'lin stew and makes his escape...

The Dynamic Duo

The dynamic window pane duo Sam and Dane...

(they move so fast it looks like there's more of them at one time!!)

Jenn's Christmas Construction Jingle

It's beginning to look a lot like...

A HOUSE!!!

Everywhere you go...

with windows and doors galore...

roofing and roofing some more...

trimming and pounding

Until all your fingers are SORE!

(Kassie's special archway!)

(thank you, thank you -- a sequel to come another day)

Dungeon #2's Dragon

BEWARE,

ye who enter...

Dungeon #2

Cell # 11207725

(there be lots o' cells in dungeon 2)

THE DUNGEON 'S DRAGON!!!

Procrastinating...

I'm procrastinating my posts because there are so many to add...

I guess I can't fight the inevitable...

Better just do it...

Later.

Something just came up.

Around the Site

I find that most of the time, I catch people in awkward positions, or places of amazement

(because I wouldn't be caught up there if my life depended on it!)

Heidi never ceases to amaze me - how she can get up so high and work up there.

I'd freeze from fear.

(You Rock, Heidi!)

It's always windy in Saratoga Springs, which usually means little friends tumble by on their way.

Who knew we have tumbleweed homes?!

Power boxes were put in.

Above is house #3.

And Lot 2's garage cement got poured.

Here are the walls for house #2 before they got put upright.

And that's the floor that Dane and I helped build!

(go us!)

Lot 2 Basement Views

So, this is a while back.

But here is basement #2 once the floor was done...

And Debany in house three's window well!

(I guess she's waiting for help out of there, because she can't do it without it.)

Rain + Construction = MESS

First of all --

I despise this picture of me...

(just look at the lower half, pleeeease...)

How will I ever get these clean again?!

Sharing with Porter...

(stock picture, not my kids...)

Dessert on Sunday was cookies!!!

Mommy finished hers, but forgot to pour milk. So, milk all around and the kids got to dip their cookie in their milk.

Debany decides to share a bite of her cookie that was dipped in milk. "Thank you, Debany!" Says mommy.

Porter decides to do the same (definitely a tinier bite). "Here you go, Mommy!" Says Porter. "Thank you, Porter." With Mommy expecting a 'you're welcome'...

... instead she gets, "You're a pig!"

Out of the mouth of babes, eh?

Holy Flying Buttresses Batman!!

Our First House's Flying Trusses

Getting the house ready for trusses by finishing up all the "little" things

Good thing they strengthened and secured those walls!!!

(Fun picture - love the clouds in the back)

-- Oh, and you're doing a great job, too, Mont! --

The crane's ... thingy.

(real descriptive, Jenn. way to go.

It must be getting late.)

The Layout

(must make all the difference)

it begins...

(yeah, I couldn't do that...)

In sequence:

(next 3)

Lots of pictures --

just wanted to make sure I got everyone that was working the trusses...

Look at those trusses flying!!!

(Where's the net?! Such death-defying feats!!!

They should all join the circus!)

Whole lotta nailing going on.

Kind of hard to see, but that truck is up off the ground!

Nathan kept his record... 2 hours!

I think we're hoping to break the record with the next house -

it's supposed to be a lot easier than Lot 1's trusses.

Maybe we should throw a party if we break the record...

just saying.

BUT -- It's actually looking like a house!