As I am getting ready to end my blog book for the year I want to do a final update on our addition. I wish it was that we were moved in but it isn't. It hasn't gone as fast as we had hoped - shocker I know but it has been moving along pretty good. Bruce has worked his tail off through all of this.
Two little helper sitting on the window of one of the back dormers.
Bruce getting the trim painted before they started the siding.
Dustin and Rhett were good helpers with the roof. Lonnie and a couple of guys came for a couple of the days to help. If nothing else good comes out of this the boys learned how to roof. Rhett cut and Dustin nailed them down.
Thanksgiving day David and his boys came to help. We had dinner at Scott's house. Jordan came over to help also. They got a good part of the roof finished.
Then worked on framing in the part of our existing house by the front door.
Dustin getting the spot for the window.
This girl has been a trooper through all of this. Loving most of it with the boys.
It was a happy day when we got the electrical done by Lonnie and Carston and when Bruce and Kenny got the plumbing done. It seemed these drug on for a while but finally got them finished so we could get it insulated. We had US Insulation come do it but Bruce and Dustin insulated mine and Bruce's bedroom wall. (I think they brought a mouse home in the insulation from the Home Center when they got that insulation - one night Kaylee and Rhett saw one run from addition into the house - a few days later we smelled dead mouse in the house and found one shocked to death on the back of the oven - YUCK!) We have too many cats to have any mice that is why I think it was in the insulation they just bought.
I guess I didn't get any pictures of it getting sheet rocked. We planned on having a bunch of people come help but right before Christmas isn't the time to be asking for help and my brothers that would have come two of them were moving and my dad had surgery on his eyes so he couldn't do anything either. We didn't know how Bruce, Dustin and I were going to get those 12 ft sheets up so we just hired some guys. Three Indians that liked to laugh at us came to do it. They were fast but not our favorite workers at all. We were glad when they were done and gone. All the kids have had lots of fun playing on these in there. Great spot of cement.
Bruce is not trying to get the taping done. We were going to hire it out too to hurry and get it done but by the time the guy could start we figured Bruce could have a really good start on it.
Dustin learned how to tape. He wasn't too shabby at it either. Rhett cut all the tape for Dustin and Bruce. They made a pretty good fast team together.
This is the stage we are at right now. Most of it is taped, still needs coated and sanded and textured.
So still lots to do but we have come a long ways. Bruce and Reece are out right now putting the garage door on. That will be way nice to help keep the cold out. It will be really exciting just having a garage. We are very blessed!
