More of the outside is being worked on!!

We have some siding up!! Some on the front and side. Russ hopes to have it done by Tuesday!

Dad had asked for photos of Charity's car. Here it is!! ;-p

French doors installed!

All the windows and doors are in. How very exciting!!We hoped to be able to rent scaffold to start the siding this week. But we had a bunch of rain and we currently cannot get to the house.

It has a ROOF!!

Lots of great things happening!

We have our roof on. It's done!

We have our cedar and siding to finish the outside. Depending on how much rain we get tonight will determine if the siding gets started this coming week.

We decided to put another window in my craft room. And the guest room window is also installed.

We changed our plans a little and decided to put in a door from the guest bath to the deck (the deck isn't in yet off the back of the house). We bought the appropriate door to exit from our bedroom. In the photo of the back of the house, you can see the opening for the french doors (that is in another photo). The guys hope to have the french doors installed before the rain starts this evening!

A month or so ago, Russ finished the gable end of the addition.

And for anyone who has been here, Russ also cleaned up two piles of junk!

Also, we are supposed to get a really bad storm tonight. So we took the gift cards that my mom and Ed got us for Christmas and the one that Russ's mom and dad got us and bought our front door. Russ installed it this evening. It is solid Mahogany.

When Dad left to go home, even more was complete!

Dad finished the "main drain" line for all the plumbing before he left for home. He said, and Russ agreed, it is the most difficult part of the plumbing!

Here is the back of the house as of now. The big opening on the left side of the photo will be double doors to go out onto the (nonexistant) deck. There is another door at the other end of the building to exit onto the deck from the master bathroom.

And here is the front of the house, with all the windows installed.

If we had the front door and the double doors for the back, the house would be "dried in" as Russ calls it. The roof is on the addition; we went with standing seam roofing and will change the rest of the building to the same type of roofing when money permits.

A lot Lot LOT got done while Dad was here and I cannot thank him enough. He provided motivation, some financial resources, and helping hands while he was here. We could not have gotten this far without his assistance.

I would also like to thank Gary. He stayed for a week and helped out every day. He didn't ask for anything in return. He wanted to be able to hunt for hogs and deer. He didn't get either. But I think he was thankful for the work and friendship.

With my Dad's help...

When dad arrived, very little was done on the inside.

This photo and the next show a LOT of work. Here the rafters on in for the addition, ready for the roof!


Here, it shows how much was done on the inside. This photo was taken from about the same spot as the first one on this post.

The roof on the addition is on. More exterior walls complete. And some windows are in!

Walls, frames, and more

My dad came to Texas again to help us put up the framing - for walls, doors, windows, etc.

Russ and Dad (Jim) have been working since Saturday on the house. They have removed all the old windows, the old doors. They have put up more than 150 2x4's in the new walls. And been framing for the new windows and doors.

It certainly is exciting!