Memorial Weekend

May 24th-27th

Oh my goodness, did we get a lot done this Memorial weekend! We had Friday, Saturday and Monday to work on the house. It's amazing what we got accompolished. 

The first thing we did was finish wrapping the house with paper so that when it rains it won't come straight down inside the house. We layed a layer of ice shield that was half on the wall and the other half on the roof. Then we covered it in the paper. Yay! No more rain should get inside. 

We also finished sheeting the upstairs. Most of it was done but we just had a few pieces plus the gable's to get done. A friend, Matt Crane and one of his guys came over for the morning and helped us. I was so thankful I didn't have to climb up on that tall, tall ladder!

While the ladders were being utilized elsewhere Kory had Hunter lift him with skid steer to finish the small middle piece. Super easy!

This weekend we were able to get started on the inside of the house too. It's a bit cooler working inside. I'm loving that we're not in the direct sun anymore. It's starting to warm up a bit. Our highs have finally reached the high 70's but it seems that every other day or so the rains come again and cools it all down. Man are we having a weird Spring! 

We were able to begin hanging the windows we've been storing for several months now. It will be so nice to have them out of our ever growing messy, full of building materials garage. 

Kory also ordered the last of the windows, about 4 more. Hopefully we'll get them a bit quicker than the first ones took. 

We also got our glass back door installed. I love it! 

 We began framing the upstairs. We never had plans drawn up for the upstairs because it just seemed like we'd never get to this point. But we're finally ready. After a few disagreements we decided to do a family room, bathroom and 2 bedrooms. The upstairs as a whole is 49 feet by 17 feet wide. We wanted to split the 17foot part in half to create 2 bedrooms on one side and then another bedroom and bath on the other side. However, the rooms would only be about 8ft. wide. We were told by a few contractor friends that they wouldn't frame a bedroom less than 10 ft. Our office is only 8ft wide and I'm pretty glad it's just an office and not a bedroom. It will be the perfect size as a office.

This side of the upstairs will have Emily and Kylies bedroom, they are sharing. A nice walk in closet and also a utility closet.  

Maddie is going to have her own room on the opposite side. She'll also have a nice walk in closet. The bathroom is also next to her room. 

It is so awesome to see it all coming together! I feel like we had an awesome weekend and accomplished more than I thought we would.