Our rooms are now insulated, sheet rocked, and today they have been taped and mud applied. The rooms are now more of what they will really look like. Boys Room Upstairs Hallway and Closets Girls room Living room Jane’s Pantry/Office

We were needing to make a few decisions concerning red bricks, shingles, and siding. Mr. Waters drew up a few plans for us and sketched in some ideas for us. We really like what we are seeing and will try and make the end product look like the drawing. We are still patiently waiting for…

Life has been very busy and I am just now showing the installed windows. Jane was right to want lots of windows. It is absolutely beautiful in the morning. The sun fill the whole down stairs. We are all very glad too that the house is now sealed. We can actually close the house and…

We now have a whole new roof, extended boy’s room, girl’s walk-in closet, girl’s bathroom, and tub etc. Plenty was done while we were away. The house is actually taking shape and from the outside you can almost see the end result. We are over joyed to see how well Mike Stuart is taking large…

We had a lot of fun over this last 4th of July week. We got everyone out of the construction zone and booked a 2 room hotel in Renton, WA. What a fun time! Jane had the children at the hotel during the first three days while I was at work 25 minutes away. She…

Make thee an ark of wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with siding and insulation. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be twenty five cubits deep, the breadth of it eighteen cubits, and the height…

The blessing are falling tonight, and there is joy, joy, joy in our hearts since Jesus made everything right. He took all of our old shattered shingles, will give us a roof of delight. We are feasting on daylight from heaven and that is why we are happy tonight! Oh, the windows of heaven are…

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed, and behold…

We did a full inspection of today’s work and once again found 7 wonderful children in the walls. We have fully enjoyed every evening walking thru the walls, hanging on the beams, and sitting in the windows. Tonight we were enjoying the warm air and the blue skies. The roof was gone completely from front…

The old improperly installed supporting beam is now gone and substitute beams are in holding the new bracing and floor joists. The boys floor over our entry way is now starting to take place. This week we will see the second floor start coming more into place.

Big move in the construction zone today. We had our old living room walls removed, and our stairs demolished and removed. We will not be able to access out upper floors for about a week. This means we are with out showers. There will be a whole bunch of stinky Kirk’s running around the neighbor…

We have officially crossed the threshold of turning back. The girl’s new floor is in our old living room, oddly resting in mid air. The stairs have been completely torn apart, railings and all. The carpet has ceased to function, bare wood and nails everywhere. Our walls look like the prophets of old were digging…

Our lumber has been delivered. Things seems to be moving along. The walls and second floor joists are now installed. The room is now more visible of what it will look like in the future. Window framing is set. Every night when I get home from work I get with the children and Jane and…

We have completed a phase of our remodel with our foundation and subfloor. It’s exciting to see the actual size of the room and the space for the downstairs area. The upstairs is still a little hard to imagine. Our contractor is faithfully doing what he needs to do and has been doing a great…

The foundation molds were dismounted and taken off this morning. The earth was back filled along part of the new foundation. The subfloor is starting to be assembled. It will be a matter of days before we start seeing the walls start to rise. When I came home I allowed the munchkins to carefully explore…

Our living room is now somewhat empty. Jane was quietly sitting in the corner of the room enjoying a few quite moments of satisfaction and Ben came in and started running back and forth in the room touching one wall and then another. Jane says, “Ben, if you run fast enough you can run up…

Jane with help from both our Moms and friends have slowly been moving all the children’s clothes from their “old rooms” into the dressers in the “garage room”. The children’s “garage room” is now looking more and more like a little childrens play room. It has been a few weeks now that they have been…

Outside is prepped for our foundation. The inside of our home over the weekend went thru a major upgrade. Our furniture and fish tank was completely disassembled. Jane has done so well maintaining an organized mess and managing the house, feeding us, and everything that comes along with taking care of us. Her enthusiasm to…

We now have a large hole dug on the side of our house and part of our front patio is gone. The backhoe has been hard at work today and is prepping the area for our foundation to be laid. The children, Ben, Becky, Christine, and Leah had the wonderful opportunity to watch out the…

We look at what we received and are truly thankful. We are getting the opportunity to write our first check and hand over a signed contract to our builder for our new remodel. The contract has been gone over multiple times and we are ready. Jane and I will have many opportunities to be with…