Almost Time to Paint

I hope everyone had a festive and enjoyable 4th of July weekend. We worked all weekend, but there isn't a lot of huge progress to see on the things we did. The drywallers were busy though...and we have a lot of new progress to see inside. They started mudding and taping on Friday and Saturday. They are moving along pretty quick.

Dad put in one of my gable vents yesterday. Once he gets them in we'll put two attic fans in them to pull the hot air out of the attic area. It should help keep the house cool. The completed end looks pretty nice.

Saturday evening we had a big fire with some of our scraps. We tried making smores, but the fire was big and hot...and the marshmallows burned if you got them within 2 feet of the fire...they never caught on fire, just started smoking and became charred. :) The mosquitoes were terrible until the fire got roaring. I am covered in mosquito bites after the fire.

The weekend ended with a visit from my friend Beth and her husband who are home from Utah to visit Beth's family. They brought their 5 week old baby over, which Mom loved! She had us leave Kyle with her so we could go take a tour of the house. It was great to see Beth as we don't see each other very often.

Hopefully this week we'll see some siding arrive at the house. It was supposed to be here over a week ago...but that hasn't happened yet. We should also start seeing some more fill dirt brought in. Our excavator is supposed to scrape off the rest of the black dirt to get the lot ready for the truckloads of fill.

For all of you who have volunteered to help paint...get your brushes and rollers ready! Jenn...if I see any orange paint you're going to be in BIG trouble! Ha... Enjoy the pictures of the drywall!