We have shingles!

And the ponds are draining...no rain today.

the front is fixed

The dormer between the main house and garage was set back flush with the first story, and needed to be extended out 4 feet.

Katie's horse drawing

We all like this one!

Some technical problems with blogspot

I'm working on moving to my own site soon. Please be patient.

some more pics

Here is the front with the roof:

And here is the start of the deck:


Beach vacation next 2 weeks!

Lyre bird

This was voted the best nature clip of all time:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/tvandsoap.html?in_page_id=1887&in_article_id=385372

Katie honored at capitol

Here she is with her drawing:

Second floor

Here are some second floor shots:

splash!

Here's a truck in the pond in Newington.

first floor

Here are some pics of our new house that actually look like something. Prior to this, all we had was a foundation.
The framers had to place a beam over the garage entryway and hallway to carry the load that was to have been supported by the half bath. The too small bath and the too small hallway were gladly given up to give us more space.