Well vacation was gone and done before I realized it. I went to Las Vegas to visit family and my nephew got married while I was there. Boy that makes me feel much older that I believe I am because I remember when that kid was born. Whoa how times goes. My sister-in-law, Becky - niece, Celesse - and nephew, Dillard came with me. It was nice to have them along and it really gave mom and dad the chance to see the grandkids that are back here in Missouri since they live all the way out in Nevada now. We miss them so.

The house as come along quite well since I last posted. I will get new photos online soon; but will have to get Becky's help to load them on. Our windows have been in for quite some time now. They are floor to ceiling and crank out at vertically. Roger picked them out without me and I think he did a totally awesome job. There was a lot of things though especially colors that I picked out without him. It was better that way since he is color blind. The bricklayer arrived on Wednesday June 25 starting on the fireplace. After Roger and him talked they decided it really wasn't going to be that much more to go ahead an brick the house so we are going to do just that. Roger is so excited and so am I because all along that is exactly what we wanted to do.

The heating and cooling duct work was done while I was gone on vacation but still have the furnace, hot water heater, air condition, and outside furnace to install. The outside furnace will be our main source of heat. It is a central boiler from Buchheit's. It will allow us to still burn wood to save on heating cost but not to have the mess in the house like we have had for years now. The furnace in the house will only act as back up in case we are out of town in the winter or in case the furnace outside gets the house below a certain temperature then it would kick on.

On Wednesday the builder showed up to form up the concrete slab in front of the garage and patio area on the other side of the house. We also had the insulator come and start on his work as well. The house is definitely starting to take on a lot more dimension than a few months ago when we started construction on April 14. Boy 10 weeks later has showed a lot of changes.

Well take care and keep an eye out for pictures. Hopefully by mid week I'll have them on the site.