Tuesday- July 28: Nick got up in the morning and went over to Courtney and Adam's to help Adam with the back deck they are building. Courtney is due in October and they are trying to get a couple of things done on the house before the precious little baby boy comes. Grandpa was going to take the morning off for a break, so Nick decided to run over and help them for a couple of hours.
Grandpa ended up coming to the house around noon and him and Nick ended up working until around 5. We all decided to take Tuesday night off because we were getting wore out and we didn't have much to do. Nick and I went over to see the finished product of the deck and had a beer with Adam and Shelley while we visited on their new deck. We headed over to Kellie and Gary's afterwards and had dinner and watched Guardian's of the Galaxy. I ended up falling asleep at like 9:15 on the couch, so I got my much needed long night of sleep.
Wednesday - July 29: Wednesday was a huge day. Nick, Grandpa, Grandma and Kellie prepped during the day to get ready for the trusses to get put up. Ben Stowell let us use his Pettibone so we would be able to more easily place and lift the trusses. So many people have been beyond generous and supportive during the last couple of months - it's pretty awesome.
My mom ended up coming later with dinner for the whole gang. By the end of the night we had gotten over half of the trusses placed. We were all exhausted but it was starting to look more and more like a house and I was getting pretty excited!
Thursday - July 30: The whole crew was back again on Thursday night. Vince, Ben, Ry, Dad, Adam, Grandpa, Grandma, Nick, Kellie, Gary and me were pretty much doing the same thing again. We worked until after dark and ended up getting all of the trusses up except the porch trusses that go over the front door. I was honestly amazed at the progress we made in two days.
Friday - July 31: Dad and I took a half a day on Friday and Gary had taken the day off as well to start sheeting the roof, but his dad had to go in for a sudden surgery so he took off before dad and I got home. (Charles is doing well and at home, no worries) I told myself the entire way home that I was going to get up on the roof and help Nick, but of course, I got home, got up on the roof and froze in fear - for those of you who do not know, I DO NOT like heights. Nick was very patient with me and helped me down.
We ended up taking the Pettibone back to Ben around 2 and my dad and I went over to Jeff and Stacey's to borrow the tractor to use to get the OSB up to the roof. Nick continued to work on the sheeting, while dad and I cut things for him. Grandpa worked on the rafters for the valleys and places where the two roof lines come together. Kellie and Grandma got here around 3 and Kellie got up on the roof to help Nick out.
Saturday - August 1: Gary got here pretty early on Saturday to start the sheeting. My dad and Grandpa weren't far behind and then Grandma and my mom trickled in after them. We finished the sheeting on the house and garage.
Sunday - August 2: Kellie and Gary came around 8:30 and brought us breakfast. Before anyone else got to the house, the 4 of us worked on the roof vent. Kellie and Nick were up on the roof measuring and nailing down the pieces of sheeting that Gary and I were cutting for them down on the ground. Grandpa and dad came around 10:15 and we worked on the porch roof built and making sure it was supported enough to get the trusses on. We took a break for lunch - Kellie and Gary ran home to see Charles, Grandpa went home to Grandma and Nick, mom, dad and me went and grabbed Subway.
After lunch we started getting ready to put the trusses on the porch up. It was really windy and it made putting the trusses up not fun. At one point, I was on the very top of my ladder, hanging on to a truss that was barely on, while Adam was swinging a maul 2 inches from my hand and Grandpa was wiggling the truss I was hanging on to all over the place so we could get it in place. Let's just say I was the most nervous I have been so far for about an hour straight until we got the last truss up. Grandma, Ben, Ry and Adam came over to help get the trusses up. Katie and Jeff McKinney stopped by for a bit to say hi and check things out. Jessica made fajitas for dinner and they were delicious.
I was really excited Sunday night because I was finally able to stand back and look at our house. It felt pretty awesome, especially because it's exactly what I wanted it to look like. It's starting to feel so real that soon we will be living in our brand new house that so many of our friends and family helped us build.
Monday - August 3: Kellie, Nick, Grandma and Grandpa worked during the day to get all the sheeting done on the house. Gary, Jessica and I came after work and helped finish up. Jessica made dinner again for us all. While Gary, Kellie and Nick were on the roof and Grandpa was cutting the trusses for the valleys, Grandma and I worked on getting the doorways cut out. After everyone left, Nick and I finished up cutting out the doorways and making sure all the walls were nailed down securely. I think this was the first time Nick and I were in our house together alone, which I hadn't even realized until about half way through getting all the doorways cut out. It was nice to be alone, but it's amazing that there has been someone here helping us every second for the past 5 weeks - again we are beyond blessed.
Tuesday - August 4: Tuesday marked the 5 week mark. I still can't believe we are where we are at already. Things are moving along so quickly and we are jacked about the progress we have made. Nick, Ben Dillion (Nick's cousin), Gary and Kellie unloaded the shingles when they were delivered and then Nick spent the rest of the day working on getting the drip edge in place so we were ready to shingle.
Grandpa's feet have really been bothering him from being on them all day, so he decided it would be a good idea to take Wednesday off.
Wednesday - August 5: Nick got to sleep in a little, woke up and went to grab a sheet of OSB that Ken needed to finish the stairs. Ken came back by and finished the stairs - except for the backs. Kellie came over and her and Nick tried to work on shingling, but our shingles are black and that in combination with the direct sunlight wasn't working well, so unfortunately, they had to quit but moved on to getting almost all of the drip edge put up.
Ben came over after work, we ate dinner quick and him and Nick got up on the roof and started to shingle now that the sun had moved to the other side of the house. While they were shingling, I cleaned up the saw dust and scrap pieces of wood that were in the house and started burning some of the scrap wood we didn't want anymore. Kellie and Gary got here about 7:30 and are still up on the roof now working. They should have over half of the back of the house shingled by the end of tonight and will end up working until it's too dark to see.
After another long day, it's about time we call it a night, snuggle up on the couch and watch a couple episodes of new girl before we hit the sack.
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