The foundation guys are finished for the day. Tomorrow they will be pouring the slab if the weather cooperates. Do you think I'm wasting God's time praying that the weather cooperates? I've been waiting so long (okay, I know, long is a relative term) for this addition I just want the construction part to go as quickly as possible. I'm grateful that we are able to do this, but I really want that space soon!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Today's Progress
This is what our house looks like today. 
The foundation guys are finished for the day. Tomorrow they will be pouring the slab if the weather cooperates. Do you think I'm wasting God's time praying that the weather cooperates? I've been waiting so long (okay, I know, long is a relative term) for this addition I just want the construction part to go as quickly as possible. I'm grateful that we are able to do this, but I really want that space soon!
The foundation guys are finished for the day. Tomorrow they will be pouring the slab if the weather cooperates. Do you think I'm wasting God's time praying that the weather cooperates? I've been waiting so long (okay, I know, long is a relative term) for this addition I just want the construction part to go as quickly as possible. I'm grateful that we are able to do this, but I really want that space soon!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Today is Block Day
There is one guy here today. He has been here since 6 am. It's only 9:30 and he has this much wall built.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Not much
There's not much to report today. They brought in a dumpster and made the giant pile of rubble a much smaller pile of rubble. There were a couple trucks involved, but nothing monumental. Tomorrow they will lay the cinder block and that will have to set for a day. I'm expecting Friday will be the next exciting day when they lay the slab.
Monday, June 25, 2007
A Boy's Dream
This is what the back of our house looked like Friday morning.
This is what it looked like Friday afternoon.
This morning the big trucks arrived.
That made Ryan so happy!
The big trucks provided this morning's entertainment as they demolished, dug and hauled away cement, rocks and dirt from our former porch.
Here is Ryan watching the cement truck filling the buggy with cement.
Here is my attempt at getting a picture of him running to the back of the house to beat the buggy there and watch it dump the cement in the big trench.
He won. Then he watched intently as the cement was dumped and graded. That is until it was time to run back to the front door and watch the buggy get filled up again.
It has been an exciting day for all. Ryan, Zach and Lily have been having a great time watching all the action. Mommy is just about giddy that the project has finally started and thinking about all the possibilities when it is done. The work seems to be moving along pretty quickly. I'm glad for that because I've been waiting for what seems like forever for it to start. I'll update with pictures as things happen.
****Update: Jay wanted pictures of the site, so I added some in the main part of this entry.
This is what my backyard looks like courtesy of the big trucks that provided so much amusement his morning.
This is what it looked like Friday afternoon.
This morning the big trucks arrived.
That made Ryan so happy!
The big trucks provided this morning's entertainment as they demolished, dug and hauled away cement, rocks and dirt from our former porch.
Here is Ryan watching the cement truck filling the buggy with cement.
Here is my attempt at getting a picture of him running to the back of the house to beat the buggy there and watch it dump the cement in the big trench.
He won. Then he watched intently as the cement was dumped and graded. That is until it was time to run back to the front door and watch the buggy get filled up again.
It has been an exciting day for all. Ryan, Zach and Lily have been having a great time watching all the action. Mommy is just about giddy that the project has finally started and thinking about all the possibilities when it is done. The work seems to be moving along pretty quickly. I'm glad for that because I've been waiting for what seems like forever for it to start. I'll update with pictures as things happen.****Update: Jay wanted pictures of the site, so I added some in the main part of this entry.
This is what's happening now. They are bringing in the cinder block.
This is what my backyard looks like courtesy of the big trucks that provided so much amusement his morning.