Exterior Remodel: Construction

This officially begins the Construction phase of the project.

It turns out our dirt sucks (expansive soil) so we had to use helical piers in place of a standard footing foundation for the addition.

We'll be holding a bake sale next weekend to cover the budget overrun.













This is what we got screwed with.

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Forms for the poured concrete foundation walls











The concrete was poured on Friday 5/19

Exterior Remodel: Destruction

This is the demolition phase of the project. If you wanna' make an omelet, you gotta' break a few eggs.

This is the old deck on the south side of the house. You can see Chris on the left already tearing the porch off our bedroom.


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Marc and Nicky cam to help. This is Marc putting the finishing touches on the front porch. Earlier we tore the stairs off with a tow strap and his truck...yeee ha!

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"Curb Appeal" - the neighbors really like what we've done with the place.

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The excavators working hard...all except for Red there,

leaning on the proverbial shovel.

Babymaker 5000

36 weeks Baby 1 38 weeks Baby 2

Some more shots of the belly at 38 weeks with Baby 2; hopefully we will be meeting him or her very soon!

Babymaker 5000, Generation 2: The shot on the left is Baby #1 at 30 weeks and the shot on the right is Baby #2at 29 weeks.

We've taken the same photo of Christy every few weeks...

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18 weeks

















22 weeks


















24 weeks



















30 weeks

32 weeks


















34 Weeks



















36 Weeks




Now, if I could only get her to change her clothes...