The Family

Since I have not been able to work on our room addition, I thought I would add some more pictures of the family. Enjoy!

Here is Mr. Mitchell having a good time first thing in the morning. He is one happy boy.......unless his sister takes something from him. NOT Emma!

Emma got to play with Melea after July 4th Holiday. Emma has been talking about going to South Carolina to see Melea again.

The Boss! My wonderful and loving wife!!

Me being a dork so Emma could take my picture. Nothing out of the norm.

Dad is tired and the kids are glad that I am home.

Nothing Major!

Hello to anyone that may be checking in. I have not had much time to do any more work to the new addition. We have has several things come up in the last month that has prohibited us from doing much more than what you see in the pictures below. I have managed to get the bird boxes built on the overhangs and the nailers up for the soffit. I hope to get back at it in the next few days. We are trying to find some siding that will match what is on the rest of the house and that is proving to be difficult. The house is 11 years old and the siding has faded quite a bit and not to mention it is not the "Normal" 4" Dutch lap siding, it is 4.5" Dutch lap and it is generally a special order item and cost twice as much.  Never fails! Well, that is all I have for now. When I do get some more work done I will post some pictures. For now here are some pictures of the Kids.

Roof Is On!!!

Crew started at 8:30 am and were done by 12:45pm. That was one fast roofing crew.

Ready for the roofers!!

Well, we are ready for the roofers to start on Monday. I finally got the decking on, it took two days but it's finally done. The material was delivered today and the crew is to start on Monday. I am ready to take a break now and let someone else do the work. Keep in touch.....

Finally!!!!! Ready for Decking!!!!

If anyone ever tells you that framing a roof is a piece of cake......tell them they are crazy. Crazy that is if you do not do it on a regular basis. I have never spent so much time trying to figure out an angle that I did this weekend trying to get the valley rafters cut. Well, after some sweat and frustration I got them done. The fly rafters and the gutter boards are up and ready to be wrapped with aluminum. We decided to have the gutter boards and fly rafter with aluminum since we can not buy the same trim that was used on our house 11 years ago. Thanks to a good friend Jason Smith and his business Orberson Guttering, Jason has said he would help me with the aluminum work. Well, here are a few pictures of where we are now.

Trusses are Set!

Well this past weekend I got the trusses set and the rest of the OSB on the walls. I can see the end of the tunnel now. I have several more things to do before I can get the roofers on site. I seem to be working myself in circles and the odds and ends are killing me. At any rate I am getting it done little by little. Here are a few pictures with of the progress of the past few days.

Ready For Trusses!

Last night (4-30-07) I wrapped up the loose ends that needed to be done before the trusses can be set. The trusses will be delivered today 5-1-07, I hope to get them set this week so we can get the roof on. I also got some of the OSB installed to firm up the walls a bit more. The room is starting to take shape and it's very exciting. Fun Fun Stuff!