Some progress by the guys

I am so thankful for our friends.  There is no way we would have been able to accomplish what we have so far without them.  No, our fence isn't completed yet, but it is really close!

Okay, time to brag on the guys a little.  On Saturday, while the woman were workin' it on the inside, the men were working like madmen to put up our fence.

Just a pile of lumber and some tools.

Andy started off the morning getting Home Depot to get the lumber to us, as requested.  That task was finally completed somewhere 8:30-9:00, and then those boys got to work! Tyler and Josh worked with us until close to noon, and at that time they had completed all of the horizontal parts done.  From 1-4 p.m. my amazing husband put on ALL of the planks by himself (with the help of Tyler's "bad A" nail gun).  I was very impressed.  Pablo has a lot more freedom to run around, and we are eagerly awaiting the gates so that we can just let him go for it!

KTV

This is them before they knew I was lurking around with a camera...

...and AFTER they saw the camera.

On the outside looking in

Alright!  As promised, here are the exterior shots of the house...

This is taken from the sidewalk in front.  Don't you love the red door?  We do.  

From the driveway.  Above the 2 car garage (that, no, does not have an automatic garage door opener...yet), is our soon to be wonderful patio.  There is a patio there, but it is certainly not a safe one :)

From the backyard looking in.  You'll notice an entry to the basement as well as an entry to the mudroom.

The side view, the kitchen door.  This picture taken from...

...the swing under the treehouse! :)

It would be wrong to take pictures of the outside of the house without mentioning the hard manual labor of these three amazing men (one of which is my wonderful husband).  Between the three of them, they tore down and out the existing fallen down fence and dug holes with that huge machine (I think it's an auger), and put up fence posts around the perimeter of the property!  Pablo (he's the adorable dog previously mentioned) is very exited for that particular project to be completed so he can run around without his leash.  Me too.

Strike a pose, boys.

Did you notice Mr. MacGregor's garden?

That is the end of the before shots.  From here on out you will be seeing some completed projects!  Yay!  I need to write about them, because tonight I started scraping the red dining room and that feels like the neverending project.  Thanks for sharing my journey, everyone.       KTV