Day 42/43 all exterior walls up

Day 42 we did not get time to take photos as we were off to Cochrane for Britt to do teh Cowboy Up Trail clinic for next 4 weeks. Rob did get walls up but Day 43 we met the mason out to go over fireplace and here is what we have now.. remember this is a one man show!!

 south wall all master BD, WIC and bath

 north end nook, kitchen laundry etc

 nook and great room, Rob hard at work

 view of the west side

 view of south end

 view of east side

 view of north end

master window, deck door and great room

Day 41 - sun shines but no building :-(

on day 41 our framer took the day off to take son to a rodeo.. dang it was a great day

 this was end of Saturday from drive up

 Britt sits in her bedroom window

 Mom & Betty inspect the premise

 Britt heads downstairs to find Shaina in her room

 front door, office  and laundry to left of Britt's window

 the stairs moved and good to go

cantilever over bathtub and piping into basement

 since it was beautiful out Britt demonstrated her bridleless riding act

 on her trusty steed Pepper

then we headed to Okotoks to see these little beauties, this is Regina and Peekaboo

 KD and Bugaboo

 RG and Tiny Roo (OMG she is so sweet)

and here is KD, our newest poloX pony who will join the herd once bugs is weaned.

Day 40 - more walls go up

Day 40 started out misty rain but Sheldon was out at 7:30 to finish back filling the garage. Rob showed up and started more walls.

Day 39 - TOO WINDY

although sunny, tornado like winds hampered the building process but gave Sheldon time to backfill the garage until he broke another chain.

  It was Shaina's 17th birthday and here is here requested shots

 with Julio and Shannon on our front lawn

What a charmer he is.. we then took off tot he city where Britt rode him in the Ryan Murphy Polocrosse clinic and fell in love.

Day 38 - the walls go up

today is day 38 and after the girls and I vaccinated the ponies and let Bandit in with the herd, we went to check out the couple walls up

 inspectors set out to do their job :-)

 laundry room far corner and office window closer

 garden doors to barbeque deck, garage door boarded up

 south wall near ready to go up

 Shaina stands in master bathroom

 Britt stands in her room

looking east

Day 37 - the floor is finished but a problem arises

Day 37 - Sheldon and I hit the city to get a kitchen quote, check out garage doors we ordered, look at rock for fireplace and a few 100 other errands we arrived to find the floor all finished

 they double check the plans to find....

 the stairs are two feet the wrong way ...

Sweet Jiminy... opps!!

Day 36 - the floor goes on

Day 36.. more floor

view from east horse pen

 supervisor Sheldon

 dance floor near complete

 joists not so stable without the screwed on floor

cheese!