I have shingles - and (oddly) I like it!

The garage is now at the "shingled" stage - thanks to John and Margaret Dyck, Bob Goud, Adam Jocelyn and Bob Starky (who were all here for bits and pieces of it) - oh and to Mel Jacobs who loaned me his air nailer.

I used to think that air nailers were sissy - I have helped shingle a lot of roofs and thought the traditional pouch full of roofing nails was the way to go - but I am sold on the air nailer now! We did each side of this roof in less than 2 hours (visiting included) - that is what a good crew can do - I think we are going to turn pro now ("pro" at what I am not exactly sure but....)

For your viewing pleasure - a couple of pictures courtesy of my eldest daughter.... and - yes for all you people like me who would wonder this - the lines are almost perfectly straight! (just so you know!) :)


PS. I am now accepting applications for the "Windows and doors" team and the "Siding crew". Any takers?

A roof over our heads

So the continuing garage saga..... continues. In fact, these pictures are a few days behind but they will give you an idea of where we are at in the process.......


The funny thing is that the garage is so huge that you can't even see the house anymore!!! :) Actually, that has turned out to be a cool thing too - now when we sit on the patio (which is in between the garage and the house) it is way more private. No one looking in over the fence - gawking into the backyard. It is like our own little world back there (a world with one big honking garage in the middle of it!!!!) :)

Finally

Well - a lot has been happening in our lives, but you would not know it from this blog. In fact, I am proud of you for having the gumption to keep checking back here - I would have given up on us long ago. However, I have posted several new things - so keep scrolling down. Not a lot of description - I will simply let the pictures speak for themselves. I hope you enjoy it.... because we enjoyed most - but not all of it! :)

Even more Garage stuff

The garage is moving forward. Since I know that Roberta (in particular) has been just dying for some new pictures, here are "concrete day", "Framing Day" and "Day before trusses go on if it is not a monsoon out there tomorrow" pictures. Enjoy! :)

Camp roof

For the past 7 weekends we have been working at Clearview Christian Camp putting a new metal roof on the old mess hall. For those of you who may be interested - here is the finished project. Looks good - all things considered, hey? :)

Megan's Not so Excellent Adventure

Megan had her appendix removed last week. It was hard on her, but way worse on her parents!!! :( I will spare you the details, but write if you want to know more. (By the way, she is up and about and doing great now. Just got done kicking me in a game of "Disney Scene it") :)

We are so thankful that she is doing better... we can't even begin to explain it.

Here she is with her sister and just some of the stuff that her friends, family and church family gave to her while she was in the hospital


Stitches - which are now out! :)

Track and Field

We did not get a lot of pictures, but here are some from Katie's track and field day at school.... She finished first in the 100 meter dash, but we do not have pictures of that ( so maybe just draw one of your own - k?) :)

Megan's birthday

Megan turned 10 not so long ago - if you could not be with us, here are some pictures to make you feel like you were here! :)