Compass Rose

We've been hard at work, building the decks. Rajah and Josiah and a team of guys from our Care Group at church worked on the back deck together.



The front deck was built by a guy named Jason. Rajah was so proud of the compass rose design that we were able to have built into the front deck. What do you think?

Decks underway...

Plumbing fixtures are finished. I watched them test the water and it flows!


And there is hope that we will be able to have visitors come through our front door! Behold! Stairs!


Jason, a deck builder, has started working on the front. Rajah has asked him to put in a compass rose design on the front porch. After building the stairs, he started the railings.


Rajah and Josiah have been hard at work learning to install the Trex material (harder than it looks). They started on the side deck.



John has begun installing our lights on the first floor. It's looking good!


And what do you think of our fireplace now??

I love the stone! Hope to be ready to receive you as a guest soon!

Current status, beginning plumbing fixtures

The plumbing fixtures are going in today. I also met the gutter installers and fireplace stone masons out at the house today. It's all beginning to take shape (finally!).

Here's the faucet in the upstairs kids bathroom, and the toilet.
Here's the kitchen sink faucet and water filter faucet:

and dishwasher...


The fireplace mantle was installed the other day,


and today, they were beginning to prepare to put the stone facade around:


And outside, they poured the concrete parking pad last week. So here's how the outside looks right now:
We're still hoping to get in soon, but we may still face more delays. Keep praying!