Shingles are on!

The shingles are on!  They finished at dark tonight, Nov 21.

You see Charley & Jackie's house on the left.  Then the piece that is their new family room on the lower level and our guest room on the upper level back.
The front porch - and the view is as fantastic as we had imagined it to be.  We are so excited to get finished so we can have friends come and share with us.  I'll let you know when we can start scheduling visits.  I was hoping for January, but I don't see that will happen.  The lower level is another guest room, a canning kitchen/mud room, and Bob's woodworking shop.

 

This is the front door and garage.  I can't believe these guys walking and running around on the roof.

 

The step before the shingles was getting the framing all done.  They were a wonderful bunch of guys to have around for several weeks.  Steve Beachey and his crew.  Their final step was putting the decking on the roof.  Again, the steepness and how they moved around was amazing.

 

 

 

Last Saturday we had a family Thanksgiving dinner with Wilma, Wendell and Amy, Darin, Holly and the kids, Josh, Rachelle and kids, Charley, Jackie, J, us and Jackie's parents Claude and Sallie.  19 of us.  I can't believe we didn't think to take a picture.  I did however, get a picture of the kids playing out on the dirt pile.  They had a wonderful time.

When we moved here (in our temporary apartment), we asked Charley about parking.  Those of you from Wheaton know that there is no street parking overnight.  He just said that we didn't need to worry about that.  We live on a cul-de-sac and this is how our neighbor handles having 4 cars most nights.  Just park 2-deep at the curb.

And then to end on a very special note.  Josh and Rachelle had family pictures taken now that they are 5.  Aren't they a beautiful family?!

A busy but wonderful few weeks here in the Bluegrass!

Where do I start?

We went up to Josh and Rachelle's for the weekend.  We had B's birthday, grandparents' day at K's school and Trick or Treat.

At grandparents' day, the children made a turkey using cutouts of traced hands for the tail feathers.  It was a fun time.  They had a book fair and a photo opportunity.

T is doing well.  He's doing the things 2 month olds are supposed to do.  Eat, sleep and cry.  He is a very good baby and his sisters love him.

 

 

Trick or Treat was fun.  B was piglet.  K was a Rock Star (which is a character in a Veggie Tales video).  Josh wore this wig.  When he took it off, we said, "Where is your hair?  Or is that Grandpa's hair?"

K responded to say, "No!!  Grandpas don't have hair!"  Any of you who know both of K's grandpas know they don't break their budgets with hair products.

 

 

We helped celebrate B's 2nd birthday.  She is growing up to be such a caring, loving little girl.

 

 

 

Back at the farm..  We had 2 litters of baby pigs.  One litter of 7 and another of 8 (born Sunday morning).  They are guinea hogs which are a heritage breed that forages for their food.

 

 

Progress on the house is fantastic and exciting!  They built the deck for the front porch today.  John took this picture of Jackie and I standing on the porch.  The framing crew is hoping to finish this week.

 

 

Another beautiful sunset in the Bluegrass.