Roofing!

If you've been paying attention, you must think we are doing something out of order - truth is, we are nowhere near ready to contemplate putting a roof up.  Since we poured concrete walls on the 12th, Tom, Pop, and I have spent our time taking down scaffolding and bracing and hanging the ledger.  Before we can start roofing, we must (1) pour the slab for the basement (two pour process), (2) build our support wall in the basement, (3) hang our floor, (4) build our main floor walls on the east, west, and north side and frame the south wall, and then maybe consider hanging a roof.  Granted there are lots of other projects in there - bucking and bracing, building stairs, etc.

Saturday, Thomas climbed the roof at Dave & Marie's for a roofing party.  He, Dave, Daniel, and Pop successfully got the new panels on the garage (well, we'll find out how successfully in the next rainstorm).

 David & Daniel anchoring down the panels - hopefully windproof!

Daveman getting the corner screwed down

And here's our horn playing nephew who rocked the Spring Concert last Thursday.  He received MIP award for his grade level - way to go!!!

Daniel had commented about last Thursday's night of music as our local opportunity for fine arts and culture.  Turns out it was, indeed - the Cimarron Wind Ensemble - high school and middle school musicians - played for over an hour.  To make the night even more festive, Thomas and I got to have dinner with Daniel and Julie at the St. James.  It was a small town version of a double date for dinner and the symphony, not that Thomas or I are missing double dates and the symphony...

AND in four more days I get to see little Ollie and his mom and dad - CAN'T WAIT!!!