We have WALLS!

Adam and I finished laying out the walls on Friday and were ready to go with framing on Saturday. We had a few friends from church come out to help us - THANK YOU, Chris and Nels! They do custom renovations for a living and were a HUGE help. We set up our cut areas in the garage and started building the walls for the opposite corner - the back guest room. We were able to stand up a few walls and they look great. It's so exciting to see the house take shape. Here are some pictures . . .

Here they are Saturday morning - 7 am - talking about the game plan. The red lines on the concrete are the layout lines we made.

Here they are building the first wall - the back wall to the guest room.

Here are some of our tables set up and walls built and stacked in the background.

Raising the first wall!

Look at those walls! These walls surround our two back bedrooms and baths.

More walls, same area. It POURED down rain on us Saturday afternoon, so we had to break for a couple hours.

Here is the stash of wood that was delivered. We've been keeping them covered, so they wouldn't get wet.

We worked on the house for about 5 hours yesterday as well. Adam and his dad took today, Tuesday, and Wednesday off work - so, they'll be out there framing for most of the week. Adam's brother should be out there helping as well. It's a lot of work, but it shows progress quickly. We've bought some new fun tools - a reciprocating saw (Sawzall) and nail gun. Be sure to check back this week and I'll post pictures of the progress.