Pouring the Footings

Today they poured the footings. This is a big pump truck they brought in.
After they poured them this am they covered them up this pm because it
is suppose to rain and turn to snow tonight/tomorrow. The plan is to pour the
foundation Wed, weather permitting. WOW!

Footings Ready to be Poured

The frames are in for the footings to be poured on Monday. The inspector will be here at 9:30 and they hope to pour at 10:00am. A winter storm is coming in and we are expecting snow Tuesday. Hope all goes as planned!

Digging Gate Post Holes

On October 10, 2009 David used our neighbor's post hole driller to drill the holes to put up a gate. He had some trouble getting through the rocks so our neighbor Jonathon came and helped.
They got it done.

Staking Out Our House

On October 9th we started our new house. We helped our contractor, Ryan, stake out the parameters for the excavator. If you enlarge the pic by double clickingon it you can actually see the stakes. The house will be down just in front of the green patch of grass. The back of the house will face the pond in the background. Here we go.....