It's always good to see progress!

First things first. On Memorial Day Josh, Abby, and I got to go for a plane ride. It was a lot of fun. We got to fly out and see the house from the air. Both Josh and Abby got to have a turn keeping us in the air. They did great. Their favorite part by far was the zero g 'floating'.

Go Abby, Go! I think she was getting ready for a barrel roll here....

Hey look! There's our hole in the ground. And look at all those blue tarps! Gotta keep those logs covered until we're ready for them. We had to take delivery a little early or we wouldn't have been able to get them this season.

After our plane ride we went to attend a special flag cermony done by the local VFW. It was very nice. Josh especially enjoyed the 21 gun salute from real M1 Garands. It's nice to take a break and remember the great sacrifices made by those who have gone before us.

The foundation crew arrived on Tuesday and went right to work. By Wednesday they had everything poured!

Here's the garage side

Here's a detail of the J-bolts. A layer of sill seal goes down, then the sill plate gets bolted on. On top of all that is the double rim joist that holds all the floor joists together.


That's all for now... We'll keep you posted. BTW - Congrats to Tiff and Jake!