New Life on Primo

Christmas on Primo

2009-12-13T17:14:00.001-08:00

First Christmas tree at Primo
New beautiful lights

Well December 2009 is here and we are getting ready for our first Christmas on Primo!! It is hard to believe we have been in this beautiful home for over 8 months. Time flies when you are having fun. It flies so fast I hardly ever blog:(( Ugh! Hopefully we still have a few faithful viewers. We have our tree and house decorated as you can see. Our neighborhood is very decorated with wonderful lights. It is definitely a great neighborhood to live in. We are all looking forward to the upcoming holidays. Merry Christmas to all of you!!

Continued Life on Primo

2009-09-13T08:33:00.000-07:00

Hello faithful blog viewers. If you are reading this, YOU are definitely faithful!! I know I haven't posted anything since April however life has continued on Primo!! We have settled into our new wonderful home and are LOVING it!!!!!! It is so hard to believe that just one year ago we were just starting this process. NOW, we have been living in our beautiful home for over 5 months!! The only thing that we have not completed is the landscaping. We decided we wanted to enjoy the summer and not be overwhelmed with having to plant grass. We may begin to start that process this fall. We will see how motivated we get!! So faithful viewers, I will post more pictures of the completed house soon. Thanks again for staying!!

Our newest addition.

2009-04-19T15:29:00.000-07:00

As you have already seen, we have add one more thing to our new house. A new Sony LCD tv and stand. There had been many comments regarding our little 18 inch tv. I loved my little 18 inch tv but it did look a little out of place in our new front room. So we splurged and bought a 46" Sony Bravia. It is great!! We can actually see the TV now. Amazing!!

Banister complete!!!!

2009-04-16T20:52:00.000-07:00

We finally don't have a death trap in our dining room. Hooray!! Damon got the banister up today. It looks GREAT! It also makes me breath a little easier. I was little concerned someone may fall down the stairwell before we got it up. I also got all the base painted yesterday and all the nicks from the move covered. That was a full days job. Hopefully if the weather would ever cooperate we will pour our curbing and driveway. It will be nice to get that in so maybe there will not be so much dirt. It doesn't hurt to dream!!!!!!!!!!

WE DID IT!!!!!

2009-04-14T17:11:00.000-07:00

Our Bedroom
Walk-in Closet

Our shower

Our vanity (not quite finished!)

The kid's bathroom

Blake's room

Taylor's room

Dining room/ Office (for now)

Kitchen

Fridge

Mudroom with laundry

Pantry in mud room

Half wall with finished top

Living Room

Stained Front Door

Different View of Living Room

Ok so it has been 11 days since my last post. That is how many days I have lived without internet, phone or cable. Unbelievable I know but I survived. The worst part was not having internet. Very difficult:>> Well, we moved in. Unfortunately I have NO pictures of the move. It happened so fast that I think I just spun around in a circle in disbelief!! We had so many great friends and family helping that we moved the whole house in about 3 hours. Now when I say moved I mean just put in the house. It has taken me 11days to find everything and try and put it away, where I can find it. We still have boxes full of misc. items in the basement. They may stay there for awhile. As you can see from the pictures, we are definitely living in our new home. And as you can see there are a few things left to be finished but very livable. Living here is still so unreal. It is so hard to believe this beautiful place is OUR's for a very long time. We also have signed all the papers for the sell of our old house. It was definitely bitter sweet. We will miss our little blue house. When we drive by it, I want to cry. We had lots of great memories in that home. However, we plan on making LOTS of new great memories in our new home. More posts to come.

7 days!!

2009-04-03T21:14:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am apologizing because I don't have pictures to post again today. You will just have to believe me when I say things are coming along. We got all our appliances today. They are GREAT. They also look terrific in the kitchen and mud room. All the lights, speakers and fans are in. Thanks to my dad!! I have been slowing moving things to the house but tomorrow we will be completely moving in. Unfortunately I will not be posting for a number of days as glitch #3 hit when Bresnan has not shown up to connect our phone, internet or cable. So our house will be very quite for the next several days. I will take pictures of the move and post when I am able to reconnect!!!!

8 days

2009-04-01T19:14:00.001-07:00

Wow only 8 days! That thought is very scary. More progress today. Grout got sealed; the kitchen faucet is in; all the baseboard should be finished tonight; vacuumed all the carpets and all the kitchen cabinets; all the interior doors got hung. I think that is about it. That is definitely plenty. We have been burning the candle at both ends. More to come tomorrow!!!

9 days and counting!

2009-03-31T19:16:00.000-07:00

Hardwood in hall and dining area.

Hardwood down hall.

Our bathroom tile.

The kids bathroom.

The carpenter may not make it to the end. Do you know of any good replacement carpenters?

Now if you didn't read yesterday's blog you may be confused because we have went from 11 days to 9. And yes I can count. The day we will close on our current house has got moved up a day so we have lost one full day of work. So there is only 9 days left. Today was a very productive day. YAY!! The hardwood floor is done. It is great. We love it. My dad was able to help to that sped things up. Also the plumber returned and finished the hot water heater. YAY for hot water. He also put in a few of our bathroom fixtures. So we will have at least one bathroom when we move in. We also got alot of things cleaned. It is amazing all the dust that accumulates during the building process. Oh so much more to do!!!!

11 days!!!!

2009-03-30T18:34:00.000-07:00

Hardwood in the hall

With only 11 days left, things are moving slow. The morning did not start out too productive but Damon has gotten part of the hardwood floor in as seen in the picture above. It looks great!! We are so happy with it. Also did get the additional carpet ordered today. They even had the same die-lot. Unbelievable!! That should be in possibly Friday or early next week. We also found out we will be signing our papers on Thursday now instead of Friday. One less day to get things done. So I should truly be saying 10 days and counting. Hopefully tomorrow things will pick up.

12 days!!

2009-03-29T16:34:00.000-07:00

Living Room w/ carpet
Taylor's room

Our room

On the twelve day of counting, the second glitch hit!! 12 inches of fresh new snow and when your carpenter is a skier~~yes you have guessed it, off to the ski hill he goes!! So there was no progress made on the house today. Anyone know of any cheap hotels in Butte?? I may need the number. I have put the pictures of the carpet. It looks great and I am glad that is in!!

13 days!!

2009-03-28T10:32:00.000-07:00

Well we have hit our first major glitch. The carpet is here and being installed however we are short. YES I said we are short carpet. We do not have enough to do the stairs going to the basement. How can this happen you ask?? I'm not really sure myself. We had the guy who was going to install the carpet for us came and do the measurements. We ordered the amount he told us too. Now it is his dad who is actually installing the carpet and now we are short:<< I am trying not to get to worked up about it. It is only the stairs; The carpet only has to come from Georgia; We only have to move in next weekend!! Ok I'm stopping before I end up in a padded cell. I should just be happy this is the only glitch so far. I will try and post pictures of the carpet later!!!

14 days and counting!!

2009-03-27T08:11:00.000-07:00

Mud room tile
Mud room again!!

Kid's shower with tile.

Kid's hickory vanity

Our bathroom hickory cabinets

More of our hickory cabinets in the bathroom.

Our Rinnia water heater.

We have only 14 days to be out of our current house. So the race is on. Things are progressing smoothly at this point. I hate to even say that to jinxs us but so far so good. The bathrooms are coming along. Today we got a surprise in that our carpet is going to be laid!! We weren't expecting it to get done until next Friday and that was cutting it close. So YAY for the carpet getting put in!!! Our appliances should be in either Thursday or Friday of next week. Hopefully by then our hardwood floor will be completed!! One day at a time!!!

THE COUNT DOWN IS ON!!

2009-03-26T15:50:00.000-07:00

As of tomorrow, we only have 14 days to be out of our current house!! Now that's a scary thought!! Things are coming together at the new house. All the tile is done. Damon has started putting the together the bathrooms; toilets, sinks etc. Also the plumber was there today putting in the hot water heater!! YAY!! So we are moving along but are we moving fast enough~~ only time will tell!! I will post pictures soon!!

LOTS of new news!!!!

2009-03-22T16:38:00.000-07:00

Hickory Kitchen Cabinets
Cabinet above Fridge

Let there be light!!

Outside lights!!

Kid's Bathroom Tile

Well we did it!! We sold our current house. It is very exciting and scary at the same time. We are so glad that we were able to sell however now we have to be out of this house by April 10th!! So we are trying our best to be able to be in our new house by the 10th. It will definitely be close!! So here is the progress on the new house. The kitchen cabinets are in and they are beautiful. My dad has been working hard to get all our outlets and lights in. Damon has gotten one bathroom floor in. (as you see from above) He his also working on our bathroom floor today!! The hardwood is here and the carpet is on the way. We will definitely be close to getting in by April 10th!!!

Outside complete!!

2009-03-05T11:24:00.000-08:00

Outside porch and handrail
Blake's door with trim

Our bedroom door and bathroom door!!

Primed and textured living room

The outside is done, The outside is done. (On the house of course.) We still have landscaping and sidewalks to pour but the house is done. We love it!! It is hard to believe how far we have come in such a short amount of time!! The inside is coming along to. (as you can see from the pictures) The taping and texturing is done. All the walls have also been primed!! Yeah!! Now Damon is hanging the doors and the trim. Then the trim needs to be primed. Damon has made all the trim himself and is looks great!! He is so talented!! The doors also are beautiful. It is still so hard to believe is going to be OUR home!! The kitchen cabinets are also here. They are AWESOME!! I can't wait until we can hang them!! We are definitely moving right along. Now if we could get an offer on our current house we would be set!! Keep your fingers crossed!!

Siding Complete!!!!!!

2009-02-16T17:31:00.000-08:00

Yeah the siding is done!! Damon finished it up today and it LOOKS great!! Also the taper was there today a is making progress (again slow but sure):>>>>

Siding almost complete!!

2009-02-15T09:05:00.000-08:00

Here are more pictures of more siding. I have been trying to post once a week at least but from day to day there is not alot of progress to post. Damon almost has all the siding completed!! It looks GREAT!! We are very happy with how it has turned out. The taper continues to work in the house. Slow but sure. We have also been getting prices on appliances and shades. That must mean the end is near. We have now listed our current house with a realtor. After almost 2 months of trying to sell it ourselves, we have had no offers. So lets hope the realtor can sell it:>> Keep your fingers crossed for us. Hope you enjoy the new pictures!!!

Siding almost completed!!

2009-02-06T19:56:00.000-08:00

Damon has almost completed the siding. He has three gables left and that is it. He is amazingly fast for a one man show:>> He does still have soffet to complete. The taper has been there most of the week and that is progressing also. We think we may be getting an offer on our current house. So keep you fingers crossed. We would be thrilled to sell this house.

And then there was heat!!!

2009-01-23T06:33:00.000-08:00

We officially have heat in the house. YEAH!! With all the sheetrock up, the house does stay warm. Damon was able to heat the house enough to paint the trim for outside. Now the trim is officially up and more siding can be put up!! I love the color Damon used for the trim. It adds alot. The taper will be starting next week. WOW~~ things are really starting to come together. Now if we could just sell our current house, things would be GREAT. We got a few calls on the house this week but no one that wanted to see it. We may end up with a realtor :<< Only time will tell.

Sheetrocking almost complete!!

2009-01-18T11:39:00.000-08:00

Mud room (off of garage)
Kitchen

Blake's room

Taylor's room

Our room

Small hallway closet

Shower in our bathroom

Our bathroom

Living room

Living room and kitchen

This week was very productive. The sheetrocking is almost complete just a few small areas left. As you can see from the pictures, it is starting to all come together. The plumber finally showed up today to finish his final projects. The heating man has been there off and on. We can have heat after the plumber hooks up the gas line today!! Damon will be talking with tapers tomorrow. They may even start taping this week. We have been having discussion about the flooring and that too may be ordered this week. Day by day we get closer to moving in. We have listed our current house and have shown it 3 times already; however no real prospects yet. Hopefully we can sell it sooooon!! We will not be completing the family room or back deck until we sell the house. Keep your fingers crossed for us!!!

New Year

2009-01-09T14:28:00.000-08:00

Well 2009 has began and progress is happening at Primo however slow!! I think contractors are having a hard time getting back into the swing of things. We have waited all week for the heater guy, insulation guy and plumber to show up. Atlas on Friday, they all showed up:>> I am telling you I don't get the contracting world. However I am just glad they are there!!!!! Damon has been starting to put the siding on the house and it looks great!! The weather has finally warmed up here and the snow is melting. Now we have a huge mud pit around our house. NOT fun to work in. We have also listed our current house to sale. Please keep your fingers crossed for us. It may be difficult with the economy so bad. We have already shown it once so hopefully that is a good sign. I will keep you posted

End of 2008

2008-12-31T09:00:00.000-08:00

Garage ceiling
Dining room and bedroom

Living room ceiling

Wow I can hardly believe that 2008 is over. This year has been another crazy year. The addition of building a house has added much stress and excitement to our lives. After 3 and 1/2 months, we are over half way done and hope to be in it early spring. We do not have an official target day. We figure, if we don't have a date, it is less stressful. Damon has all the ceilings sheetrocked!! Yeah! We are now waiting on the insulation man who should be here next Monday. The holiday season slows all production down. People seem to think they need a break or something!!! Damon has even got a little bit of rest!! We are excited for what 2009 brings. Thanks for follow are blog. (even if a post so infrequently!!!)

Slow but sure!!

2008-12-20T13:40:00.000-08:00

I do not have any updated pictures to post but we continue to make progress, slow but sure. We had our electrical inspection and it went well. We can now start sheet rocking. The weather has not been very kind. Most of the days last week, the highs were below 0. Got to love Montana weather. Damon continued to work but it made it more difficult!! Hopefully soon we can get the insulation in and then we can have heat. Yeah!!

There is life on Primo!!

2008-12-13T09:20:00.000-08:00

Garage doors!
Partial Front Door!

Front door Again! (from the inside)

Lots wiring and the heater!!

My deepest apologies for not posting in a few weeks but there has been lots of activity at Primo. The garage doors are in. Yeah!! Now we can lock up at night. Also all the wiring has been pulled!! Yeah!!! A BIG thanks goes out to my dad for all his hard work. Our front door frame and side window is in but the main door is coming next week. All the rough-in plumbing is done also. Damon plans on finishing up the plumbing himself. So there is lots of work to be done there. The heating contractor has been there. The heater is in the basement and Damon has cut all the vent holes. Once we get the lid sheetrocked we can insulate!! Our kitchen cabinet have been chosen and are on order. We have also been shopping for flooring and bathroom cabinets. If anyone has any suggestions, PLEASE feel free to comment. Some of the flooring has been more difficult than anticipated but I am sure it will work out in the end:> Optimism goes a long way. We have also put a for sale sign out in front of the house on Grand. We are going to try and sell it ourselves. If we don't get much interest within the next couple of months then we will try a real estate agent. Not the best time to try and sell a house, with Christmas and all, but you have to start sometime. Blake said we don't have to sell the house. We could just take the sign down!! Hopefully, we will get some interest in the house!! If you know anyone who wants a cute little house in Butte send them our way!! As you can see lots of activity HAS been happening at Primo!!

THE WINDOWS!!

2008-11-28T18:49:00.000-08:00

The front window holes cut out. The back window holes.

The front windows.

The back windows!

The front room windows.

Blake's bedroom window.

Our bedroom windows.

The patio doors.

The kitchen window.

The windows are finally in and they look AWESOME!! Now, all of you who were worried we were not going to have many windows, can see all our beautiful windows. A big thanks to my uncle Randy, who helped with the window sizes. We also got some plumbing done today. My dad has continued to plug away on the electrical. Boy is that a big job. Hope you enjoy our new pictures.

The window are here! The windows are here!

2008-11-28T08:08:00.000-08:00

Yeah, the windows FINALLY arrived this morning!!! Stay tuned, pictures to come. Happy belated Thanksgiving to you all. Hope you had a great day. We want to extend a BIG thank you to my Aunt Bonnie, who cooked dinner for us. We had a terrific time!!!

Moving along.

2008-11-21T07:32:00.000-08:00

Dad wiring and view of the front of the house.

Front entrance.

Back door in the garage.

Door out of garage to back yard!!

The days continue to go by and Damon continues to plug away. All this work and stress has finally caught up with us all. This week Damon, Blake, Taylor and myself all ended up in the doctor's office. We all are slowly mending!!! We have continued to get bids on things to come. My dad (thank goodness for dads) has begun wiring. The plumber will be there today. Damon has been able to get the house wrapped, some doors in, a concrete pad poured for the dog kennel, concrete poured for the deck, and many more misc. things done. Now don't panic when you see our current front door. It is just temporary. Our main door is still almost a month out. So we put something in, so when the windows arrive, we can lock it up! We have also started talking carpet and flooring but have not made any final choices yet. Also today we are meeting with our cabinet guy!! Can't wait to see his ideas. Got to run. More to come!!

Roof is done!!!

2008-11-15T10:57:00.000-08:00

Hooray, Hooray, the roof is done!!! As you can see the roof is completed!! We are so happy the roof is completed. The weather hasn't been super but it has cooperated enough to allow us to get the shingles on the roof. So let it snow (if it wants). Damon is now working on some framing and we are waiting for the windows. Unfortunately the windows are another two weeks out. So we will be working on other things until then. If any of you are coming through stop by and see our progress!!

2008-11-10T17:36:00.000-08:00

Things have continued to move on at Primo. Sorry I haven't posted lately. I apologize again because I do not have pictures to post today however I wanted to updated everyone on the progress. Damon has been able to dry in all the sheeting in the roof and he has about 75% of the shingles on. We have also been getting bids on heating systems, researching appliances and flooring. So if any one has any suggestions on any of the above, don't hesitate to email me. I hope to post updated pictures sometime this week!!!!!

House has a roof!!

2008-11-02T11:06:00.000-08:00

The last few days have been productive. Damon was able to get the house roof sheeted and dried in with paper. It came not a minute (or day) too soon. Today's weather is very rainy and tomorrow we are forecasted to have snow!! The garage roof may have to wait a few days. Hopefully we will get a few more good weeks to get the house completely enclosed!!

2008-10-30T18:48:00.000-07:00

The trusses have arrived!!! Hurray!!! Damon, Brent (Kautzman), and Dad were very productive. They were able to get all the trusses up today and some sheeting too. So we now have a roof!!! More to come tomorrow.

Decrease production

2008-10-28T15:07:00.000-07:00

Garage steps
Front porch and stairs

Stamped front porch!!

As many of you have noticed, I haven't posted in over a week. Well, we finally hit our first snag. The trusses we hoped to arrive last week still are not here. Hopefully they all will be delivered tomorrow. At least that is what we are being told at this point. I will believe it when I see it!! If they do arrive, Damon should be able to start putting them up Thurday!! So in the mean time, Damon has been finishing some small things. He was able to pour the stoop or front porch(as I call it). They dyed the concrete and stamped it with a pattern. That is one of the pictures above. He was able to get the steps in garage done. (Also one of the pictures above.) He built a removable ramp for these stairs, so his dad will be able to get into the new house. It is pretty cool. He has also started to do some of the framing in the basement for our family room and office. Hopefully I will have more posts in the upcoming days!!

End of 6 weeks!!

2008-10-19T17:33:00.000-07:00

Garage sheeted!!
Back of house and eventually the back yard.

More of the back yard.

Well, the weekend has ended and we having been building now for 6 weeks. We definitely have come a long way. Everyone that stops to see the progress can not believe how far we've come. All the credit goes to my lovely husband. He has been working his you-know-what off. This weekend we did a lot of little things. We finished the sheeting on the garage, cleaned out the basement, cleaned up around the house, and got some of the dirt work done. Hopefully this week the trusses will come!! Keep your fingers crossed!!

And More Walls!!!!!!!

2008-10-17T20:18:00.000-07:00

We now have all the outside walls up!! Yeah. It is so hard to believe how far we have come in such a short amount of time. Many thanks go out to my dad for all the long hours of work he has given us on this house, ALREADY. (And he thought he was just wiring the house!!!) Today Damon and my dad got all the garage walls up. Wow what a big job for one day. It turned out great!! We are definitely moving right along!! Bye for now.

And More Walls!!

2008-10-16T20:54:00.000-07:00

Garage Slab!!

Soon to be living room windows and Front door!

View of bedrooms.

View of mud room and entrance off the garage.

Today all the interior walls were put up and all the sheeting completed on the outside. Yeah!!! More good progress. I have also included a picture of the garage slab that was poured on Tuesday but it had been covered until today. Bye for now!!

More walls!!

2008-10-15T15:14:00.000-07:00

Front of house.
Looking at master bedroom.

Looking into soon to be kitchen and living room.

Today was again, another productive day at the new Drakos house. Damon and my dad got all the outside walls up along with most of the sheeting. Also they started the interior walls. Wow it is actually starting to look like a house. Keep praying for good weather!!

We have walls!!

2008-10-14T18:39:00.000-07:00

Front view of the house!! Right corner view!

Left corner view soon to be Taylor's and Blake's rooms!

View of the house from Continental Drive!!( Road west of the house )

Today was a very productive day!! Damon and my dad not only got most of the house walls up but we also got the garage concrete floor poured. Yeah!! They definitely made up for the slow weekend. It is all starting to come together. Today, for the first time since breaking ground, I had a wave of excitement. I have been trying not to get to excited to fast because I know it is going to be a long process but today it started to all come together!! I guess we will see what tomorrow brings!! Bye for now!!!

Process slowed

2008-10-13T19:10:00.000-07:00

Hi faithful blog readers:> As you can see from the pictures, we have made some progress but it has slowed some. There were too major factors for the decrease in progress. The first major factor was good old mother nature. We had our official first blizzard for over 3 days here in Butte. That made it impossible to work. Then during the blizzard, I left for the weekend. I spent the weekend in Portland with the Ramey family celebrating the wedding of my cousin, Kali. That is the first picture you see. That is some of my cousin, aunt and grandma. We had a super time!! My family is awesome and a treat to hang out with anytime. However with me in Portland, Damon was totally in charge of the kids. As most of the wife's reading this know, dads have a hard time multi-tasking when having the kids alone. So due to those two major factors not much progress has been made. Damon was able to get the floor on before the snow and also put the stairs to the basement in. Those are the pictures you see above. In the picture with the the kids playing, that is where our kitchen and living room area will be eventually. There is lots planned this week hopefully the weather will cooperate so we can get framed in!! Keep your fingers crossed!! Bye for now!!

Coming along

2008-10-07T19:01:00.000-07:00

Ok I am apologing to all my blog followers. My husband so kindly (ha,ha) informed me, I am not doing a very good job keeping up on posting on the blog. So if I have been disappointing you by not posting blogs more frequently. I am sorry:> I will try to post every few days. The house continues to progress nicely. Since posting last, Damon has put up all the walls in the basement. He also has moved alot of dirt and leveled out the property some. Finally, today he got all the floor joists in. Wow, he does good work. I definitely need to keep him around. It is actually starting to come together. We may actually have walls soon. Unbelievable!!! As I said before I will try and post more frequently for you, my loyal blog viewers!! Bye!!

More progress

2008-10-02T15:51:00.000-07:00

South View off of property!!

Garage Foundation

Basement Floor!!

Well, as you can see, we have made more progress on the house the last few days. The garage foundation got poured and Damon was able to remove all the panels. He started back filling the dirt a little today around the garage. It will be nice when all the dirt is leveled out. It makes quite a mess now!! Also we got the basement floor poured today. So we know can start putting on the floor and putting up walls. Yeah progress you can see!! Hopefully the weather remains beautiful here so we can get the garage floor poured next week. Then we are done with concrete until we pour the driveway and that is way off!! I am definitely getting a lesson in carpentry!! But so far it has gone pretty well!! I hope I just didn't jinx us!! See Ya!!

House plans

2008-09-30T18:52:00.000-07:00

Outside View of new house to come!

Basic Floor Plan

I have received a few emails asking about what the new house will look like when it is finished and what the floor plan is like. So I have attached a picture of the outside view and the floor plan. It has all been modified some of course. On the outside the biggest difference is the garage. It will be a three car garage. On the inside, there will be a stairway going downstairs, as we will have a full basment. We have add a little bit of square footage so the house is a little over 1600 square feet on each floor. There will be a Mud room where you see the washer and dryer icons not a utility room. The basement will have a family room, 2 bedrooms, a utility room and a bathroom. We are building on a city lot that is just under a half of acre. So we will have plenty of room for a nice yard. So that is the basics of the house to come. We have made more progress this week. There will be more pictures to come of the changes!! (As soon as I get time to take more pictures!!) Keep the questions coming!!

Thank goodness for days of rest

2008-09-28T13:43:00.000-07:00

Today is sunday and we really did not have much to do on the house. We need to pour concrete and can not do that on the weekends, so we actually had a day off. This is first day home together in over 2 weeks. Thank goodness for Sundays!! It has been nice just spending time as a family. We did go to the new house for a few hours and was able to meet one of our neighbors. Their last names is Johns. They have a little boy Blake's age and goes to Blake's school. He is also in Kindergarten but a different class. They played for awhile today. It sure will be nice to live in a neighborhood where there are kids!! Poor Taylor will be out numbered by boys but I am sure she will hold her own. She is growing up a Butte girl:> So bye for now!!

Oh and by the way, Damon said we are taking donations!!! So send them any time!! (ha,ha) See Ya!!!

First Days on Primo

2008-09-27T19:22:00.000-07:00

Western View off property

Basement Foundation

Garage Foundation ready to pour!!

Basement Foundation being poured!!!

Basement footings and our BIG hole!!

The hole starting to be dug!!

Hello all. I am officially going to try and become a blogger.( Thanks to my cousin Kali) I am not sure how well I will be at it but I thought this would be the easiest way to keep everyone updated on our new adventure. On September 8th, Damon and I began building a new house together. It will be here in Butte on Primo Ave. We are very excited but it definitely is going to be alot of work. We are building it ourselves. Damon would laugh that I say we are building it but I am doing the best I can. I did move concrete panels for many hours the other day. So far things have went fairly well. Since starting on September 8th, we have the hole dug, the basement foundation concrete poured, water and sewer to the house and the garage foundation ready to pour concrete. I have found that I will be very glad when the concrete is done. It is alot of building up and then tearing down. I will be glad when we aren't tearing down everything we build. I hope you enjoy the pictures I have attached. Sorry they are in the wrong order but I am just learning how to blog. Next time I will have it right. (I hope!!) My dad has been a huge help!! I am so thankful for him helping because I do have a few wussy bones in my body. He was able to help pour the basement foundation when I could not walk on the foundation walls to help pour them. Damon was also very thankful :> I will try and post frequently with updates and new pictures of our progress so each blog is not so long. If any of you are ever bored, come on over, we can put you to work. Bye for now!!