Goodbye!

On Friday, March 14th we signed the papers to finalize the sale of our old home to Elisha Baker and her two kids, Ben and Allison.
They have been living in it since we moved out last October but were just renting until we
could get the home and land converted to
"real property" on paper.
It took us longer than we had hoped, but it is final now and the Bakers are great neighbors. They are just over the back fence!
Lucky for us, they love the chickens..........
and the roosters.
(Our new home is behind and to the left in this picture so you cannot see it)

More local craftsmen to thank

This is Dave Carlson and his son Beau (squatting) as they install foam insulation before attaching the beautiful yellow siding to the house.

Pete and Piete

Here are Pete and Piete Florence working on the miles and miles of wire!

When you are hooking up phone, TV, internet, lightning and speakers you cannot believe the maze of wires!

Also in the picture is pex water pipe, central vac pipe line and gas lines.

It's amazing what goes into the walls and ceiling joists before the insulation and sheetrock!

We are truly thankful

I would be very ungrateful if I did not give credit to the men who have helped us make this new home a reality. First of all, we asked Ariel Escobedo to use his architectual skills that he is learning at BYU to help us take the plans from my head and drawings I had made, to making them real blue prints for the builder to build from. He is to be commended for his patience and long suffering on his computer. Second, James Bleak for the dirt and concrete work. Third, Paul Steed for being our #1 framer and giving our house it's shape. He truly can build anything that we ask him to and he is very, very patient with us and our daily plan changes. To him, we are truly grateful. Also, I need to thank the Weiderman brothers Kenny and Richie for working along side Paul and doing whatever he asked. (see picture) Then, there is Piete Florence who is the most talented electrician that we know. He has more lighting ideas that we could ever dream of. After watching him hook up the main electrical panel, he might as well be a surgeon! With my Pete helping pull thousands of feet of wire, the job of rough wiring is finally done. Next week we will get insulation and sheet rock.

Expect more pictures!

Fresh from the nest

This is what we get in an average day. Our grandkids love to gather the eggs when they are here to visit. We love the different colored eggs that our chickens hatch!

Our beautiful rooster

This rooster is my favorite one.

Down on the farm

When we bought our piece of land to build on, it had an old chicken coop on it. Pete decided that it would be cool to have chickens, so with donations from generous chicken owners in the county we began raising our own home grown eggs. We now have added some exotic hens and colorful roosters and we wake each morning to the sound of the roosters crowing!

It's turning yellow!

For over 20 years, I have dreamed of having a big yellow house with white trim and a wrap around porch. Well, it is finally coming true for me. And, of course, Pete likes it too!

Here is a view of the home from an airplane that Cliff was in while flying over Panaca with one of his roommates who is taking flight lessons. Pic taken Jan 15th 2008

I apologize to Jonathan Christensen for not taking pictures while he, his dad, brother and brother-in-law came and worked on our home Feb. 16th. They installed all of our gas line throughout the whole house. We are truly grateful for their generosity. It takes lots of people to make this dream a reality and it is not over yet. Pete and I are trying to do some of the work ourselves but mostly we hire out our own sub-contractors. We are what they call "Owner Builders" and we do the work of getting our own help. More pics to come......

Doug and Jonathan Brunjes working on the back deck. Shingles being put on the roof.

Still more pics of the house. It's getting bigger each day!

Obviously these pics are not in order but I am doing the best that I can! Enjoy them for what they are OK?

More stages of building. It has been fun to watch it take the shape that we designed!

More pictures of the various stages of our home. November and December 07.

This is the beginning of our new home

started in November of 2007.

We have finally come aboard Blog spot!!

Ok, after much begging of our children, I have taken it upon myself to climb aboard the Blog Spot train and join in on the fun. I have always enjoyed visiting my childrens blog spots when I took the time to sit down for a minute. And that was because one of them would call or e-mail me telling me to check out the newest updates!
I am terrible about keeping in touch with my family especially lately because we are building a new home. Yes, all the more reasons to blog my life with stories and pictures of all that we have going on here. And especially for our daughter Jenny, son-in-law Andrew and our precious Tanner.
So, here is my first attempt of posting. Hope it works!! Are you happy now kids???
Bev