Monday, March 30, 2009

Kaylie Pictures

Here are some pictures of our newest granddaughter
Kaylie Renee Skousen
She was born March 23, 2009
(Daughter of Robert & Christine)
and has had a little bit of a rough start.
She is in Primary Children's hospital in Salt Lake City.
Her condition has been improving every day.
If you want more of her story check out her Mom's blog.
We thank every one for their thoughts & prayers.




Thursday, March 26, 2009

Last Block

Yay! The last block is laid on the house.
The framers are here today to start framing the
main floor and put on roof trusses.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Bushwhacked!!!

Shanna meets bush on motorcycle.
(They really look worse than they are)

More on the House

This is the 8th course up.
Only one more to go, plus the garage.



Sewing Daily Sewing

These are the two quilts I made for my newest granddaughters.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Progress

The walls are starting to go up!



Wednesday, March 4, 2009

AAC Blocks

I am building my house out of AAC Blocks.
For those of you who don't know what they are you can check out the web site
Tim unloading the blocks
Many pallets of blocks
Label of what they are
What they look like
8" x 12" x 24"
After drilling the hole for rebar
Placing the first block


The start of the first wall on my garage

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Framing and more concrete

Tim working on the front porch
and floor trusses behind him.Basement framing
Garage concrete
Building the stairs

Yeah! I have stairs!