Work began early that morning...
In the basement Mr. Bradrick, Stephen, and Mr. Young were at work...
The fencing was coming along nicely.
Jairus was still cutting away...
The walls were going up...
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Hey, I see a wall! We never could have gotten this far in one day with out all this help!
Look at them go....
There's a guy for you!
The dismantling was an all day thing.
Be careful Jon.
That burn pile never did stop growing...
Meet our guards, Christian and Josh.
Another wall is put up...
First there was nothing and then...
there was Joshua! or was that another story?
I see a structure! Could it be a barn?
After lunch came dinner. Mom and I ran to Costco and got pizza and salad for everyone. By the time we got back it was dark and I didn't have much time for picture taking.
It was a great blessing to have so many people come and help out. We got so much done that one day - what a blessing!
The framing was done for the walls as well as the floor on the tack room. The next week Matt and Dad worked on building the roof and putting up the rest of the walls.
Here is what it looks like now. We hope to spruce it up a bit later.
We still have some more work to do on the roof and the inner walls need to be put up.
This is what it use to look like....
And this is what it looks like now...
There isn't as much work to do on this place as there was at the previous house. We also have more room to store all our books and furniture.
All the outdoor pictures were done by Matt.
All these pictures were taken the week before the barn rasing.
This is the old pump house. Next to it is a wood shed.
Behind the pump house is an old chicken coop. The main part of the building looks sturdy but the roof caved in way back when.
This is the dog run. It had barbed wire, too small of a dog house and no gate.
This was the shed we were going to use for the horse, but it was too small and had a bit too much rot on the studs.
This is looking to the back of the property. It goes back another 1 or 2 hundred yards. 
To your right is the front door. To your left is the doorway that leads to the rest of the house.
This is the other side of the Living room.
This is the kitchen. Off to the right is the doorway to the dinning room. We love the idea of not having the entryway and the laundry room in the Kitchen.
This is my room. I love the wood floor! All the bedrooms have hard wood floors.
This is the downstairs bathroom. It has tile flooring and wood walls and ceiling.
My room is on the other side of this wall. I'm going to decorate this bathroom in a cowboy style, what do you think?
This is looking down to the basement. all the room you've seen so far have doors opening onto the kitchen.
A lot has changed since these pictures were taken. This is looking into the rest of the basement.
This is the door to the backyard. We got a new one to replace it, but that project is for a later date.
This is looking from the dinning room into the kitchen. To your right is the doorway into the office.
Here is the office...
This is our side door that opens into the office.
Back in the dinning room is the stairs leading to upstairs.
These stairs have normal size steps!
In front of you is the upstairs bathroom. To your left is Matt's room and to your right is Mom and Dad's room.
Here is Matt's room...
He also gets a skylight!
The closet extends behind the wall for extra storage. He just finnished it this week so I'll have to post more pictures.
This is the upstairs bathroom.
It is extremely long and narrow.
This is Mom and Dad's room. They have a skylight as well.
