The Blocks Go Up

We have officialy started to lay the blocks for our walls! This is a VERY exciting day for us. It almost does not seem real for us to be at this point in our life: building our own home. I'm sure the reality of it all will sink in sooner or later.

All Framed up and ready to Pour

Footings are ready.

La Bomba.

The boys checking things out.

Primativo and "The Guys" directing traffic.

Owen Loves It

Owen already knows where his room is.

Daddy, Look at me... look at me now!

I love our new house... especially since there's a cement mixer, tractors, blocks, and big loud machines everywhere.

Hurricane Ivo Update - No Harm Done

The hurricane did not produce more than some good surf and the inspiration for our workers to get the footings in over the weekend.

Photo update to follow.

Hurricane Ivo

We pray Hurrican Ivo does not dump too much rain on us. We're going to be scrambling these next few days to prepare for the worst.

Re-bar all lined up and ready to go.

Getting ready with the retaining wall footing.

Going vert.

Some Photos of the building site

Here we go! It's all marked out!

I really hope that wall doesn't fall down... It did.

Go tractor go!

We went vertical

Well, our footings are dug and the re-bar is in place for the retaining wall. Next step is getting the forms set to poor the concrete! We are soooo excited!

I'll upload some photos ASAP.