Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays friends and family! We have been pretty busy as usual moving forward with the house project but we have managed to continue with our normal fun stuff. We had Thanksgiving with both my folks and Heidi's, went to Disney on Ice for Elise, and went Christmas tree hunting with a group of our friends. I have been pretty neglectful of taking pictures of the house lately. Russ, Rob, myself, and my buddy Nate have been doing a lot of work. Russ put in the cabinets, Rob and I have been installing flooring, and Nate has started on our bathroom tiles. I'll get some pics posted soon. I put together a couple of posts below so check those out as well. Stay warm.

Elise and her many outfits

Snow Bunny Elise



















Elise is stylin for winter time















Keep rockin. Nice mohawk.



















Dressed up and ready to go to Disney on Ice's Princess Wishes

The Christmas tree that didn't make it home

We went Christmas tree hunting this morning. This little tree caught our attention and we were pleased to bring it home with us for the holidays. Little did we know that it would blow out the back of the truck on the way home and then get smashed to smithereens by another pick up. It was disappointing but we managed. We went to Lowes and grabbed another tree. We had fun going tree hunting as usual though. We have been going with the same group of friends for several years now and look forward to doing this every year. Next year I'm bringing some rope.

Wow, it's been a while. A lot has been going on during the days of Frazier. Mostly, activity has centered around the construction of the house. I have been busy with work recently attending our annual VR conference down in Boise and then going through an administrative review following a brief absence of work for the annual mule deer hunt. I will have to refer you to The Gregory Family Basket for pictures from that adventure. Two of our party were successful with two nice bucks. The rest of us will have to wait until next time. It was good being in hunting camp again.

The saga continues with the house. Real progress is being made as you can see by the following pictures of the construction. Russ, Rob, and I have been working every weekend trying to get the deck completed. After that is done, we'll move inside to begin work on the flooring, finish work, cabinetry, etc. We are hopeful that we'll be ready for a January move in.

Update: I have posted links to other blogs of family note on the side bar of the site. Take some time to peruse if you get a chance.

The slash pile has been burned!! I was pretty happy about that after the torture I endured trying to chip it with an industrial chipping machine. Burn baby burn.















Here's the deck. We're about 3/4 the way there with the decking. It's hard to see but the deck is about 11 feet in width and 45 feet long. It is going to be party deck central. Can't wait to bbq.
We got it piped for gas baby so no havin to change out the propane tank!





























Here is a view from inside looking from the kitchen out to the great room. All of the windows, electrical, hvac, and plumbing have been installed. The drywallers have been mudding and taping and will hopefully be done by the end of this week.















Here is a view from across the way. The roof is on and the siding is underway. Things are coming together.

Sleepover!

The Hall girls are having a sleepover at our house tonight. Pete and Mindy got tickets to the World Series in Denver this weekend. Pete's a huge Red Sox fan and should get a chance to see them take it again this year. Go Sox! Meanwhile, I'm off to the new house to keep chipping away at the deck and other fun housing projects.

some pics

Ok. Here are some pics of the house. I have been having some difficulty getting them up but here are a few. Since this picture has been taken, the roof has been loaded and most all of the windows have been installed. Russ and I are going out this weekend to install exterior doors and do some work on the deck. Enjoy!

House Progress

Things have been moving forward well. The windows are mostly installed, the roof is felted and was loaded today to be shingled this week, the plumbing has been roughed in, and we meet with the electrician on Thursday. For some reason, I was unable to upload images tonight so I will try again later. We also have some great pics from The Orchard's son Logan's birthday party out in Greenbluff. He turned two and we all went out and got pumpkins and did the birthday thing. I'll get that all up later.