Mission (almost) Accomplished!!

This past weekend we re-roofed our house. And when I say "we," I really mean Ryan, Todd, Josh, Jim, and Dustin. Despite several difficult encounters with inept Menards employees, all materials were finally accounted for, and the project began.

Old roof is off!

Almost done with the house! They finished the house at about 10:30 pm Saturday night with the help of headlamps and spotlights.

Cole is such a great "helper."

House is finished!!!!

I'm not sure whether I dare mention that we ran out of shingles while doing the garage on Sunday, so there are tarps temporarily protecting the un-shingled portion. We aren't able to put our finger on how we miscalculated the number of shingles we would need, but we do know that Menards can't get our special order shingle color in until June 24. So, we wait. With a sweet blue tarp on our garage roof. But the house is done, so that is huge!!! THANK YOU to all who helped with the roof and/or landscaping projects at our house this weekend: Josh, Todd, Jim, Dustin, Bren, Kathy, Steph, and Phyllis! We could never have accomplished all of this without your help!

Friday (the 13th, no less) we leave for North Carolina to visit my grandparents. We shall return on Tuesday. The flight with a 16-month-old should be interesting.... I am guessing much more challenging than with the 7-month-old who slept all the way to New Jersey in September....