New House Updates

We have been very busy moving into our new house. Mom and Dad have been here for two weeks helping us unpack and I don't know what we would have done without their help. We have everything unpacked that we use on a day-to-day basis. Now we can take a little more time to unpack the remaining items.

While we have been busy unpacking and moving things over from Susan's house, the builders have been busy with property development. Several loads of gravel were hauled in to provide a base for the garage driveway.

Next, forms are built for the cement.

Here you can see the gravel and wood form for the front door ramp and in the background a small portion of the poured driveway.

The cement truck just poured the front ramp and the workers are smoothing out the cement.

This is in the back yard. The cement in the background is the hot tub pad. In the foreground is the sidewalk that leads to the garage. The patio roof support posts are on the left side of the photo and you can see the ramp leading up to the sliding glass door in the family room on the right.

All the cement is poured and set for the backyard patio.

We had to have 25 dump truck loads of dirt hauled into the back yard in order to raise the level of the lawn up to the patio. Joe is spreading the dirt around with his Bob Cat.

We are still using a small temporary propane tank. But the trench was dug for the permanent gas lines.

The gas lines are buried and all the dirt is in.

We had to put large rocks in the flower beds in the backyard because silly Tillie eats small rocks and everything else she can find. We know she can't eat these.

Underground sprinklers were installed next. Before the sod could be put down, mow strips were installed just inside where the fence will be. This will make yard work easier and protect the fence from the weed whipper.

We have a back lawn. Just one more thing before the dogs can go outside and enjoy themselves.

A picture of the backyard on the north east corner.

Looking out from the patio.

We selected a black vinyl coated fence for the backyard. The hot tub was delivered but it has not been wired yet. There are two gates in the fence; one leads out to the wetlands and one is located on the south side of the house that leads to the front of the house.

The other end of the lawn.

The patio roof went up so fast that I didn't get a picture before this. The next step will be installing the electrical outlets on the posts, the light/fan in the ceiling and passing the inspection.