YEAH!!! It is FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We finally finished the storage shed. All there is left to do is secure it. We haven't decided whether to use a latch/lock or a handle with lock. Anyway, our neighbor, Neal, came over to help Chris paint it. It's finally done and now we can move stuff into it. Here is the finished product.

The shed is caulked and painted!

Here is the shed painted and caulked before the accent color is added.

Almost Done!

All there is left to do is trim the shingles and paint it and we'll be done. Our neighbor is a professional painter and has volunteered to paint it for us :) Here is a picture of it as of right now.

Stephanie

To all of you who know my sis...she's in Ethiopia right now for the next week and a half on a mission trip with The Village Church. Please pray for her and her team as they travel and put on a sports camp to minister to the people over there. I can't believe its been 2 years since I went to Africa! Definitely a life changing experience for me- and something I'll never forget. A little reminiscing never hurt anybody :)

3 weeks of freedom...

Only 3 weeks (since I'm already counting this week as finished) until school starts. Ugh...where has the summer gone? I feel like its actually been a while since we got out in June, but I'm just not ready for the summer to be over yet. This week is Chris' last week of summer school so we'll have 3 weeks off together! We are trying to plan a little getaway...maybe to a secluded cabin for some fishing, or maybe just to the Gaylord for a relaxing night out. Not sure which yet, but either way, I'm excited for a little vaca.

Another storage shed update: The shingles are up, the doors are on. Many thanks to Thomas for helping. Now all thats left is putting the trim on to make it pretty and painting it.



The roof all finished (minus some trimming of the shingles)


We finally got smart and borrowed my mom's pop-up tent. Life-saver!


Progress up to tonight: Notice, there's no hole there anymore because the doors are on now. Excuse the bad picture, too much stuff in the way! I'm ready for all that to be put INSIDE the shed :)

Storage Shed Update

Chris and Thomas worked on the shed today for a little bit and Chris wanted me to post a picture of what they accomplished. They mainly worked on the metal drip edge of the roof, fascia, and some trim so that it will be ready to shingle tomorrow. Yipee!

New Additions

We have a few new additions. The first and most exciting is Chris got a new truck! He sold his Lightning and got a bigger, newer truck...and he loves it! Its an '08 Dodge Ram with a Hemi! It even has step bars for me so I can get in it! Perfect for us! :)





Next, while Chris has been out working on our storage shed, I've been in the front trying to fix up our flower beds. Our next new addition is landscaping lights! And I installed them all by myself. I also put out new mulch, and added planters with flowers next to the front door. Here's a few pics to enjoy! :)

Storage Shed- part II

So the storage shed is moving along. On Tuesday night, we watched the news and it said its supposed to rain all week so Chris decided he needed to get the roof up before the rain came. Thomas thankfully came over to help and they got the plywood up over the trusses and the tar paper on, which evidently makes it pretty waterproof. They finished around 2:30am! I am uber surprised they didn't get called in for a noise complaint! Chris was using an air nailer to nail everything which sounded more like a shotgun and at 2:30 in the morning...yikes! I still can't believe the police never came. The rain the next few days is going to put a pause on the progress which is good for me so Chris can come in and help with the cleaning of the closets. YAY! :)


Here's the shed with the roof. There's a tarp hanging where the door will be to keep the rain out.

Our First Post

Our first post! I have to get used to using this and get the design the exact way I want and then we'll be all set! Right now the main drama in our lives is Chris is building us a storage shed in the backyard. We really need the extra space! We have a 2 car garage and we have 2 cars in there, so that equals no space for anything else! Also, I have decided to clean out all our closets over the past few weeks and now the house is filled with things that I've taken out but there's no where to put them...so...hence the storage shed. Its been great having help from our family and friends...Chris C., Rick, Jarrod, Dad...thank you! However, when there's no one here to help and Chris wants to work on it, guess who gets to help? ME! No bueno! We've got the walls up finally, that took all day yesterday. Next is the roof. I can't wait till its done. Here's a few pics of the progress!