Monday, July 28, and Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Happy Birthday Mom!

For her birthday she got WINDOWS and DOORS!!!

On Monday they delivered all of the windows and doors. Our construcion crew put up steps and more walls!

On Tuesday our construction crew put in 3 windows and i set of patio doors and finished the walls!

Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27

Well we were in Oakes for the weekend visiting Grandpa Gary during recovery. When we got home Sunday afternoon, our house was finished shingled and it had more sheeting done.!

(pictures tomorrow (with windows (:))

Friday, July 25, 2008

Well, where do we start...Our regular builders came to our house at 7:30 am. The truck that had our SHINGLES on it came at 8:00 am. Mom was sure to call and wake me up to tell me! *Thanks Mom* About 2 minutes later the men who are shingling our house came.. Now how much progress did they get done?! well wouldn't you like to know..They got the whole east side of our house and the west side of our garage and got the house part ready to be shingled on Monday.

Thrusday, July 24, 2008

They finished the sheeting!! And more progress each day!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Seeing more progress everyday! All the trusses are up! It took that pretty much all day. They started sheeting the roof, then they had to stop working because of stupid rain.. RAIN GO AWAY. We just wish that it could go faster.

(pictures tomorrow)

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

well, well, well.. We have some walls up inside, not all though. We have the walls that are on that frame parent's room and the wall that is between the garage and office/laundry/entry. Mid State Truss Co. brought the trusses at about 4:00 pm. They will put them up tomorrow.

Friday, July 18, 2008

In just half of day of working, they got the four garage walls up! Monday they took the day off, so no progress til tuesday! :(

(pictures tomorrow)

Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Kitchen outter walls
The entry, tv room, and parents outter walls
Sever's, My room, and two bathrooms
parents room and tv room
Kitchen and tv room

Happy Birthday Matt!!

Starting out today we didn't think they were gonna come because it was kinda drizzly and cloudy, looking like it was gonna storm like a repeat of yesterday. BUT!!!! they came around 8:00 and got our house fully walled and started on one wall in the garage!!! YAY!!!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

They didn't get to work on our house due to rain. :( Rain, Rain go away come back WHEN OUR HOUSE IS SHINGLED!!!!!!!

Pictures from Tuesday

East Wall
South and East Walls

Monday, July 14 and Tuesday, July 15, 2008

We're finally seeing progress! It has been hotter than heck so the ice cream truck (thats what they called Sever when he brings them ice cream treats) came, and they got the floor ALL DONE!!!! plus two walls are up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!



(pictures tomorrow!!)

Friday, July 11, 2008

They delivered the wood to start framing Monday!!! It took two trucks to bring out the wood.!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The concrete trucks were here at 8:30 this morning! They poured the floor! Monday they plan to start framing!! We get more excited each day!!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Today they didn't get to pour the concrete as planned due to crappy weather Monday. They got the floor ready so they can pour concrete tomorrow.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Everyday since the first day they started working on our house if they aren’t working I ask my mom why and I think she is probably getting really annoyed!! :) They got the footings and the walls poured and backfilled in. Now they have to do a little plumbing and electrical work before they can pour the floors and start framing! WE CAN’T WAIT! WE ARE GETTING SO EXCITED!!!!

Top 10 Things to get used to while living in a camper!!

Kitchen/Eating Area/Living Room
Mom and Dad's Room
Shower and Parent's Bathroom
Mine and Sever's room
Mine and Sever's Bathroom (No shower)

10. Smoke alarm--can’t even make toast without it going off
9. Propane oven--burnt pizza on bottom, but still raw on top
8. Blowing fuses--too many appliances at one time (3 or more)
7. Short showers--5 minute showers before the water gets cold, that means its hard to shave your legs.
6. Hogan’s Heroes--Dad’s addiction! He keeps recording them on our DVR. :(
5. No phone/internet--thank goodness for cell phones/neighbors!!!
4. Short beds--even for our short family, our feet touch the wall at the end of the bed
3. Hard/thin mattresses--like sleeping on hard cement floors
2. Camper shaking--every time you walk across the floor or jump on the bed it shakes
1. LITTLE SPACE--too much togetherness!!

Hired!!!!

The end of May came around and we finally hired a builder.

The Waiting Game!.

We ended up staying in a motel for about two weeks before we got our camper and electricity and water hooked up to it! Talk about sick of motels!!! The drive to school from Fargo and to Fargo from school everyday got really old!!! The first month or so was chaos. It seemed like parents were on the phone the whole time, and when they wanted to try to relax they had to shut off their phones. We would go to Oakes to stay with Grandparents on weekends so we could just get away and try not to think about it. My dad was getting impatient with the fire investigator because he kept asking the same questions over and over then he would ask our neighbors the same questions over and over, but never asked if anyone smoked which everybody thought was kind of odd. It took about two weeks before we got the okay to demolish our house. They only thing that they knew that started the fire was that it was in the garage and it had to do with electrical, they couldn’t tell what though because it was too burnt. It took one long and tiring Saturday to tear it down with lots and lots of help from family and friends! Now it was time to find a builder to rebuild our house. There goes another two months that we had to just wait patiently. Staying in the camper during week days and then usually going to Oakes on the weekends.

Would you call it a vacation?!

We ended up staying in a motel for about two weeks before we got our camper and electricity and water hooked up to it! Talk about sick of motels!!! The drive to school from Fargo and to Fargo from school everyday got really old!!! The first month or so was chaos. It seemed like parents were on the phone the whole time, and when they wanted to try to relax they had to shut off their phones. We would go to Oakes to stay with Grandparents on weekends so we could just get away and try not to think about it.

Easter Sunday, March 23

Kitchen
Living Room
TV room/Garage
Sena's Room
Sever's Room

When we got to our house Sunday, I couldn’t believe how burnt it was. I thought I knew how it was, but I was so shocked when I saw that only a few walls were still standing. I went to my room and thought that I would be able to find some of my things that I could still keep, but came to it that I couldn’t find anything that wasn’t burnt. Family and Friends spent this day with us trying to find things we could keep and getting things we would need right away. We stayed at Best Western Kelly Inn and Suites that night, and a few more also.