We have the power!

Big news at the house, we have power! Xcel got out to connect us to the main power line. Thankfully it hadn't been a huge issue yet but I think another week without would've been rough. 

Look at them all plugged in!

 

The other fun development was the roof going on!

Stairs too!

 

We're turning this weird half wall in the basement into a built-in. It's there because of the grade outside.

 

Our builder is very insistant on doing things well. They poured the concrete floors in the basements to inlay the walls for max support.

   

The kids and I went over yesterday to admire the whole roof! We are all really, really happy with how the house is looking as it goes up. It's different from looking at it on paper!

 

I love what the view will be when you walk in the front door.

 

The porch is going up too! 

It's so exciting that it's all framed so we can admire it. Other than house excitement, Marlo had swimming lessons and Kasper started ski club! They left right from school on coach buses (with a bathroom!!) and got back at 8:30 pm. It sounds like it was a blast. They skied their hearts out and even got to buy dinner at the chalet. I'm thankful the kids get to do fun things like that. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Surprise!

 The house is still cruising along! The concrete was poured in the basement and all 3 levels are framed.  Next, the roof!

We snuck up the ladder to tour the upper level! Master bedroom and in red, master bathroom.

Master closet 

Loft and stairwell 

Kappy's room 

Marlo's room 

Basement 

Sounds like the crane they wanted to use is unavailable/inoperable so the roof trusses haven't gone up yet. 

Yesterday we had a surprrise party for Kappy! He hasn't had a party for years. We went to a sleding hill nearby and had hot dogs, hot chocolate and cupcakes. It was a weird 30 degree day on either side of 0 degree days so that was awesome! The kids were sledding for about 4 hours and still going when it was time to leave. They had the best time.

 

He was so surprised! Today was cleaning the apartment and FINALLY taking the Christmas tree down. It was way past time. 

Hope everyone had a great weekend! 

Bye 2021

We did it! We made it to the end of 2021! Limped to the finish line, quite honestly, but here we are. Before I took a break from posting over the holidays we left off at Marlo's birthday. 

Here's what the house looked like back then. 

We were waiting for the top floor to go on.

The birthday girl going with her Dad to get McDonalds for dinner. 

Before we went up for Christmas, they were starting on the upper level! Basement plumbing was laid. Also, Xcel started the process of running power to the house but the main step of hooking up the wires in the house and the wire along the street hasn't happened yet. 

Maybe it's not actually all that interesting, but I find it fascinating to see all these steps and how they come together! 

We headed up to St. Cloud for Christmas! It was a couple days of food and family and it's always the best. 

We were home most of last week but headed back to St. Cloud for New Year's to spend time and Kappy's birthday with Grandma Sandra! 

We got back today and swung by the house. The whole upper level looks framed! There are no stairs so we assume they get up there with a ladder and as far as we can tell all the rooms are done. The roof trusses are on site and they'll likely go up this week! The house is very, very, very tall but it looks SO GOOD driving up to it around the wetland. We're excited about how it's all coming together. 

There are more windows that aren't uncovered yet and some other design elements. Don't fret. We're doing our best with what we have to work with. 

Hope everyone had a very Happy Holiday, and here's to an exciting, eventful, and awesome 2022!

ELEVEN