February 17

The granite is in.  The walls are all painted.  The tile is done.  The stair banister is stained.

The plane tickets are purchased.  We'll be flying back to Utah on February 17 so we can do the walk-through and then the closing.
Yesterday we were officially released from our callings here. 

If the weather cooperates I would like to take one last trip to the city with the kids to walk on the Brooklyn Bridge, and one last trip to the Atlantic Ocean to collect seashells.  I'm not going to the city if it is still arctic though...miserable.

House

The cabinets are in.  The woodworking around the windows, baseboards and doors are up.  Getting closer!

House

The garage doors are on!  The cabinets are sitting in their boxes inside.  The tile in the bathrooms and the fireplace hearth are going up.

They say we're still on schedule, but they can't paint the exterior until Utah stops being so stinking cold.

House

The mudding and taping will be all done this week (first coat is done) and moldings and trim will start to go up.  Close date is supposed to be around Feb. 20.

House

The framing is done.  The hvac is done.  The roof felt is on.  All windows except one are installed.  The construction walk through is next week.  That's the last thing before the sheetrocking begins.  I hope the speedy progress keeps up!

House

Our Progress as of Friday.  It's moving along quickly!  The kids are ready to move right now, except Hayden.  He's made some cute little friends in kindergarten and I think he wants to be with them a little longer :(      Moving will always be a little hard no matter where you go.

House

They've started framing and should be done around the end of the week!

House

Our house is well underway now.  We just need the weather to cooperate so the basement cement can be filled in and then the framing can get started.

Nov 13
backfill



Nov 15
footings



Nov 16
and perhaps one of our last views of the temple before our neighbor gets built.



Nov 17
foundation

Holes

The hole is dug on our house.  My favorite thing is the view of those mountains.  Boy we've missed the mountains.

Our house

There's our new house.  No, not the one on the right.  The big empty lot in between that neighbor and the light post.  We are still waiting on the permits.  Hurry up SJ city!