BIG BLOG UPDATE!!!!!! GET EXCITED!!!!

Welcome back everyone!!! So I've been slacking on getting an update up because I was AT THE CABIN! (Or excuse me, the our new house, It's not much of a cabin anymore)

So to begin with I brought my friend Johnny up to the cabin this year. It's fun to show friends this place because pictures never really truly describe how nice it is. So here are some pictures and a video of the progress we have made along with some that show what a fun place it is.

Johnny testing some speakers in the loft

 Me caught working (gasp!)

 Some awesome Yamaha celling speakers for the front porch, and they sound great!

 When you need a break..... Go take the Kayak ride

 My mom riding in on the well drilling truck

Well drilling truck driving in 

Finding where to drill well number two

So some background on drilling a well just in case you didn't catch the first post about it. Last year we drilled for water and all we got coming up was mud and VERY dirty water. So we waited a year, got a bigger driller, went to the front yard and prayed that this time we would get water. Its a pricy endeavor but a needed one knowing we need water for our house. So....... We chose to drill right there! 

 Setting up the drilling truck

"Are we sure about this?"

All ready to start!

Really big drill bit

Only getting mud/sand, not very good because we are already at 75' deep

 Getting really nervous......

 Then........... 

WE FOUND WATER!!!!!!!!!! Notice those smiles!!! BIG DEAL!!! 

The FIREBALL even came out!!! 

LOOK AT THAT!!!!!

Then, we got put to work. So up north when you have to throw stuff away you just toss it in the truck and take it to the dump.

Watering????? 

Still watering????? We like to water....... WITH OUR NEW WELL WATER!!!! 

Have I mentioned I HATE shoveling????

GRRRRRR!! 

Johnny finally was addicted to lighting fireworks! 

 We even had a family picture!! And Hawkeye joined on his own!

 Digging the trench for the WATER line for the house to our NEW WELL!!!

  On the 4th of July we went out on the boat to watch the fireworks that they shoot from the island

 Awwwww!!!!

 Wow!!!!! :)

Well that's it for now! Very soon we will have even more progress! Thank you Johnny for coming up and helping out! Who else wants to help?! 

Welcome Back!!!!

Welcome back everyone! So much is happening at the cabin now that its warming up! The kitchen is looking great and the inside paneling is also going up quickly! 

Pictures below!!!

Wow! Look At That Deck! AND!!! Happy Fathers Day Dad!!!

Welcome back everyone! I found time to get an update done before work tonight. Starting at 11:30pm Yuck! Anyway, get ready for these pictures! The back deck is DONE, the kitchen deck is DONE! And the side deck is almost done! (We're waiting for the concrete deck to be put in for the basement door before we can put the final supports in. Check it out!

Happy Fathers Day Dad!!! Thank You For Everything!!!! Hope You Like It!!

June 11th! More Items To Check Off The List!

Hello! So knowing it is 103° in Denver today I'm hiding out in the free wifi and air conditioning cloud of Barnes and Noble escaping the heat. While sitting here playing online I got some awesome pictures of the cabin. So first of all, the back deck is coming along very nicely especially thanks to to the help we have had!

We also have the kitchen deck done shown below

We ALSO have been working on the tile in the master bathroom and kitchen!!!

Its really starting to look like a house!!! Check back soon!

Hello Again! June Is Turning Out To Be Very Busy!!

Hello...Hello!

     We are getting a ton done this month and its only the 6th! So as I said before, we had to take the swing trees down sadly. We need them out of the way so we can get the well drilling truck in in hopes of finding water the second time around.

     Just some history about the swing trees, way back when there was a swing that was put up by my grandfather (maybe even my great-grandfather) and back in that time a swing was pretty fun knowing we didn't have smart phones yet! So over the years the original piece of wood rotted away and another was added when I was younger. Within my life is was much more than a swing. Fireworks were lit off of it (including the homemade one that made me loose much of my hair), it ended up to be were practically all the junk/toys in the front yard collected around and even where countless hours were spent just relaxing and taking in the view. Maybe one day these trees will end up cemented in the ground down by the lake and the swing returned to its original home. Time will tell...