Reinforcements are here!

Nancy and Marty arrive on Thursday, May 24th.  Linda is thrilled to pass the Silver Assistant's Hammer on to Marty and become third string once again! 

Greg and Linda get to work.

We arrived on May 3rd this year, after taking ten days to make the five-day trip.  We spent four days at Four Ponds Farm in Tennessee with Nancy and Marty, and a day and a half with Karen and Mark Clemons in Rochester Hills, Michigan. 

We start by working on the blocking, the horizontal pieces needed between the studs, in order to install the tongue and grove vertically.  Linda, manning the cut-off saw, and Greg, using the nail gun.

Blocking on a low wall - not too challenging.

Blocking on a higher wall, much more challenging.  Not for the cutter, but definitely for the nailer!

We blocked and insulated the pantry wall, that is also the front wall of the house.

Karen and Mark Clemons arrive for a visit on May 22nd, and Mark helps Greg install can light fixtures in the kitchen and master bath, and also bathroom fans in the lower level powder room and master bath, and upper-level guest bath.

Welcome to 2012 at Silverleaf!

The staining of the logs on the outside of the house was completed after we left last fall, as well as the outside stone work. 

The stone work on the fireplace was also completed!

John, the builder, worked on the high ceilings for us over the winter.  He did a beautiful job!