John and Mike work with Greg on some big and heavy stuff!

Oh, and some really high stuff too!  Here is John, way up in the ceiling working on the wiring for the puzzle table light.  He had just finished putting up the ceiling fan in the great room - 27 feet up.

 

 

 

(They also serve who only stand and watch!)

 

 

 

Then they prepped and put up the 3/4 logs that we got for decorative purposes.

 

 

They also put the 1/2 logs up on the kitchen ceiling.

 

 

 

 

 

Greg is carving out a spot for the top of the light fixture over the kitchen sink to nestle up into the log. 

 

 

Welcome to Silverleaf 2013!

This is the sign that Greg's brother-in-law, Jim, made for us.  Greg painted and varnished it last winter in Phoenix and we think it turned out wonderfully!

 

We arrived here on Sunday, April 21st, and got right to work!  It was still a little cold here that first week.  We had snow flurries and really cold temperatures, but Spring is definitely here now!  The gas and the furnace were turned on at Silverleaf on Monday, April 22nd, so we had a nice warm house to come to in the mornings to work. 

 

One of Greg's first tasks was to add a quarter log to the edge of the top of the bar, which would help support the counter top. 

 

 

 

Then, the countertops came!

 

 

 

Before

 

After

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lights in the basement! And final plumbing goes in!

After working in the darkish basement much of last year, we finally took time out to get the ceiling lights up.  What a difference it makes down there!

 

 

Then Greg started in on the final plumbing!

 

A lovely look UNDER the kitchen sink.

 

 

 

A lovely look AT the kitchen sink!

 

 

 

 

And voila, finally, a toilet!

 

 

 

It's starting to look like a real bathroom!