Phase 2 - adding on, putting in a front porch and a new roof

September 22nd - started on front porch and addition to the house
September 27th - worked on the front porch frame
September 29th - raining today but it was cooler, David pulled out the concrete slab under the original front porch, finished framing the addition floor and front porch frame, put in half of the addition front wall support, and put down 4 sheets of plywood on the addition floor
October 5th - worked on the addition floor
October 6th - finished the addition floor and began putting on decking
October 7th - worked on the decking and put in the mailbox
October 8th - worked on decking
October 11th - tore off original roof (David on the tractor and Todd, Heath, and Wyatt on the roof)
October 12th - put up beam across the front and back porch that holds up the roof, began putting up scaffolding and frame for the new roof (thanks to the construction crew that worked and knew what they were doing), Allie and David worked on decking and only have one last row of decking left to do on the front porch
October13th - Sara and I went to the last rodeo in Crowley for this year, Wyatt went with Ian and Allie, David, and Jacob are working with the construction crew to finish framing up the roof and framing the back wall for the upstairs bedrooms (also had help today from Todd, Heath, and Nate....had many visitors today to check out the progress and look at the place for the first time including my brother Chris and family
October 14th - Todd, Heath, Nate, Drew, and David finished putting on lats and finished framing the roof and put in frame and wall for sides of new addition for the living room.....(family members came out to watch the progress)
October 15th - Construction crew finished the tin roof
All of the above was done in addition to many doctor visits due to health issues. Sara had a sinus infection and shingles and I had a terrible ear ache. David had a couple of toothaches and injured his back which was a severely inflamed muscle which caused him to be on bed rest for a couple of days and taking it easy for another couple of days. Allie had a virus and blood work done for a cyst behind her ear which turned out not to be a big deal at least for now. Not to mention we still kept up with school, church and planning for the FFA trip to Indianapolis.